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A woman was stopped after she was spotted using a cellphone as she drove by the Police Station on M Ave.

The threat of high winds has caused several local events to be cancelled this weekend. UPDATE All soccer games for Sat., Oct 15 are postponed...word from city Parks and Rec Dept.

This Saturday's Farmers Market has been cancelled because high winds and rain are forecast for this weekend.

Mayor Gere is proposing a 9% increase in city spending for the coming year, as part of a two-year budget for the city. Next year's budget would be $60.9 million, with the spending in 2018 at about $60.6 million.

The school district plans to sell advanced tickets only to this Friday’s Homecoming Game and opening of the new Seahawk Stadium.

Using social media, Anacortes Police helped recover a vehicle that was reported stolen from the state ferry landing.

A new Veterans Memorial Plaza was dedicated at the high school during a ceremony this week. It will act as a replacement for the old War Memorial Field which will be the site of a new high school building.

Shell's March Point refinery is suspending permitting of its planned crude-by-rail project. The current global crude oil market and the tight capital environment make this project non-economic at this time.

As evening sets in, the activities of the day are winding down. You’ve toured historic downtown, dined at one of Anacortes’s many restaurants, and are ready to settle down for the night. But, the sun has one last experience you don’t want to miss–a Fidalgo Island sunset.

Skagit County and the state Department of Ecology have studied the potential environmental impacts from Shell’s proposed crude-by-rail unloading facility in Anacortes and published a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for public review.