Brrr, plan on some pretty cold weather later this week.

The state’s failure to monitor private special education schools forces parents to take extraordinary and sometimes expensive measures to get their kids into the best programs— or keep them out of the worst.

Nearly half of all Americans ages 20 and up have high blood pressure. Yet research shows that most people in the US don’t know the cutoff numbers for healthy blood pressure.

Anacortes Police arrested a 63-year-old local resident after reports of a man waving gun around.

The Skagit Valley Herald has notified subscribers that it will switch to publishing just five days a week, with no Sunday or Monday editions and will have the Postal Service deliver papers on the same day as publication.

Anacortes Public Library will host the return of their annual genre celebration! This year, Fantasy Day will be a day of fun for the entire family, celebrating the fantasy genre and the stories and characters we love. We've got the schedule.