The City Council took a closer look at just how a controversial transition to a hearing examiner for some future land use change requests might impact the city's insurance. The city's insurer had suggested the move to a hearing examiner.

A six-year old Anacortes first-grader was killed over the weekend after he was pulled from a float plane that crashed on Lake Goodwin. In a letter to students and staff, School Superintendent Chris Borgen identified the student as Jacob Jeter.

A woman whose car was hit while she was driving on Commercial Ave. ended up chasing the other vehicle for several blocks in the downtown business district. She used her cell phone to photograph his license plate, then called the police.

The city has reduced the amount of fluoride in the city's residential water supply, bringing it close to the new standards recommended by the the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Learn more about the Skagit River and things that impact it at a special meeting titled "Your Water - What You Should Know," Tuesday night at the library.

Missing Fidalgo Island dog trainer Mark Stover and his convicted killer Michiel Oakes are subjects of a 2-hour long NBC Dateline report on Friday. View a preview.