Many newcomers to Anacortes wonder about the vacant land between R Avenue and Fidalgo Bay. "Why hasn't it been developed?", they ask. Then the conversation leads to what "we" think that "they" should do with the land.

Private, crowdsourced mobile phone applications addressing urban mobility collect troves of data on city flows. So how can municipalities tap into these databases to accurately understand the movement of their citizens?

Three fire crews were called to put out a fire on Sugarloaf, in the Anacortes Forest Lands over the weekend, according to Jonn Lunsford, with the city's Parks & Recreation Dept.

It was all fun and games at Saturday's Workboat Races on the Guemes Channel. Here a crew uses a slingshot to waterbomb the crowd standing on Pier One.

An Anacortes senior was surprised to discover that a new cell phone account had been opened in her name and a new phone shipped to an address in Silverdale.

Anacortes Town Crier Richard Riddell was third in the third and final round of the World Town rier Tournament in Chester, England on Saturday.