The state Department of Ecology has agreed to a request by Skagit County to serve as a co-lead agency to oversee the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposal by the Shell Anacortes oil refinery to develop a rail unloading facility for crude oil deliveries.

A motorist who refused to stop for an Anacortes officer trying to make a traffic stop led the officer on a chase up to 85 miles per hour out of town on Highway 20.

Verizon Wireless is planning to build a new cell phone tower near Commercial Ave. and 30th St. Their request for a special permit was approved by the City Council on Monday night.

Celebrate 26 years of waterfront fun with sea shanties, fish mongers, boat rides, boat races and more, at the Anacortes Waterfront Festival this weekend.

The City of Anacortes – Anacortes Arts Commission – is seeking artists for a new project to beautify Anacortes, while providing a service to the bike commuters in the community.  

Enthusiastic send-offs of the fishing fleet and weekend fishermen’s dances were central features of life in Anacortes for decades.