You might have noticed by now... ash from wildfires has been falling in Anacortes. This prompted an air quality alert through midnight Tuesday night.

Two ferries at Dakota Creek at the same time recently, with the Salish in the foreground and the Hyak being towed in by the tug Garth Foss.

The owner of a boat in dry-dock said someone stole navigation and other equipment valued at several thousand dollars over the previous week.

The Anacortes based Skagit Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Club has been named a Special Service Club by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL.) 

The city Public Works Department is moving forward with the 2017 M Waterline Replacement Project as part of the City’s waterline replacement program, starting after the Labor Day weekend.

The Samish Indian Nation says that its map tracking marine debris clean up in the tribe’s traditional territory has been honored with a second place award in the 2017 Esri Storytelling with Maps Contest.