Incumbent Mayor Dean Maxwell and challenger Steve Sonnenberg seemed to agree as much as they disagree during a mayoral debate held in front of around 100 people at the high school Thursday night. 

Three new movies open this weekend in Anacortes and at least one has been getting pretty good reviews. New this weekend: The Invention of Lying (above), Surrogates and Couples Retreat.

Only a relative few Anacortes residents turned out Wednesday night for a chance to hear from all candidates for local political office in the November election.

New WSF ferry fares go into effect this Sunday. The summer peak season surcharge will drop even as base fares increase, the first across-the-board fare increases since May, 2007.

The City Council tried to tackle the tough issue of how to manage the nearly 2,800 acres of community forest in the city as they discussed a proposed comprehensive plan for the Anacortes Community Forest Lands.

Proposed regulations to limit boat contact with Orca whales ran into stiff opposition in Friday Harbor Monday night. Opposition similar to what was heard earlier in Anacortes.