The City Council Thursday formally started its review of requests for changes to the city’s Development Regulations. 

A new baby orca has been born, according to the Center for Whale Research on San Juan island. This would be the third baby spotted so far this year.

A citizens group has released an alternate long-range ferry plan that proposes resurrecting motor-vehicle excise taxes, annual license fees and more gas tax money as ways to keep service as it is.

The government is looking for comments a possible cleanup plan for an old mill site on Fidalgo Bay that could remake the Anacortes waterfront’s environmental and economic future.

A 38-year-old Anacortes man died Tuesday as a result of a SCUBA diving accident the previous Saturday in Burrows Bay.

Island Hospital will be the only hospital in the county to participate in the Death with Dignity Act. The hospital Board of Commissioners voted Thursday 3-2 to approve a policy allowing implementation of the act.