Anacortes

A whale watch vessel is operating the state-funded passenger-only ferry pilot. The service from Anacortes to the San Juan Islands runs until June 30.

The Washington State Arts Commission board recently voted to certify three new "Creative Districts," including Anacortes and Bremerton, and to fund organizations connecting veteran communities with arts programming.

A treasure trove of carefully selected jazz recordings, books and movies reside at the Anacortes Public Library, supported by an endowment made in honor of clarinetist and saxophonist Dom Manieri.

The Shell Oil Company has pulled the plug on its plan to add an oil train facility to its Puget Sound Refinery in Anacortes. The company says global…

The Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes is among six in the nation that will receive new equipment to reduce toxic air pollution. It’s part of a $425 million…

Hundreds of activists are gathering in Anacortes this weekend for protests aimed at keeping fossil fuels in the ground.The Pacific Northwest “Break Free…

In 2011, there was no crude oil transported by train in Washington. Two years later, 700 million gallons of crude came through the state.Concern over…

An overflowing crowd turned out to testify in Skagit County Thursday on plans to add an oil-train facility to Shell’s refinery in Anacortes.The company…

With four vessels out of service, users of Washington state’s ferry system are coping with disruptions all around Puget Sound. In Anacortes, the…

In the city of Anacortes, plans are underway to build what might become the biggest beverage bottling plant in the country.Some residents are worried the…