The Skagit River Bridge on Interstate 5 between Burlington and Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening just after 7 p.m. May 23, 2013.
A Skagit County Sheriff's fire boat fights a blaze on the side of Cap Sante in Anacortes on Tuesday evening. Anacortes Fire Chief Richard Curtis said as much as a half-acre burned, as crews battled the fire from the water and the top of the hill.
Harvesting sea cucumbers from the bottom of the bay.
It was bring-your-own seating at a free waterside concert at Fidalgo Bay.
The executive director of the Port of Anacortes talks about port activities with U.S Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington.
Mount Erie Fire Chief Mike Noyes, at right, talks to a fellow firefighter as several others pour water on flames burning a house on Olympic View Lane in Anacortes.
United Steelworkers members march with picket signs across the main entrance of the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes on Saturday, where they began striking on Feb. 1 along with workers from eight other refineries nationwide. Several more refineries joined the strike Saturday.
An oil train heading to the Tesoro refinery passes the Shell Puget Sound refinery in Anacortes. Skagit County Hearing Examiner Wick Dufford ordered Shell to perform a full environmental impact statement before the company can seek permits to build its own oil-by-rail offloading facility.
Black smoke is visible Friday from the flare system at the Shell Puget Sound Refinery. The flare burns excess gas to keep it from accumulating in the refinery equipment.
Paper lantern globes were attached to many of the kayaks participating Friday evening in a flotilla demonstration as part of Break Free PNW's protest against fossil fuels.
The "Raging Grannies" of Seattle have placed themselves in rocking chairs on the train tracks at Farm to Market Road along Highway 20 Friday evening in an effort to stop any oil trains from reaching the Shell and Tesoro refineries at March Point in Anacortes. It's part of the Break Free protest against fossil fuels.
Eighth-grader Keira Hines forms a toy top during STEM Camp woodworking class. The class was her first experience with woodworking.
A local chapter of Moms Demand Action hosted a demonstration in the rain June 3, on Wear Orange Day, pushing for common-sense gun legislation to keep kids safe.
Skagit County Auditor Sandy Perkins stands ready to accept a ballot being dropped off behind the Anacortes Public Library Sunday as Elections Supervisor David Cunningham unloads a full ballot box. Perkins said early voting has meant boxes are filling up more quickly than usual across Skagit County. They will be unloaded by Elections officials and taken to the Elections Department regularly between now and Election Day, Nov. 3.
Wallie V. Funk Jr. autographs copies of his book, “Pictures of the Past: Celebrating 125 Years of Anacortes History,” during the Anacortes American’s 125th anniversary celebration in 2015. Funk was the former co-owner of the Anacortes American and a long-time journalist in both Skagit and Island counties.
Hunting for treasure in Anacortes
There was something for everyone Saturday at the annual Shipwreck Fest sale in Anacortes. Shopping was a bit tiring for Mercury (left) and Thor of Lake Stevens. Fortunately, their dog mom Sarah Love brought a wagon. She said the pups’ favorite find of the day was popcorn.
A canoe skims across Bowman Bay on June 11 during the 11th annual Salish Sea Native American Cultural Celebration. Canoe rides, storytelling and a salmon lunch were among the features at the event celebrating the maritime heritage of the Samish Island Nation and Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.
Children play and blow bubbles at Washington Park in Anacortes on a July day.
Small sailboat hobbyists race their remote-controlled vessels in Fidalgo Bay.
A boater throws items up to the crowd during the first Anacortes Workboat Races held in 2009. The event is now in its third year.
Anacortes sophomore Logan Hanrahan leads the pack Wednesday during a cross country meet at home for the Seahawks.
Bags full of Christmas surprises line the floor of a building at the Skagit County Fairgrounds on Dec. 9, 2021, as part of the Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund.
Christmas Fund Administrator Lynn Postler (far right) and a group of volunteers stand Wednesday amid a workshop full of donated toys meant for children signed up through the Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund.
Time for daffs: A field of daffodils blooms along Memorial Highway in Mount Vernon.
Mount Baker wears the recent heavy snow of the holiday season in the Northwest in this photo taken Dec. 31, 2021.
Editor Colette Weeks (left), and reporters Jacqueline Allison (center) and Briana Alzola hold some of the awards earned by the Anacortes American and sister newspaper Stanwood Camano News on Oct. 11 during the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association convention in Olympia. The Anacortes American won 14 awards.
