Skagit County Health officials advise the public that they might be contacted regarding a national drug use and health survey to conducted by the federal government in 2016.

The Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. 

There were a number of DUI cases investigated by Anacortes Police in the week before Christmas, including one that involved an apparent crash into a rock wall on Fidalgo Bay Drive.

If you had met a robust, bearded man strolling down Commercial Avenue in this season of cheer, he may very well have wished you a “Holly Jolly Christmas”—evoking, no doubt, a lively tune that would dance in your head for days to come.

A “scoping” report which summarizes over 35,000 comments from the public, agencies and tribes concerning Shell’s proposed oil unloading facility at March Point was released on Friday and is now available on the Internet.

The Anacortes City Council on Monday confirmed Mayor Gere’s appointment of Darcy Swetnam as the City Attorney. She began working at the City last May as the Assistant City Attorney and will begin her assignment as the City Attorney on January 1 of next year.