State Transportation Department will be doing some blasting along Highway 20 south of Sharpe's Corner and north of Campbell Lake Road starting later this month. The blasting will cause closures 5 nights a week.
Anacortes residents woke up this morning to a light layer of snow on the ground. The weather service says we should expect to see snow showers for much of the morning.
A snow shower moves in from the northwest in this photo shot from Washington Park on Saturday afternoon. Expect more tonight. (Bob Hodgman photo)
Last weekend, an employee of a downtown restaurant found five baggies with trace amounts of white powder in them in a parking lot behind the business.
Snow is possible in western Skagit County, including Fidalgo Island, Saturday afternoon into Sunday, according the the National Weather Service.
The City Council Thursday formally started its review of requests for changes to the city’s Development Regulations.
A new baby orca has been born, according to the Center for Whale Research on San Juan island. This would be the third baby spotted so far this year.
A citizens group has released an alternate long-range ferry plan that proposes resurrecting motor-vehicle excise taxes, annual license fees and more gas tax money as ways to keep service as it is.
The government is looking for comments a possible cleanup plan for an old mill site on Fidalgo Bay that could remake the Anacortes waterfront’s environmental and economic future.
A 38-year-old Anacortes man died Tuesday as a result of a SCUBA diving accident the previous Saturday in Burrows Bay.
