On her last meeting as a City Council Member, Erica Pickett was honored by the Mayor and the rest of the Council this week for her 34 years of public service.

In a strange coincidence, Anacortes police stopped three vehicles with a broken or burned-out taillight or headlight in the first hour of Dec. 16.

The Anacortes School Board is placing two levies on the ballot on February 13, 2018 to maintain support for local schools. Both measures are replacement levies, taking the place of expiring levies approved by voters in 2014.

There will be no garbage service on Monday, December 25, 2017. We will collect Monday and Tuesday customers on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017.

A-1 Auto Transport is a national leader in the auto transport industry that has recently decided to expand its scholarship program to all Washington college students.

Six local and regional environmental organizations have filed an appeal of the Skagit County Hearing Examiner’s approval of the Shoreline Substantial Development Permit for the Andeavor (formerly Tesoro) Anacortes Refinery petrochemical expansion project.