Anacortes High School students staged a short Homecoming Parade Friday afternoon from downtown to the high school, leading up to their Homecoming game against Burlington-Edison HS. The Homcoming Dance is Saturday night.

Anacortes Police and the Skagit Sheriff's Office arrested an Anacortes man for growing marijuana in the 1000 block of 15th St. Officers seized 32 adult marijuana plants, about 3.5 pounds of dried marijuana, a shotgun and $10,000 in cash.

A new bank branch of KeyBank is set to open on Monday at Commercial Ave. & 16th St. A grand opening is set for Nov. 6, with family activities such as lunch, face painting and a balloon artist.

Aché Brasil, with a dazzling mix of movement, music and traditions of Brazil, is coming to Anacortes early next month. The Anacortes Arts Festival will present Ache’ Brasil on Friday, Nov. 5th at 7:30 pm at Brodniak Hall.

Murder suspect Michiel Oakes admitted shooting well-known Fidalgo Island dog trainer Mark Stover and dumping his body in the Swinomish Channel, thus solving a year-old mystery since Stover disappeared.

A huge crane lifted the old Guemes Ferry terminal off the pier in two loads Monday morning, then hauled the two pieces off to the Anacortes Airport for a Craigslist purchaser.