Anacortes News

Hop on the shuttle bus, which meets the ferries, to get around San Juan Island or Orcas.

Washington State Ferries advises customers to plan for heavy traffic and long wait times during the Memorial Day weekend.

Sinful schoolboy charm and naughty fantasy collide when Chippendales , the #1 Male Revue in the World, arrives at Swinomish Casino & Lodge in Anacortes, WA on June 21 and 22, both starting at 7 PM.

More students at Centennial and Little Mountain elementary schools will be walking or biking to school starting Monday as part of a pilot project to test several safe walking zones around the schools.

A proposal by state Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, to transform the state's most persistently failing schools has been signed by Gov.

UPDATE: Kalob Tatum says his stolen violin was recovered Thursday night. Details about how the violin was returned are sketchy, but Tatum said it is damaged and needs to be repaired before he can play it.

Mount Vernon police say they've nabbed a robber who's been terrorizing the town for more than a week.

The boom in North Dakota's Bakken oil field is speeding to the Northwest, a boon for ports and refineries that could bring in upwards of 200 million barrels of crude each year on mile-plus oil trains.

A story on Page A3 Thursday headlined "'Barefoot Bandit' guilty plea lost" misspelled the name of Chief Deputy Court Clerk Mavis Betz.

'If I have learned any truth, it's that absolutely anything is possible': Barefoot Bandit who outran police for two years in stolen cars, boats and planes pens bizarre letter to the court The man known as the 'Barefoot Bandit' has released a bizarre handwritten letter claiming that he has learned that 'anything is possible' and that he now intends ... (more)

When complete, Prelude is expected to be the largest offshore floating facility ever built.

The new-building will be one of the most capable heavy construction vessels in Subsea 7's fleet of over 40 ships, and is due to be delivered in 2016, She will be deployed globally to meet increasing market demands for executing ever- larger and more complex projects.

Colton Harris-Moore, right, who is also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," stands in a Skagit County Superior Courtroom, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash., as his attorney, John Henry Browne, second from right, speaks, and Skagit County Deputy Prosecutor Eric Peterson, left, looks on.

Colton Harris-Moore, right, who is also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," stands in a Skagit County Superior Courtroom, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash., as his attorney, John Henry Browne, second from right, speaks, and Skagit County Deputy Prosecutor Eric Peterson, left, looks on.

The attorney for "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore says his client will plead guilty to one burglary count stemming from an international crime spree for which Harris-Moore is already serving prison time.

Seattle-based Blue North has contracted with Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes to build an environmentally friendly fishing boat for cod fishing in Alaska.

Remnants of Bumbershoot's prom-themed announcement shows - a collection of seafoam green, baby blue, and yellow balloons and gold and silver glittery stars - were still hanging from the Crocodile's ceiling as Minneapolis' Now Now played on Saturday night.

The following book review is a Special provided by Elise Cooper for BlackFive readers.

A surprise wind from the northwest Monday morning caused havoc for the crew beginning work on the Langley Marina expansion project and forced the cancellation of the last whale watching cruise of the year by Mystic Sea Tours.

The Sehome girls' tennis team won 6-0 at Lynden in a Northwest Conference match that was shortened due to inclement weather Monday, April 29.