Anacortes Police are investigating a robbery at the Country Corner store last Wednesday night in which the robber jumped the counter and grabbed an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing.

There’s good news for drivers of Washington’s northern-most Cascade mountain pass – crews are beginning efforts to reopen the North Cascades Highway.

Representatives from the City of Anacortes took part in a multi-county, multi-agency drill exercise today that simulated the breach of two Skagit River dams.

What started as a way to bring visitors to Anacortes during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival has turned into a 10-day series of events for the Anacortes Arts Festival.

Busted: The teenaged driver of a vehicle and three other teenagers in the car, who all admitted they had been drinking. The driver was hauled into the police station where police called his mother. 

In her third State-of-the-City speech since taking office, Mayor Gere cited progress her administration made in 2016 and outlined her plans for this year.