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A 50-year-old Anacortes man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being found in a partially-submerged dingy at Seafarers Park.

As Anacortes struggles with plans to update its Comprehensive Plan over the next couple of years, I thought I’d share the findings of two urbanists who examined how cities in the Vancouver, BC area are finding new ways to involve diverse voices beyond “the usual suspects.”

Lance Burdon was a pioneering Anacortes photographer at the turn of the 20th century. His photographic legacy is chronicled in Lance Burdon: A Photographic Journey, a new book by the late Nancy Werner Mathews.

Anacortes High School is one of 23 schools statewide and the only Skagit County school to have earned the Career Guidance Award of Excellence for outstanding work in their college and career readiness programs, according to a statement from the state school superintendent Randy Dorn.

The Mayor has scheduled two State-of-the-City addresses which, according to a news release, will reflect the findings of her recent listening tour.

Are our local planning tools supporting a thriving and resilient future? An urban designer shares a little inspiration from Las Cruces, New Mexico.

City Planning Director Ryan Larsen is resigning from his position with the city to take a job with another municipality. Larsen has confirmed that he will be working for the city of Stanwood as community development director.

The March Gallery Walk, 6 - 9 pm this Friday, features a retrospective of work by noted photographer Dick Garvey, including this work, "Coca" Huntington, OR.

The County and the city of Mount Vernon Monday released the final Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed new county jail.

Firefighters credit quick work by an Anacortes Police Officer in saving a woman’s life following a roll over one-car crash on Marine Drive.