Anacortes News

The 2009 Anacortes town photo is on sale at the Anacortes American office, 901 Sixth St.

Lively images of Anacortesans at work and at play fill Bret Lunsford's new book 'Anacortes.' Above, local crab fishing pioneers Vito Ruzich, Clayton Hove and George Franulovich are pictured about the time the industry took off in the 1950s.

Community groups worked to outfit the kitchens of the Anacortes Family Shelter's nine units with food and cookware.

Living in Anacortes, I have tried mostly all the restaurants here . Randy's Pier 61 has seafood, wine, is a little pricey but classy, good steak, too, and on the waterfront east of Commercial a few blocks off of 4th Street, a little street just before you go up the hill to Cap Sante rock.

Posted by: Fire Mountain Solar LLC Phone: 360-422-5610 Email: Website: http://www.firemountainsolar.com Fire Mountain Solar LLC is pleased to announce and welcome Ryan Price to its Inside Sales and Technical Support team.

Construction on the roundabout at the top of Commercial Avenue is off to a fast start, and drivers are dealing with the detours pretty well, public works officials say.

Ferry commuters could be in for a long wait this weekend. Especially if you don't plan ahead.

Injured climber airlifted off Mount Erie A 22-year-old Whatcom County man was airlifted off Mount Erie Saturday after injuring his leg during a climb.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Funding for the environmental cleanup of the Puget Sound in northwestern Washington state is set to increase again under the leadership of Rep.

Ordinary secondhand items become whimsical musical instruments in the hands of South Fidalgo resident Greg Hobson, who is pictured with a wind chime that plays the tones from 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Among his most popular creations are guitars, banjos and other stringed instruments that incorporate hubcaps and cigar boxes.

Anacortes School District Superintendent Chris Borgen will personally see the cuts he has been forced to make in other areas as the district reins in spending.

Chris Anderson is resigning from the Anacortes School District board after nearly six years in the position.

The 18-year-old Mount Vernon man who was found dead in a car with a gunshot wound Monday has been identified as Edgar Cristobal Reyes-Bravo, according to the Skagit County Coroners Office.

If the City Council agrees, Anacortes City Library patrons could borrow books and other items from libraries in Burlington and La Conner.

Don Armeni ramp in West Seattle -- June 13: 12 boats with 33 anglers caught six rockfish, six lingcod and one kelp greenling.

Dakota Creek Industries continues to grow its skilled workforce and provides more than 400 jobs to the Anacortes community and Skagit County through such actions as reconfiguring its shipyard leased from the Port of Anacortes.

Jerry L. Mansfield, a former Anacortes mayor and former Skagit County commissioner, died June 8. He was 93.

Length: About a 2-mile loop, connecting to additional 2-mile lake loop. Level of difficulty: Level-to-moderate dirt/gravel trails.

Parking will be free at the Anacortes ferry terminal operated by Washington State Ferries during the Fourth of July weekend.

Ricky Sinz is a gay porn star. He's also the owner of a rescued pit bull. Earlier this month, he had to stab and stomp an attacking pit bull to death .