On Saturday, January 12, 2013 the Anacortes High School Key Club, The Kiwanis Sunrisers and the Kiwanis Noon Club will be picking up Christmas trees for recycling beginning at 8:30 AM within the Anacortes City limits.

Chief Bowers does not routinely work street patrol, but on one afternoon last week, the Chief spotted a woman with an arrest warrant in an alley behind a home on 4th Street. She contacted the woman and took her in to custody as other other officers responded to the area.

A Pacific storm will bring snow to the mountains on Christmas day... with snow possible even on the lowlands. The mountains will generally pick up 4 to 8 inches of new snow. Snowfall amounts across the lowlands are expected to be less than 2 inches but there could be localized higher amounts.

Police are investigating the theft of a gold nugget pendant valued at over $5,000 from a business in the 600 block of Commercial Ave this week. On Monday, Dec. 17, while the owners had been in their office momentarily, a woman entered the store, opened a jewelry display case and stole the pendant. The investigation is ongoing.

Six members of Washington’s Congressional Delegation have called on federal investigators to complete their investigation into the April 2010 explosion at the Tesoro refinery that claimed seven lives.

As 2012 nears an end, the Anacortes Arts Festival, with Board members Lisa Kuhnlein and Teresa Kolp, remind us of the good the Arts Festival does for the community, including these art kits donated to the Salvation Army.