Adults and kids of all ages will be able to learn about the marine life in Fidalgo Bay while having fun, too, at the annual Fidalgo Bay Dan and National Estuaries Day this Saturday.
What you pay for city water could double in the coming five years, if the City Council adopts the recommendations of a consultant. The last water rate hike was phased in over three years, 2011-2013.
Mayor Laurie Gere recently received a Certificate of Municipal Leadership (CML) from the Association of Washington Cities, after completing over 30 hours of training credits to earn this distinction.
Police had to break down a door at a home on 32nd Street looking for a woman wanted on a DUI warrant and ultimately found her curled up in a ball in the home’s back yard.
An Anacortes couple have been sentenced to prison time after pleading guilty to charges accusing them of keeping the woman’s infant in what Police Chief Bonnie Bowers called horrific, filthy and dangerous conditions.
The city has been awarded a state grant to to understand the reason for the large algae blooms at Heart Lake over the past few years.
Saying the Skagit River level is low, the city is asking for residents to voluntarily reduce water use by at least 10 percentg.
Saying they’re sleepy by the end of long meetings, two City Council members are asking to move the Council’s regular Monday night meeting time from 7pm to 6pm. The Council rejected a 6:30 start time about a year ago.
Police arrested an Anacortes man who had apparently been living in a storage container at a Skyline mini-storage.
The budget up for final approval by the school board this coming week includes about $2-million in additional state funding.
