The City Council heard requests during a Monday night public hearing that the city lift the nearly year-old ban on recreational marijuana businesses in Anacortes.

With the Police chief looking on, a Anacortes Police Officer who was instrumental in saving a crew member stuck on a capsizing $10 million yacht, was honored by Mayor Gere.

After four years of planning how to best protect this special place, Kiket Island is now open to the public, at any time of the day.

Several World War II-era military planes were on display Monday afternoon at Skagit Regional Airport. Here visitors take a close-up look at a B-17 Flying Fortress in a photo contributed by Anacortes resident Keith Morgan.

Puget Sound Energy will shut off power on Guemes Island Tuesday in order to replace the main switch that provides the island with electrical power.

A 27-foot boat sank while tied up to a dock at Founder Bay Marina on Wednesday afternoon.