Mayor-elect Laurie Gere is launching Laurie's Listening Tour and is looking for public input on issues facing the community.

Through that cold snap we went through earlier this month, the Anacortes Police Department said the had several calls of people walking out on ice.

Outgoing Mayor Dean Maxwell has released the names of four appointments to the city Planning Commission. They are former Navy officer Christina Hansen, associate architect Jeremy McNett, businessman Allen Rhoades, and real estate broker Curt Oppel.

The Anacortes Schools Foundation raised over $48,000 during their “Celebrate the Season” event last week, their first-ever fund-raising effort.

Anacortes Police say that the Anacortes area is experiencing an agressive phone scam designed to compromise your computer.

Registration is open for the seven afternoon classes being offered by Anacortes Senior College for its winter term, January 14-February 20, 2014.