In the News
January 22, 2026Feathered friends
It’s a great time of the year to base from Anacortes to go bird hunting. Fidalgo, Whidbey and the Skagit Valley draw a wide variety of beautiful birds, from “resident” seagulls and herons to swans and wigeons.
Pastels at Scott Milo Gallery
Scott Milo Gallery in downtown Anacortes welcomes back Barbara Benedetti Newton with her soft pastel landscape series (February 6-28.) Additional artists are newer to the gallery: Claudia Meyers Newman with acrylics; Catherine James with botanical watercolors; Riley Frambes with landscape oils and Vitali Prokopenko with landscape oils. We have a new collection of jewelry, glass, […]
Paddling the lake
This kayaker had a Fidalgo Island lake to himself.
Tanker and Baker
Mt. Baker in all her glory, oil tanker in Fidalgo Bay. Viewed from Cap Sante on a beautiful Martin Luther King Day. Tanker “Washington,” Prince William Sound, Alaska.
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Looking Back
January 16, 2026Opening Day of Boating Season: 2010
Pictured here in the crowd at Cap Sante Marina are Town Crier Richard Riddell (left) and the late Bill Mitchell, community historian and muralist. The event hosted by the Port of Anacortes marked the kickoff of the 2010 Boating Season. Bill’s outdoor murals are still posted all around town.
Launch under the bridge
It was August 1985 when I photographed this boater launching from under the Berentson Bridge. The ramp into the Swinomish Channel is maintained by Skagit County.
Santa visits Lake Erie store
Photo from a few years back. Will have to see if he’s there again this year.
Christmas musicians: 2003
“Anacortes Middle School musicians strutted their stuff in the 2003 Lions Christmas Parade, marching on Commercial Avenue adorned in Santa hats. Music is an important element of community parades, and we had plenty of music thanks to this band and the Anacortes High School marching band.”
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