The Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show, which promises to be the largest boat show ever held here, opens Thursday and runs through the weekend at Cap Sante Marina.

Two athletes from Anacortes, members of the Thunderbird Aquatic Club Masters group and Puget Sound Masters, competed last weekend in the 2018 Nationwide U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National in Indianapolis, Indiana. Katie Kaestner and Matt Castle competed there this past weekend with Kaestner placing first, second or third in five events.

An Anacortes woman was assaulted in the downtown area late Sunday night as she walked home.

North Cascades Highway opened Friday morning after days of crews triggering avalanches to help clear some snow chutes along the way.

Sherry Chavers is this year’s recipient for the Walter A. Brodniak Cultural Education Award for her work with students on poetry and literacy.

A Saturday night fight in a south Commercial Ave. parking lot drew the police.