Math teacher Jeff Holtgeerts and science teacher Victor Garcia flank tuba player Robert Dyer, who has worked to keep the AHS project on track after the graduation of Kirsten Woodsmith in 2008.

More than three-dozen people turned out Wednesday night for a public meeting about registered sex offenders and, specifically, about one Level 3 offender who will be released in Anacortes next week.

The Mayor is stressing what he’s done over the past 16 years while his newcomer challenger is looking for a change.

Those solar panels visible on the roof of the high school's main building will be turned on with a switch-throwing ceremony set for Thursday afternoon.

Anacortes Police worked a case this week where a woman said a suspicious vehicle followed her and her 2 children on the street, then followed the bus they got on. 

Members of the "Shell on Wheels" volunteer bicycle team prepare to start the 2009 MS150 ride.