Briana Alzola

As the Anacortes School District continues to face millions of dollars in budget cuts, it's asking families to pay a little more in fees for extracurricular activities.

During the back-to-school season, many students pick out a new outfit, freshen their haircut and pick out a backpack and all the supplies they will need.

As people are living longer, they are having to deal with new challenges that come with aging bodies and minds, according to Bonnie Nelson.

Tucked away in the center of San Juan Island sits a 40-acre haven for all kinds of creatures.

Slamming doors, innuendo and absolute chaos will come to the stage soon in “A Comedy of Tenors” at Anacortes Community Theatre.

ANACORTES — Slamming doors, innuendo and absolute chaos will come to the stage soon in “A Comedy of Tenors” at Anacortes Community Theatre.

It's another opening night for a cast putting on a musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew," part of the show-within-a-show in "Kiss Me, Kate." Briana Alzola Special to the Anacortes American

ANACORTES — With a bit of theater magic, the moving of a wall can transform a space from a backstage area in 1940s Baltimore into old Italy for a musical rendition of Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew.”

A new concert series at Westminster Presbyterian Church will soon fill the area with the sounds of the church’s historic organ.

Sweeney Todd faces off with Adolfo Pirelli in a match between barbers during the production, which opens Friday. Briana Alzola Special to the Anacortes American