The mudslides up the Skagit River in recent days is causing the river to become extremely dirty, and since that’s the source of Anacortes’ drinking water, the city water treatment plant has taken steps to treat the water.
Gov. Chris Gregoire has announced she is appointing Marty Loesch as her general counsel and senior advisor. Loesch currently serves as the inter-governmental affairs director and tribal attorney for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.
Speaker after speaker Wednesday night criticized a proposal by the Governor to drop the Anacortes to Sidney, BC, ferry run. More than 50 people attended a meeting at city hall designed to gather support to save the international ferry run.
The assistant football coach at Anacortes High School, Bill Evans, has been selected to become the Varsity Football Coach. The School Board approved the selection Thursday morning.
You’ll be able to recycle old computers, televisions and other electronic products here in Anacortes, thanks to a new program by a Kiwanis Club group.
The City Council has okayed a 4 percent pay hike for Teamsters Union employees for the city. According to city human resources directory Emily Schuh, the raises are similar to what other city employees will be getting.
A woman in the 1000 block of 20th St. reported the theft of 12 duck decoys, 24 geese decoys, a tent, a child’s snowboard, and a dead snow goose from her front yard in the afternoon of New Year’s Eve.
Grabbing readers from the get-go with a sizzling murder that's the perfect setup for what's to come, this latest in Seattle writer Jayne Ann Krentz's unique "Arcane Society" series pairs a bitter, wounded ex-cop-turned-bartender with an emotionally guarded genealogy librarian.
It's a buyer's market for homes in Anacortes/ Housing prices fell last month. Homes sales for 2008 were down sharply from the previous year. And, there are a lot of homes on the market right now.
March Point resident Don Munks, who recently retired from the Skagit County commissioners, says he wants the governor to name him director of the state Agriculture Department.
