Not a bad weekend to get outdoors, if the rain holds off, and it looks like it will. This weekend, chow down at the Eagles, enjoy music at Cap Sante Marina, take in a Bus Stop at the community theater, and don't forget about the farmers market.

Just out from best-selling Kirkland author Robert Ferrigno comes The Heart of the Assassin. The year is 2045 and a warrior battles to save America from an Islamic mastermind in this smart and violent futuristic thriller.

A man wanted for homicide in Bellevue apparently shot and killed himself as a Coast Guard vessel approached his boat off Orcas Island. A woman’s body was discovered when the boat was searched.

The foundation created by Burl Ives and his wife Dorothy has donated $15,000 to the school district to finish off the sound system at Brodniak Hall. 

Anacortes home sales have leveled off, with July’s sales about the same as June and about the same as July of 2008.

The team for the 90 foot BMW-Oracle catamaran built in Anacortes to race in the upcoming America's Cup race was introduced at an event in San Diego Tuesday.