New this week at the Anacortes Cinemas: The Informant: Matt Damon is a slippery corporate whistler who fancies himself 0014 because he's "twice as smart as 007." Also on screen here: 9, Whiteout, & Inglourious Basterds.
A dozen community leaders use a dozen gold-colored shovels to break ground just south of Cap Sante Marina for a new Northwest Career & Technical Academy, a joint venture involving Skagit County high schools and Skagit Valley College.
Math teacher Jeff Holtgeerts and science teacher Victor Garcia flank tuba player Robert Dyer, who has worked to keep the AHS project on track after the graduation of Kirsten Woodsmith in 2008.
More than three-dozen people turned out Wednesday night for a public meeting about registered sex offenders and, specifically, about one Level 3 offender who will be released in Anacortes next week.
The Mayor is stressing what he’s done over the past 16 years while his newcomer challenger is looking for a change.
Those solar panels visible on the roof of the high school's main building will be turned on with a switch-throwing ceremony set for Thursday afternoon.
Anacortes Police worked a case this week where a woman said a suspicious vehicle followed her and her 2 children on the street, then followed the bus they got on.
Members of the "Shell on Wheels" volunteer bicycle team prepare to start the 2009 MS150 ride.
The proposed Forest Comprehensive plan drew criticism at a City Council hearing Tuesday night, with a strong contingent of climbers looking for relaxed regulations. More than 50 people were in the audience for the public hearing.
Mayor Dean Maxwell has presented the City Council with what he called a fiscally conservative, balanced, $38 million budget for the coming year. He said the 2010 budget represents a 16% cut from the current year's budget.
