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.”

With environmental cleanup set to start next month on one project, the state has announced the next cleanup project, a former log-handling area near Pier 2 on the Guemes Channel.

Artist Bill Mitchell has completed his first new mural in two years, pictured here with museum advisory board President Lewis Jones.

The next cleanup project for the Port is the former Shell Oil tank farm, which was originally on tidal flats, then covered with fill in the 1925-’29 period between what is now 13th and 14th streets just east of McDonald's on Commercial Ave.

Mayor Gere is appointing Don Measamer as Director of Planning, Community & Economic for the city, in essence, making permanent his interim appointment made last March with the departure of Ryan Larsen.