A small group of residents has launched a Facebook page to “start the public conversation about a publicly-owned dry goods store in Anacortes, much like Quimper Mercantile in Port Townsend.

The Senior College is offering a bakaer's dozen classes this fall, including a perennial favorite, Landscape Design, as well as a close-up view of less-visited National Parks.

Anacortes Poice report they have investigated an online posting which alleges that police have failed to investigate alleged animal mutilations here.

Police have charged a woman with burglary for apparently shimming a door to a medical facility gift shop with cardboard and coming back in medical garb to steal a small gift.

Anacortes firefighters extinguished a mattress fire at a residence on 38th Street which the fire department estimates caused about $2,500 damage, prompting a detailed news release to show the cost of minor fires.

Former high school history teacher Stan Ellsworth, now the host of a different kind of TV show about American history, says, “When you come to the northwest, there’s so much history here.”