Merrillee Moore’s 18-foot tall, 5,000 pound, stainless steel sculpture “Aerie” was installed with little fanfare Saturday in the Commercial Ave. roundabout.

Anacortes Police arrested and charged an Oak Harbor man with ripping a bathroom door off its hinges and damaging a wall at a Commercial Ave. hotel.

In another in a series of Career Education events, the Northwest Career & Technical is hosting a Career Manufacturing Industry Night in Anacortes this Wednesday.

Skagit County Health Department is changing direction and will be ending clinical services such as immunizations, in part as a resulf of the Affordable Care Act.

The city has reached new three-year tentative agreements with unions representing the Police and Fire departments with wage hikes of 6 percent for firefighters and 7.5 percent for non-commissioned police officers.

The upcoming February 10 school bond election should not take anyone by surprise. What might surprise many, however, is the effort behind what the public sees: the effort of current high school students.