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Police located a resident who extensively trimmed two city-owned Poplar trees on the Tommy Thompson Trail without permission.

The tall ship Hawaiian Chieftain makes her return trip to Anacortes this week, sailing into Cap Sante Marina on Tuesday.

State DOT is set to open the Sharpes Corner Roundabout on Friday, but it will be limited to one lane, so traffic may continue to back up as drivers merge going into the roundabout.

The Samish Indian Nation has announced that its map tracking the future impacts of climate change in the San Juan Archipelago, the tribe’s traditional territory, has been honored as one of the winners of the 2018 Esri Tribal Story Map Challenge.

Police investigated several reported car prowls this week, with two reported on Memorial Day with losses of about $1,000 each.

There are new changes, effective now, for driving through and around the construction of a new roundabout at Sharpes Corner.

One motorist waved a handgun at another motorist near the Sharpes Corner highway construction and wound up being cited for displaying a dangerous weapon and other charges.

Police on Monday arrested a driver who tested at over three times the legal limit to drive.

Two teams of students from Anacortes Middle School recently won 1st and 2nd place in the Seattle KidWind Challenge at the Museum of Flight, where they tested their hand-crafted functional wind turbines in a wind tunnel to calculate their energy output. Two other AMS teams did well at KidWind Nationals in Chicago

The Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show, which promises to be the largest boat show ever held here, opens Thursday and runs through the weekend at Cap Sante Marina.