A 51-year-old Anacortes man was arrested for investigation of felony DUI after another driver reported seeing the man drinking beer while driving his truck on Highway 20 near Sharpes Corner.

A volunteer "victim" is carried to an ambulance as part of a joint Anacortes Police and Fire department training exercise at the middle school on Saturday. The exercise was to practice response to a potential shooter at the school, according to APD Captain Lou D’Amelio.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint against the Tesoro Maarch Point refinery for alleged violations of federal chemical accident prevention and emergency planning rules.

After five weeks, Washington State Department of Transportation crews swung open the gates to traffic at 11 a.m. Friday, just days after this photo was taken on April 14.

Skagit County Department of Emergency Management (DEM) is alerting residents to be prepared for possible impact to road and water transportation in the March’s Point area during a May 13-15 planned protest.

The 236-foot super yacht Albatross sailed to Dakota Creek on Monday afternoon from the builder, Delta Marine of Seattle, and was immediately lifted into the boatyard on a synchrolift for what could be just a day or two of work.