New art coming to First Friday Art Walk includes art work by members of the Washington Artist Group and jewelry at Scott-Milo and ceremics at the Depot Arts Center.  

Students will have fewer sports options and schools will have smaller staffs as a result of a trimmer budget for next year.

The owners of Island Video have decided to shut down after trying for a year to sell the small business. Island Video will close at the end of this month.

Thirty-six Anacortes High School graduating seniors were awarded scholarships totalling more than $60,000 during a ceremony Thursday night. Two of the scholarships were for $10,000.

More than 93% of the Anacortes High School class of 2008 have met state standards in reading and writing and could be in line to graduate on Friday, June 13, if they meet other requirements, according to figures released this week. 

City Attorney Ian Munce told the City Council on Monday that the city still has a chance to win the match with T-Mobile, which won a court ruling which overturned the city’s refusal to allow a cell tower in a residential area.