The City Council wants to hear more about a proposal that could lead to construction of a 100,000 square foot big box store on R Ave. between 24th and 28th streets.

Mayor Maxwell presented certificates to four members of the city Planning Commission at Monday night’s City Council meeting.

The North Cascades Highway is officially closed for the season. The WSDOT avalanche and maintenance folks headed up early Tuesday morning to see what 3 feet of new snow over the past two days had done to the highway.

“I am a colorful character of Anacortes,” declares Mae-Louise Dopps, and many would agree. Her numerous colorful and flamboyant hats support the claim.

A woman was cited for theft after not paying a cab driver the $229 fare to drive her from Tacoma to Anacortes.

This Saturday is Small Business Saturday, a day set aside since 2010 between Black Friday and Cyber Monday to encourage shoppers to spend their holiday money at local mom-and-pop stores.