The state ferry system faces cutbacks as a result of the current state budget crisis. The cuts could include trimming 2 months off the international service and reducing service hours and capacity to the San Juan Islands.

To honor veterans, a city-wide Veterans Day event is set for Thursday, beginning at 11 am at Causland Memorial Park and continuing at the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed Event Center.

A Police officer was forced to shoot a deer that had rammed and knocked over a woman, then was racking its antlers against her front door in the 4400 block of Fir Crest Court recently.  

The Visitor Information Center is one of the projects that will continue to be funded by the city's Tourism Promotion Fund, with $200,000 allocated for next year.

School Board President Kris Lytton has resigned from the School Board to devote more time to her new position as State Representative from the 40th Legislative District. The Board will begin looking immediately for a replacement.

Sometime later this year, you'll start seeing a new signs like these around town as the city launches a new series of so-called 'wayfinding' signs.