When Joan Melcher retired from teaching in 1993, she became the hiking guru for the Skagit Audubon Society, and soon started helping maintain various trails too. A year later, her husband Duane got involved.
Anacortes Police responded to several vehicle prowls, this week and also investigated another cyber-fraud complaint.
Members of the Washington Public Employees Association rejected a contract proposal in September and are now at odds with the state over how to proceed.
Adults who self-reported higher vulnerability toward financial exploitation showed lower thickness in a brain region that is affected early in Alzheimer’s disease.
Kick off the holidays with your friends and neighbors and shop downtown Anacortes merchants this Saturday.
A powerful storm hitting the West Coast combines these weather phenomena for a wet week in many areas. But forecasting exactly which areas will get hit hardest is tough, as a meteorologist explains.
This week, Anacortes Police dealt with a fraud case and complaints on two successive days of a man hiding things in his sleeping bag before leaving retail stores.
The number of people showing up at county election offices on Election Day to register to vote or update registration information has been on the rise after changes to state law.
A weekend of snow and a Monday evaluation has prompted the state to close Highway 20 over the North Cascades for the winter.
Insurance costs are rising quickly across much of the country. Hurricanes are part of the reason, but it’s the other perils common across the Midwest and Great Plains that complicate costs. Costs are lower in the PNW.
