The final transportation budget, which passed the state Senate by a 41 to 8 vote on Saturday, includes money for the Sidney ferry route and 4 new car ferries in the coming 4 years.

“It’s a sad time for education” is how Anacortes School Superintendent Chris Borgen summed up what’s happening in Olympia and how it will impact students, teachers and parents here.

Earlier reports that the black smoking coming from the refineries was a scheduled event. Later information indicated the power outage forced the refineries to burn off fuel.

With only emergency lighting, the Anacortes School Board went ahead with their scheduled 6:15 pm meeting Thursday evening despite a widespread power outage that struck all of Fidalgo Island, the San Juans and the rest of Skagit County. 

In “Standing By,” an Anacortes woman gives a moving and candid account of her life as a Navy officer’s wife and her family’s time with her husband away for the Iraq War.

The Arts Commission is looking for a sculpture to put in the center of a new roundabout planned for Commercial Ave. where Hwy. 20 enters Anacortes.