News

A green jet fuel company says 14 airlines have agreed to buy renewal jet fuel derived from camelina that will be produced at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes.

A construction work was killed when a Guemes Island home he was working on collapsed and crushed him. The victim was identified as 57-year-old David Leep of Mount Vernon.

Police found a pickup truck on Heart Lake Road that apparently hit a tree, then rolled over, but no one was around. The search is on for the driver. That’s just one case in this week’s Police Blotter.

Anacortes snatched their first win of the season by edging out Sedro-Woolley 43-39 in a non-league game at Williams Gym Friday night. Read more on KWLE's Bryant Johnson's blog.

The Men Who Stare at Goats, which gets 3 1/2 stars from Roger Ebert, headlines this weekend's new films here. Another winner this weekend: The Princess & the Frog, a Disney hand-drawn animated film. The Blind Side is a holdover.

Anacortes Police arrested a man here who was wanted in Mesa, Arizona for child molestation. He was discovered after an employee discovered multiple ID cards in the wallet he left in his pants at a local dry cleaner.

Anacortes schools could lose as much as $1 million dollars under the state budget presented by Governor Gregoire this week. And, that prospect got the School Board discussing just what to do.

Fundraising for repairing the Tommy Thompson Trail trestle damaged by fire took a major step forward with new pledges totalling $50,000 from the Samish Indian Nation and the Puget Sound Energy Foundation.

A proposal to give a limited tax break for new residential construction in the downtown area drew mixed reviews and words of caution at Monday night's City Council meeting.

“What did they just do?” was a question from an audience member after the City Council Monday night okayed changes to the city’s Comprehensive Plan and Development Regs.