The Anacortes Arts Festival announced 2014 “giving back” grants totaling $55,000, the largest annual giving amount in its 53-year history, with $31,000 going to Anacortes schools..
Nextdoor is an attempt to become the social network for neighborhoods, inspired by the conclusion of Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone that neighborhood social networks make crime go down and test scores go up.
This invasive plant threatens native vegetation and wildlife, costs the logging industry and government of Washington State tens of millions of dollars annually in lost revenue and expense to control, and is a designated Noxious Weed.
Another Anacortes resident fell victim to a scam and lost more than $2,000 in the process this week.
If your idea of a quilt is something that belongs in grandma’s attic—think again! The biennial Quilt Show sponsored by Fidalgo Island Quilters, April 11–13, draws an international audience with something of interest for modernists, fashionistas, students, patriots, shopaholics, and, yes, traditional quilt lovers.
Carol Armstrong, ship's sponsor for R/V Neil Armstrong, breaks a bottle across the bow during a christening ceremony Saturday at Dakota Creek Shpipyard here.
Bill Robiliard of Anacortes was the big winner of last weekend’s Salmon Derby, taking the $15,000 grand prize.
The Seattle Times Sunday published an outstanding account of the Oso mudslide. This is based on Seattle Times interviews with survivors, rescuers and friends and family of the dead and missing; police- and fire-dispatch tapes; and photographs and videos taken by Times staff, rescuers and witnesses. Read the Full Story
Anacortes Police impounded a vehicle because of what an officer saw in the vehicle after stopping it for not having a front license plate.
About 100 people Wednesday night helped to lay out a vision for Anacortes’ future as part of a 2-year project to update the city’s Comprehensive Plan.
