It looks like west end residents could get better AT&T cell phone reception soon, thanks to new cell tower, planned in Skyline.
(Updated) A police officer and the city have settled a grievance filed over his firing by the city. Under the agreement, the city rescinded the officer’s firing and allowed the officer to resign instead.
An overturned car, resting on its roof. No one around. A passing motorist calls 911. Anacortes Police put the story together.
The recently-expanded Soroptimist Thrift Shop is now open for business at 3rd St. and O Ave. The $450,000 expansion roughly doubled the space.
The Department of Labor & Industries has cited the Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. at its Anacortes refinery for 17 ‘serious’ safety and health violations. The agency is proposing an $87,500 fine.
With patriotic music playing and American flags flying, several dozen people stood on all four corners at 12th and Commercial on Wednesday, the day federal income taxes are due, and lashed out against proposed tax increases.
Skagit County’s unemployment rate rose to nearly 11 percent, more than 2 and a half points above the state’s unemployment level last month.
The Guemes Island Ferry will be out of service for about 12 days for scheduled maintenance starting Wednesday, April 15. It will be replaced by a passenger ferry in the interim.
Anacortes police are investigating a report that an ex-employee of a local business has used a company credit card to run up $6,000 in charges.
An ultra-light did what was termed a hard-crash at Anacortes Airport shortly after take-off this week.
