Celebrate our country's independence with great music, family fun, and fireworks, July 4th from 5-10 p.m. at Seafarers' Memorial Park.

Police listed no reportable incidents for three days this week, but said they nabbed a teenager driving 89 miles per hour on Highway 20 near the Sharpes Corner roundabout on Thursday night.

You read that correctly. By the time you head out for Saturday errands, baseball games or weekend adventures – you’ll encounter the finished two lane roundabout, so says a bulletin from the state Transportation Dept.

The Samish Indian Nation says it has hired Ryan Walters as Director of Planning and Community Development and Kimberlee Anderson as Tribal Administrator.

Police used what they termed “less-then-lethal” force in subduing a woman they described as suicidal.

A new exhibit featuring the pulp mill pioneers of Anacortes opens this week at the Maritime Heritage Center on R ave.