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.

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.