The City Council chambers was packed to overflowing for a public forum for Mayoral, Council and Island Hospital board candidates.

As they head into candidates forums Wednesday night, the two candidates for mayor tout their experience as the reason to vote for them in the upcoming November Mayoral election.

Washington Conservation Voters, the political voice for the environment, today awarded State Senator Kevin Ranker (D-40) its highest honor by naming him the 2013 “Legislator of the Year.” 

Don your tractht. Practice your yodels. Prepare your taste buds for delicious brews. Anacortes’s 4th Annual Oktoberfest “Bier on the Pier” has become a favorite Northwest German inspired tradition.

During October's First Friday Gallery Walk, Scott Milo will present a collection of landscapes, seascapes and florals by BJ Dollahite of Friday Harbor. The Gallery Walk is Friday, October 4 from 6 – 9 pm.

Police impounded a vehicle that was driven by a Lynnwood man who had failed to stop in time and hit a motorcyclist at Sharpes Corner near the end of the Oyster Run.