The Anacortes Chamber of Commerce has launched a new initiative to forge closer ties with the Whidbey Naval Air Station community. The initiative includes a new Web site.

The City Council has given final approval for the planned Northwest Career and Technical Academy, to be built on Port of Anacortes property, dubbed Parcel One, south of Cap Sante Marina.

The City Council has okayed a proposal to name the courtroom at the Police Station in honor of a former judge, Eugene Anderson, who died last month. Mayor Dean Maxwell made the proposal and it was approved by the Council.

The City Council has given the go ahead for a 20-unit residential complex on Ninth St. between Q and R avenues. The 5-building project reserves first floor space for commercial or retail space.

City Council members Monday night called for better preparation for July Fourth traffic problems next year. Council member Kevin McKeown said “I’ve never seen lines that long. What a nightmare.”

A 19-year-old man who told officers that he had just moved to Anacortes received a warm welcome and was arrested for DUI after an officer observed him driving a 1998 Lincoln Town Car erratically in the 1400 block of “D” Ave.