Dakota Creek has signed a $30-million contract to build one of the most environmentally friendly and technologically advanced fishing vessels in the world for Blue North, a sustainable natural resource company.

With two County Commissioners and the County Administrator looking on, the City Council Monday night okayed an agreement which would fund a new $55- to $60-million county jail with a proposed sales tax hike.

An alarm at the high school Sunday morning led to possible charges of burglary, arson, and malicous mischief for 3 AHS students and one former student, according to a Police Dept. news release.

Little by little. Year by year. One at a time, but faster than the Scotch broom can recover. That’s how progress is being made at Hope Island.

The Anacortes Middle School will be holding a clothing drive May 6-17, 2013 in preparation for the end of summer Ready to Learn Fair.

A firefighter climbs a ladder to check the roof of the Trident Seafoods plant in Anacortes following a small fire Saturday afternoon.