American Legion representatives, veterans and other audience members salute the flag at the start of a Memorial Day service at Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes. Other local ceremonies were conducted on Guemes Island and at Fernhill Cemetery.
The City of Anacortes is hosting a Public Works Open House on Friday, May 29, 2015, from 9 am until 3:30 pm, at the city's award winning Wastewater Treatment Plant at 500 T Avenue.
Shell suffered a setback when a Superior Court judge rejected a lawsuit designed to prevent a full environment impact statement on Shell’s proposed new oil-by-rail unloading yard at the March Point refinery.
Nearly 60 students pose after the Anacortes Schools Foundation annual scholoarship ceremony on Wednesday night at Brodniak Hall.
A potential serious accident was averted when a two-person Anacortes Police team spotted a car turn westbound into the eastbound lanes of Highway 20 at Reservation Road in the early morning hours this week.
Week 3 of special session is coming to a close and there has been a lot of discussion about higher education funding. Since the recession, funding cuts to public colleges and universities have led to exorbitant increases in tuition nationwide.
Washington State Ferries has scheduled an open house and christening for the newest ferry, the M/V Samish, at the Anacortes ferry landing next week.
Looking frail, but happy at the attention, former Anacortes American publisher Wallie Funk is welcomed by Mayor Laurie Gere to a book release party celebrating the newspaper’s 125 years in existence.
Police charged the owner of a vehicle for allowing her vehicle to be driven by an unlicensed driver.
Lots to do this Mother’s Day weekend in Anacortes. In fact, along with the good weather forecast, it almost feels like summer is starting, though the official start of summer is still more than a month away. Here are some things to do this weekend…
