The Anacortes High School robotics team wound up an exciting four days at the World Championships in St. Louis, Mo. and headed home on Sunday after failing to reach the quarter finals. They qualified for worlds in 22nd place out of 154 teams from Wash. and Ore.
A wrong-way motorist drove eastbound in the westbound lanes of Highway 20, managing to dodge oncoming traffic from R Ave. until she pulled in to the scenic viewpoint, and in the process caused a traffic tie-up.
Anacortes teachers went on strike Friday afternoon and demonstrated at 12th and Commercial over legislative inaction on education funding.
If you’re eagle-eyed, you might spot some new cameras installed at some Anacortes intersections.
The Anacortes teachers union will join other teachers in a rolling walk-out this Friday, according to Carl Dellutri, the president of the union.
Punctuating the western horizon across the Skagit Flats, a rocky dome stands sentinel above Fidalgo Island. For locals, it’s a coming-home beacon; for travelers, a sign they’re nearing Anacortes; for others, the mountain itself is the destination.
A 71 year-old Anacortes woman contacted Anacortes Police to report that she was the victim of identity theft.
A ferry worker was injured when he was crushed between two cars Friday evening on the Anacortes-Friday Harbor ferry run.
Get ready for a couple more closures on SR 20 at Deception Pass next week.
Island Hospital is ranked third in the state, according to annual survey results from Medicare patients who received care there in 2013.
