Among the artist exhibits featured this Friday is a collaborative exhibition of poetry and the visual arts featuring the work of Ann Reid, Eve Deisher and the poems of eleven regional poets curated by Jane Alynn at the Anchor Art Space, including this work, Breathe, by Eve Deisher.

A courtroom is an unusual place for the City Council meet, but recently they met there, along with members of the Mayor's administration and a facilitator, in an effort to work out new procedures to help run the Council's business more smoothly and make their work more transparent.

The state health department has temporarily closed Samish Bay for commercial and recreational shellfish harvest due to the greater than 200 cubic feet per second rise in the river level.

While this may not affect Fidalgo Is. residents, I thought I'd pass it along. The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Flood Watch for a portion of western Washington... including the following counties... Skagit... Whatcom. From late Tuesday night through Thursday morning

Police arrested an Anacortes man in connection with an hour-long beating of a 13-year-old boy. The suspect said he had just been “trying to teach the boy some respect.”

Update: Police have located this vehicle and the driver has been arrested. The Anacortes Police Department is investigating a Commercial Burglary that took place on Marches Pt. Road inside the city. A male subject has been identified that was driving the following vehicle during the commission of the crime.