Anacortes, Washington

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Anacortes

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• Anacortes to consider big-box retail standards
  

  The City Council will consider Monday welcoming big-box retailers into the city's commercial marine district.

• Two Washington State Ferries Sold For $4 Million
  

  Washington state has finally sold two fast ferries that were taken out of service by legislators in Olympia after they were embroiled in a lawsuit.

• Port of Anacortes sets budget
  

  Port of Anacortes commissioners approved a 2009 budget earlier this month that includes environmental cleanup projects, routine maintenance and facility upgrades a ' and takes a bit less in property taxes from ...

• Sammamish police blotter
  

  Sammamish officers arrested a 33-year-old Issaquah woman on the afternoon of Nov.

• Anacortes News Briefs | Nov. 26
  

  School Board hosts community breakfast The Anacortes School District will host a community linkage breakfast next week to help foster a stronger community connection and to listen and learn from local ...

• Port of Anacortes earns port of year award
  

  The Port of Anacortes was presented with the 2008 Presidenta s Port of the Year Award at the annual Washington Public Ports Association meeting on Friday.

• State awards $500,000 grant for Anacortes roundabout
  

  The city of Anacortes received word from the state Monday that it will receive a grant of a little more than $500,000 from the state Transportation Improvement Board for a roundabout at Commercial Avenue and ...

• Smithsonian exhibit at the Skagit County Historical Museum asks: - Are we what we eat?'
  

  The Skagit County Historical Museum is offering up an exhibit that people can really sink their teeth into.

• Anacortes students tackle new language
  

  Shannon Gilbert, right, helps Nayana K. Pye with a written English warm-up recently at Anacortes High School.

• Commissioners to honor retiring senator
  

  Retiring state Sen. Harriet Spanel spent more than two decades championing children, the environment, transportation, education and other Skagit County interests in the state Legislature, and the Skagit County ...

• Nine fire agencies participate in live burn
  

  Skagit County Fire District 13 hosted more than 70 firefighters on East March Point Road Saturday for an all-day 'live burn' exercise.

• Anacortes Council OKs duplex proposal after debate
  

  A A proposal for a duplex in a predominantly single family neighborhood sparked vigorous debate among City Council members Monday night.

• Anacortes to consider condos and roundabout design
  

  ANACORTES a ' The City Council plans to award a contract for the design work on the Commercial Avenue roundabout Monday and to consider whether to grant a permit to allow 14 new condos in the citya TMs ...

• Fidalgo Island precinct results reflect national, state trends
  

  For the most part, voters in Anacortes mirrored trends across the county, state and country when they went to the polls Nov.

• Dinner show romps through Anacortes history
  

  A cast of salty characters belts out a catchy tune during RiverBelle Dinner Theater's production of - King Kelly, A Smuggler's Tale" last week.

• Most Anacortes property assessments won't change
  

  Skyline residents should expect to see a small dip in their homea s assessed value this year, but others in Anacortes arena t likely to see much change.

• Anacortes News Briefs | Nov. 12
  

  Lane closures planned on Highway 20 this week The Washington Department of Transportation will close a lane of Highway 20 near Lake Campbell Road and use flaggers to direct traffic 7:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. ...

• ACLU considers lawsuit against Border Patrol
  

  The American Civil Liberties Union says it's considering a lawsuit against Border Patrol checkpoints on the Olympic Peninsula.

• Community is praying for Rusty Pollock and his family
  

  Rusty Pollock, director of Islands Convalescent Center, has terminal pancreatic cancer, according to Jim Carroll, immediate past president of the San Juan Lions Club, to which Pollock belongs.

City Description

Anacortes (pronounced /ˌænəˈkɔrtəs/) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, USA. The name Anacortes comes from Anna Curtis, the maiden name of early settler Amos Bowman's wife. The population was 14,557 at the 2000 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metropolitan Statistical Area. There is a Washington State Ferries dock that serves Lopez Island, Shaw Island, Orcas Island, and San Juan Island, as well as Victoria, British Columbia (via Sidney, British Columbia) on Vancouver Island. There is also a Skagit County-operated ferry dock that serves Guemes Island. Anacortes was officially incorporated on 19 May 1891. Anacortes is on Fidalgo Island. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.2 square miles (36.7 km²), of which, 11.8 square miles (30.5 km²) of it is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km²) of it (16.93%) is water. In a recent estimate, there are about 16,300 people as of 2007, 6,086 households, and 4,162 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,236.0 people per square mile (477.1/km²). There were 6,551 housing units at an average density of 556.2/sq mi (214.7/km²). The

City Contained By:

• Skagit County
• Washington

City Contains:

• Little Cranberry Lake

Timezones:

• Pacific Time Zone

Size:

• 36.7778311668 km squared

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