Sixteen new interpretive signs that tell the history and culture of Fidalgo Island will be unveiled by the Trail Tales team that created them at a ceremony this Saturday at Seafarers’ Memorial Park.
They may not win, but a two-person team from Anacortes is in good position to finish second in the 750-mile non-motorized boat race from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska.
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.
