After viewing home security footage, Anacortes police caught and jailed a suspect in the early morning theft of beef and a steak knife from a residential back yard.

Skagit County Public Health has confirmed one case of hepatitis A in a County resident. It is not known whether this case is related to the statewide hepatitis A outbreak declared in July of this year.

A 13-year-long wager over the annual Army-Navy game leads to a long friendship in Anacortes.

Friends, family, staff and community members are invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected and re-elected school board members on Dec. 19 at 6:15 p.m. in the Anacortes High School Library, 1600 20th Street. 

Anacortes has been selected as a top retirement destination by Where to Retire, a geared toward helping people with retirement relocation decisions.

Traffic-related incidents top this week’s Police Blotter, including a couple of crashes at the Sharpes Corner roundabout.