A man wearing a dark mask and brandishing a handgun held up the Shell gas station on Commercial Ave. Tuesday morning, escaping in a stolen vehicle, which was recovered a short distance way.

A local man who was driving with a glass of wine sitting in his center console was stopped after he was spotted swerving in his lane. See what comes next.

Within 10 years, all of the nation’s 74 million baby boomers will be 65 or older. The most senior among them will be on the cusp of 85.

Anacortes Police and sheriff’s deputies had to chase a wanted suspect through woods and grassy marsh before a K-9 was brought in from Whatcom County sniffed out the suspect.

Two separate vehicle thefts were reported in which the vehicles were later recovered out of the county, one in Lake Stevens, the other in the Tacoma area.

Place your unflocked tree, free of ornaments, lights and tinsel at the curb by 8:30am Saturday morning, Jan. 4. This service is a fundraiser for the Anacortes Key Club, which plans to use the funds raised to support the Thirst Project and the Anacortes Food Bank.