The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public meeting to discuss and possibly decide on the docketing of 2012 petitions to amend the Skagit County Comprehensive Plan, including a proposal from Anacortes to change the city's urban growth area.

System-side proposed ferry fare increases would mean higher fares for both passengers and vehicles between Anacortes and the San Juan Islands, with a 4.1-percent hike proposed for the Anacortes-Sydney, B.C. route.

As a part of the Safe Routes to Schools Project, the City's contractor will be closing the 22nd and M Ave intersection to traffic from Monday until approximately August 16, 2013.

Skagit County Commissioners will hold a public hearing in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon, Washington on July 16, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, to consider public testimony and consider new fares for logging trucks using the Guemes ferry.

This month, First Friday Gallery Walk will feature birthdays and Europe at two different galleries. 

Crews are preparing for dredging and other work at the former Custom Plywood mill site in Anacortes. Contaminated sediments and old, toxics-leaching pilings will be pulled from Fidalgo Bay starting in the middle of this month.