Businessman Mitch Everton and restaurateur Lauri Gere have decided to enter the Mayor election this year, joining City Council member Brian Geer and incumbent Mayor Dean Maxwell.

Police says that an offer had to suspend a field sobriety test on a Texas man suspected of drunk driving and hit-and-run for his own safety because the man’s balance was so poor.

The city's new $57-million water treatment plant is on line and producing drinking water, according to an announcement from the Mayor's office. Mayor Dean Maxwell said, "The new plant is meeting all our expectations, and our water is surpassing all Washington State Department of Health standards."

About three-dozen hearty souls took to the water at Seafarers' Memorial Park Saturday afternoon as part of a fund-raiser for Special Olympics Washington, despite a water temperature of 46 degrees. They raised $8,800.

An Anacortes woman apparently scrambled out of her car topless, in the middle of the day, after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run accident out on Highway 20.

Fisherman-turned-filmmaker Mark Lundsten watches as his film crew shoots a scene in Seattle recently. Lundsten, a South Fidalgo resident, has just launched a fund-raising effort to complete his film, called The Bath.