The Anacortes Arts Festival Art in Bloom events at the Depot kick off this Friday with the Fine Art Exhibition Opening at 6 pm.
Anacortes High School FIRST Robotics Team won the Portland NW Regional championship, beating out several long standing team winners, Skunk Works (3 out of 3 in the finals) and others like Bare Metal, Sea Bots and the like, according to advisor Curt Oppel.
Anacortes Police stopped a motorist who appeared to be holding a cellphone and texting and was cited for an expired drivers license.
The city has decided to join a movement that cities across the country are involved in and put a parklet on the the city’s streets. And, rather than fund the purchase of the parklet with funds from general revenues, the City will pay for it from the city’s 4% lodging tax.
Throughout the week of April 10-16, the Anacortes library celebrates National Library Week, National Poetry Month and the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s life and work with a series of engaging programs, captivating events and hands-on activities featuring poetry and the Bard.
The Anacortes Schools Foundation has received a bequest of $444,000 from the estate of Tracy O. Deskin to fund new scholarships for graduating Anacortes High School students.
Two chickens were killed at a home on 41st St. by two large dogs, later declared dangerous.
Tom Glade, representing Evergreen Islands, and a handful of others were queued up to comment at a an open house for a proposal by the Tesoro’s March Point refinery to add new capacity to produce and ship xylene.
Mike Sutcliffe, owner of the RadioShack franchise here has decided to close the store, the last remaining RadioShack in Skagit County, by May Day.
Special session has finally come to an end! Over the past weeks, Reps. Hans Dunshee, Pat Sullivan and Timm Ormsby and I worked hard to secure a supplemental operating budget that reflected the values of Washingtonians and met the needs of our state.
