The City Council has okayed a $53.7 million city budget for the coming year, more than 42 million than Mayor Gere had originally asked for in her budget presentation last October.
The former development director of the Island Hospital Foundation has pleaded guilty to four counts of first degree theft and five counts of forgery in connection with the theft of more than $300,000.
The Anacortes library has scheduled an event designed to celebrate discovery and imagination in Sci-Fi. and, it’s just in time for opening weekend of the newest movie installment in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars, The Force Awakens.
An enthusiastic crowd turned out for Anacortes’ annual Christmas parade on Saturday despite the very windy and sometimes rainy morning.
An Anacortes Police Sergeant was dispatched to 22nd Street and R Avenue on Thursday evening about 8:00 pm for a one-car accident.
Anacortes Chamber of Commerce staff, including Laura Hartner dangling from overhead, are building a new kind of Christmas tree, one built of prawn pots, for the annual community tree-lighting set for Friday evening.
