The county planning department has set an open house this Thursday in Anacortes for Tesoro’s proposal to build a plant expansion to extract xylene from crude oil.

Just before 7AM on Sunday, Anacortes Police were dispatched to an alarm at an unoccupied business in the 2500 block of Commercial Avenue.

Skagit County Democrats overwhelmingly support Senator Bernie Sanders in caucuses over the weekend, handing Sanders more than 73% of the votes in the county and nearly that much statewide.

Plans for a nearly $700,000 spray pad at Storvik Park moved ahead with the City Council’s approval of purchase of spray equipment, including spray heads, controllers and water pumps.

The city is planning to move to a two-yer budget cycle, starting next year, something some City Council think could save time in the second year of each cycle.

PassageMaker magazine’s lifestyle event, TrawlerFest returns to Anacortes, Washington, in May with a niche boat show, seminars and social events.