The ferry Hyak has been pulled from service and will enter a drydock at Dakota Creek on Monday to get an exterior paint job. The boat lately has been sailing Puget Sound with rust on one side.
The lowest bidder for a contract to update and expand the city's water treatment plant came in well under the city's expected $60 million price tag and more than $10 million less than the city's original $67 million estimate.
The Anacortes Arts Commission is recommending an 18-foot stainless steel sculpture for the roundabout that Commission chair Rita James said "is really going to make a statement."
Dash!, a local Fidalgo Island volunteer organization this weekend will kick-off of their 2010 FOOD “Food Offers Opportunity Drive” – a community fundraiser benefitting the Salvation Army.
The 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables, which was presented at London's O2 Arena Oct. 3, will screen at the Anacortes Cinemas at 7:30 pm Wednesday night, along with dozens of other theaters nationwide..
When the Hospital district board approved a $74 million 2011 budget, the commissioners also extended 2 programs one month beyond the current state funding cut-off that provide teen maternity care and infant care health services.
The City Council approved a one percent hike in the city’s property tax levy, a levy that Mayor Dean Maxwell said was just about the lowest in Skagit County.
The state Transportation Commission has unanimously approved a 2.5 percent hike in ferry fares to take effect on the first of 2011. The new fares eliminate day-of-week pricing and peak season passenger surcharges on the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route.
The Hospital District Commissioners have approved a one-percent tax levy increase for next year, as well as a $74-million budget for the coming year. The levy increase will amount to an annual property tax hike of about $1.50 per $100,000 assessed value.
Police arrested a 38-year old woman for prowling vehicles in the area of 24th St. and H Ave. after a neighbor saw the woman prowling an unlocked truck on Monday, Nov. 8. She alerted police and then followed her as she left on foot.
