Maybe I’m just getting old. I used to love setting off fireworks on the Fourth, watching them blow up in explosions of noise and showers of sparks.

Anacortes Police arrested and jailed a man in connection a report of a driver waving a handgun on Highway 20.

More states could follow Colorado and Minnesota in putting a fee on retail deliveries.

Commercial Avenue was crowded early for this year's annual July Fourth Parade. More photos here.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for our area. Hot conditions with temperatures in the upper 80s and 90s expected in Skagit County. Anacortes may be cooler than the rest of the county. We have the forecast.

Supporters submitted 400,000-plus signatures in support of Initiative 2066. If approved, it would blow up key parts of a state law approved this year and recent building code changes.