Police arrested an Anacortes man on assault and unlawful imprisonment charges when he showed up at the hospital to visit  the assault victim who was talking to police.

The ;city has set a series of pubic hearings in January on a proposed 2016 Comprehensive Plan, the bludprint that guides the city’s growth over the next 20 years.

Verizon has erected the first of what could be three new cellular phone towers in the city. The new 70-foot tower near Commercial Ave. and 32nd St. went up earlier this week.

The number of retail marijuana stores allotted for Anacortes will double to two under new allocations established by the state Liquor and Cannabis Board. One store is now operating in the city.

Anacortes Police are investigating the theft of several hundred dollars in personal items during the ransacking of a home on 16^th St.

A fire late Tuesday night caused an estimated $160,000 to a building housing the Anacortes Music Channel and Classic Upholstery in the 200 block of Commercial ave.