The 3rd Annual Anacortes Open Streets will be happening this Sunday from 11am to 3pm in downtown Anacortes. Downtown will be cleared of cars and opened to bicyclists, walkers, strollers, and skaters…non-motorized movers of all types.

Anacortes student scores on state tests taken in Spring 2016 show notable improvements from a year ago, according to school district superintendent Dr. Mark Wenzel. 

The D Avenue Overlay Project is underway and it provides for resurfacing and road repair on D Avenue (between 37th and 17th Streets) and on 32nd street (between M and D Avenues).

BNSF Railway will pay a $75,000 fine and improve environmental protections during track maintenance work in Skagit and Whatcom counties under an agreement with the state Department of Ecology to settle a 2015 penalty for water quality violations.

Get your household cleaning done and bring your residential garbage and yard waste to our Operations Facility – no charge!

A 67-year-old man was treated and released at Island Hospital after he was bitten by a seal as he walked on the dock at a local marina.