The new hand-built five-person gig Island Star, launched earlier this month by OARS, approaches the finish line about 100 yards ahead of the rival Salish Star (upper left) at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. The Island Star crew raced the new boat just days after finishing and launching it.
In an effort to support students pursuing a career in the competitive marine trades industry, the Skagit Valley College Foundation recently established a new scholarship for the college’s marine maintenance technology program.
“More than a Million” was the refrain at the Kick-off event for the United Way of Skagit County’s 2010 Campaign. Over 200 people crowded into the Cottontree Convention Center recently to learn about the campaign and watch the parade of Pacesetter checks.
A 44-year-old Anacortes man is facing drug charges after an officer discovered he was in possession of a small amount of drugs. The officer stopped the man in the 1300 block of 11th St as he was riding a bicycle well after dark without any type of light.
The City Council has okayed a 30-year contract to sell as much as 5-million gallons a day of city water, about a quarter of the current city deliveries, to Tethys Enterprises Inc., based in Everett, for use in a proposed bottling plant.
Anacortes Police arrested a driver after stopping him for texting while driving. The man was driving with a suspended license and had marijuana in his car.
