American Legion representatives, veterans and other audience members salute the flag at the start of a Memorial Day service at Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes. Other local ceremonies were conducted on Guemes Island and at Fernhill Cemetery.

The City of Anacortes is hosting a Public Works Open House on Friday, May 29, 2015, from 9 am until 3:30 pm, at the city's award winning Wastewater Treatment Plant at 500 T Avenue. 

Shell suffered a setback when a Superior Court judge rejected a lawsuit designed to prevent a full environment impact statement on Shell’s proposed new oil-by-rail unloading yard at the March Point refinery.

Nearly 60 students pose after the Anacortes Schools Foundation annual scholoarship ceremony on Wednesday night at Brodniak Hall.

A potential serious accident was averted when a two-person Anacortes Police team spotted a car turn westbound into the eastbound lanes of Highway 20 at Reservation Road in the early morning hours this week.

Week 3 of special session is coming to a close and there has been a lot of discussion about higher education funding. Since the recession, funding cuts to public colleges and universities have led to exorbitant increases in tuition nationwide.