It looks like west end residents could get better AT&T cell phone reception soon, thanks to new cell tower, planned in Skyline.

(Updated) A police officer and the city have settled a grievance filed over his firing by the city. Under the agreement, the city rescinded the officer’s firing and allowed the officer to resign instead.

An overturned car, resting on its roof. No one around. A passing motorist calls 911. Anacortes Police put the story together.

The recently-expanded Soroptimist Thrift Shop is now open for business at 3rd St. and O Ave. The $450,000 expansion roughly doubled the space.

The Department of Labor & Industries has cited the Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. at its Anacortes refinery for 17 ‘serious’ safety and health violations. The agency is proposing an $87,500 fine.

With patriotic music playing and American flags flying, several dozen people stood on all four corners at 12th and Commercial on Wednesday, the day federal income taxes are due, and lashed out against proposed tax increases.