The federal Chemical Safety Board will hold a meeting in Anacortes to release and vote on its final report into the April 2, 2010, fatal explosion and fire at the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes.

A band led by a former Anacortes resident, anacortes (yes, that’s lower case) is releasing their self-titled debut album this weekend featuring music inspired by the life and recent death of singer/songwriter Shane Chapman’s father, Sam, who graces the album’s cover from the glory of the ‘70s, and whose birthday falls on the album’s release date.

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.