City Council member Erica Pickett and other City Council members honored outgoing Mayor Dean Maxwell during his final regular City Council meeting.

Tara Hakenson always knew what she wanted to do when she was all grown up. At the age of seven, she asked for a sewing machine for her birthday.

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.