If you stopped by the Brown Lantern Ale House Wednesday looking for a beer or a cheeseburger, you may have been surprised by locked doors, blackened windows and strange faces.
That was because Coors Brewing Co. sent an advertising crew to the Brown to film a few segments for a TV commercial.
If you happened to see oil spill containment equipment out in Burrows Bay today — no worries.
Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed flags at all Washington state agencies be lowered to half-staff today in memory of Washington State Patrol Trooper Tony Radulescu who was killed in the line of duty early on Feb. 23.
A rare 1958 photo taken by Wallie Funk chronicling the bell-ringing ceremony in Juneau announcing the signing of the Alaska Statehood Act in Washington, D.C., is back in the news.
Wallie shared his picture, and several others, with the Juneau Empire recently when he learned of the passing of Romer Derr, the man who rang the bell 49 times.
Given all the Croatian ties we have here on Fidalgo Island, including having a sister city in Vela Luka, we feel compelled to share a bittersweet story that’s getting a lot of newspaper and radio play today. Who knew there’s a Museum of Broken Relationships in the Croatian capital of Zagreb?
The question on everyone’s lips right now seems to be, have we seen the last of Old Man Winter? With the weather we’re having so far this month, you might make a case for that, says Vince Streano, the Anacortes American’s weather columnist.
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