A one-block portion of R Ave. which serves the NW Educational Service District, the Marine Tech Center and Trive Fitness will be closed for a few days for storm drainage construction.

In opening discussion on Mayor Gere’s 2015 City Budget, City Council members have lots of questions on her proposal to a City Attorney and a Public Defender as city employees to replace contract hires.

Anacortes Police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a stabbing incident in downtown Anacortes.

The November First Friday Gallery Walk features new work by Dianna Shyne, such as "Water Taxi Dock" at Scott-Milo and works by Birgit LaFace, who grew up in Sweden, at the Apothecary Spa.

The end of daylight saving time on Sunday signals more than turning back of the clocks; it's also a time to use extra caution on the state's roadways.

Pumpkins were apparently used for an unusual kind of attack on mailboxes.