The Anacortes Family Center will receive the portion of an annual federal grant that in past years has traditionally gone to the Community Action Agency of Skagit County.

The Anacortes Arts Festival announced 2014 “giving back” grants totaling $55,000, the largest annual giving amount in its 53-year history, with $31,000 going to Anacortes schools.. 

Nextdoor is an attempt to become the social network for neighborhoods, inspired by the conclusion of Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone that neighborhood social networks make crime go down and test scores go up.

This invasive plant threatens native vegetation and wildlife, costs the logging industry and government of Washington State tens of millions of dollars annually in lost revenue and expense to control, and is a designated Noxious Weed.

Another Anacortes resident fell victim to a scam and lost more than $2,000 in the process this week.

If your idea of a quilt is something that belongs in grandma’s attic—think again! The biennial Quilt Show sponsored by Fidalgo Island Quilters, April 11–13, draws an international audience with something of interest for modernists, fashionistas, students, patriots, shopaholics, and, yes, traditional quilt lovers.