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.”

Lance Burdon was a pioneering Anacortes photographer at the turn of the 20th century. His photographic legacy is chronicled in Lance Burdon: A Photographic Journey, a new book by the late Nancy Werner Mathews.

Anacortes High School is one of 23 schools statewide and the only Skagit County school to have earned the Career Guidance Award of Excellence for outstanding work in their college and career readiness programs, according to a statement from the state school superintendent Randy Dorn.

The Mayor has scheduled two State-of-the-City addresses which, according to a news release, will reflect the findings of her recent listening tour.

Are our local planning tools supporting a thriving and resilient future? An urban designer shares a little inspiration from Las Cruces, New Mexico.