Mike Sutcliffe, owner of the RadioShack franchise here has decided to close the store, the last remaining RadioShack in Skagit County, by May Day.

Special session has finally come to an end! Over the past weeks, Reps. Hans Dunshee, Pat Sullivan and Timm Ormsby and I worked hard to secure a supplemental operating budget that reflected the values of Washingtonians and met the needs of our state.

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.