Plans for a new county jail continue to move ahead for the Truck City site in south Mount Vernon.

The Anacortes Arts Festival awarded the Best of Show in the Arts at the Port competition with a $3,000 prize, to Anacortes artist Dederick Ward .

Oh those geese. Just like the summer of 2012, Cranberry Lake has been closed to swimming, effective August 4, due to high levels of fecal coliform.

Anacortes Police and Fire personnel rescued an 80-year old man who fell down a 30-foot cliff at Washington Park. 

This year's edition of the Anacortes Arts Festival launched Friday morning with as many as 90,000 visitors expected over the weekend. After walking through and looking at and talking with artists in the show, I have picked a handful for photos. Here they are, starting with a spalsh of color. These scarves are from Tuesday Scarves, in Seattle.

When city Senior Planner Libby Grage updated the City Council earlier this week, this is what she presented as the Vision Statement nearing completion by the Community Advisory Committee appointed by Mayor Gere.