The situation continues to be fluid and we are learning as we go, we have been adapting to changing circumstancing and are building more resilient processes and procedures to accomplish the City’s business.

ProPublica has launched a special project watching as many states lift stay-at-home orders and how closely they match federal guidelines for reopening. Check their daily state-by-state report here. 

Most states ordered dental offices to close except for emergency patient care when the coronavirus hit the U.S. But the shutdown drilled deep into dentists’ finances, and they have been eager to reopen as states have relaxed their closures.

APD has received several reports of fraudulent unemployment claims from many local residents who are still working and have not filed for unemployment.

Anacortes Police arrested and jailed an Oak Harbor woman in connection the theft of a car reported stolen out of Oak Harbor, as well as several other charges.

Vaccines and antivirals have long been an afterthought but Johnson & Johnson and other firms are widely publicizing how they might stop COVID 19.