Anacortes galleries are open Friday evening for monthly First Friday Artwalk. We have the list, which includes Jo Anderson Atelier.

The Trump administration’s sudden firings have gutted training programs across the nation that bolstered state and local public health departments.

A theft at a local thrift store, an arrest for violation of a no-contact order, and a disruptive man at city hall, are in this week’s Anacortes Police Blotter.

It all comes down to uncertainty.

An early Monday morning earthquake was felt by many in Anacortes. According to USGS, the quake measured 4.5 and occurred at 5:02am. The earthquake was centered about six miles from from the southeast corner of Orcas Island. 

The ground was like a wet sponge as I entered the woods and walked between the columns of a great cathedral. And like a church, it was hushed, except for the drip, drip, drip of last night’s rain still falling from the canopy high above.