County Commissioners are scheduled to set new fares for the Guemes Island ferry on Tuesday. And, the commissioners are expected to also decide whether to make the extended weekday evening service permanent at the same meeting. 

The board of the Northwest Career and Technical Academy has decided to go after state funding for conservation and sustainability features for the marine skills center planned for Anacortes. 

In Strand, travel writer and amateur naturalist Bonnie Henderson traces the stories of wrack washed up on the mile-long stretch of Oregon beach she has walked regularly for more than a decade.

A film made by three youths from the Swinomish Reservation will have it’s television premier on PBS Tuesday night. 

The City Council has approved a $197,000 contract to design a roundabout at Commercial Ave. where Highway 20 comes into town.

After some serious debate, the City Council has okayed a plan for a duplex in a neighborhood of mostly single-family homes.