Not a bad weekend to get outdoors, if the rain holds off, and it looks like it will. This weekend, chow down at the Eagles, enjoy music at Cap Sante Marina, take in a Bus Stop at the community theater, and don't forget about the farmers market.
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Just out from best-selling Kirkland author Robert Ferrigno comes The Heart of the Assassin. The year is 2045 and a warrior battles to save America from an
Islamic mastermind in this smart and violent futuristic thriller.
A man wanted for homicide in Bellevue apparently shot and killed himself as a Coast Guard vessel approached his boat off Orcas Island. A woman’s body was discovered when the boat was searched.
The foundation created by Burl Ives and his wife Dorothy has donated $15,000 to the school district to finish off the sound system at Brodniak Hall.
Anacortes home sales have leveled off, with July’s sales about the same as June and about the same as July of 2008.
The team for the 90 foot BMW-Oracle catamaran built in Anacortes to race in the upcoming America's Cup race was introduced at an event in San Diego Tuesday.
Anacortes Arts Festival winner Eric Olson is holding his Best of the Fest award for his landscape and micro photography. With him is Tom Kuzman of Wells Fargo Bank, sponsor of the award.
All 5 crew members of the Anacortes-based fishing vessel Patty J were rescued after their boat took on water in Southeast Alaska, according to a release from the U. S. Coast Guard.
Erica Pickett captured this shot at the christening of the 309-foot Ross Candies, the second IMR, or inspection, maintenance and repair boat to be built by Dakota Creek Industries for Otto Candies, a Louisiana-based marine transportation and towing company.
A car that had been reported stolen 2 days earlier was stopped by police for speeding on highway 20, the Anacortes Arts Festival office was burglarized, and a couple found all 4 of their car’s tires were flattened while they hiked at Washington Park. These are a few of this week’s police calls.