At noon on Monday, the gates at milepost 134 and milepost 171 are swinging closed and when the current series of fronts have passed, state Transportation Department maintenance and avalanche crews will reassess whether it can be reopened for Thanksgiving or after that, or not at all.

A flea market near Sharpe’s Corner was vandalized early Monday morning. Profanity had been spray-painted throughout the building, a fire extinguisher had been discharged and several items appeared to have been deliberately broken.

The annual Holiday Farmers Market was packed Saturday morning, the first of 2 days, as Clover, the Balloon Fairy, entertained folks entering the Port's Transit Shed Event Center.

A body discovered on Wednesday in Sedro-Woolley has been identified as that of Ramon "Ray" Jones, the 80-year-old husband of Anne Jones of Anacortes, who is a volunteer at the Anacortes Chamber Visitors Center. Ray Jones, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, had wandered away from a memory care facility in Sedro-Woolley on Oct. 1.

The Anacortes Farmers Market is incredibly excited to bring you our 6th Annual Holiday Farmer's Market, this Saturday & Sunday, November 17 & 18, 10am-4pm at the Port Warehouse Transit Shed at the north end of Commercial.  

A series of strong weather systems will arrive in western Washington beginning Saturday. Each system will bring rain... heavy at times... wind to mainly the coast and north interior... and snow to the mountains.