On her 80th day in office, Mayor Laurie Gere gave her first State of the City address Wednesday, focusing on the future of the city, unlike past State of the City addresses by her predecessors which focused mostly on the city’s achievements.

The Anacortes Arts Festival is venturing into tulip season activities with several new events. Along with other community activities they are hoping to put Anacortes on the map as the art destination during the busy Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

The Northwest Clean Air Agency has selected Trident Seafoods to receive this year’s Partners for Clean Air Platinum award. The plant, which produces more than 230 seafood products, achieved the agency’s top honor for businesses for its exceptional work to improve air quality.

Dozens of hearty people run into the water at Seafarers' Park Saturday to raise more than $7,000 for Washington Special Olympics's Polar Plunge.

A 50-year-old Anacortes man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being found in a partially-submerged dingy at Seafarers Park.

As Anacortes struggles with plans to update its Comprehensive Plan over the next couple of years, I thought I’d share the findings of two urbanists who examined how cities in the Vancouver, BC area are finding new ways to involve diverse voices beyond “the usual suspects.”