The Anacortes School District will be expanding its public access hours to Rice Field during the summer as part of an effort to increase community usage of this facility.

Due to seasonal low water flow conditions in the Skagit River, the City of Anacortes and Skagit Public Utility District water customers are being asked to reduce their water usage by 10 percent voluntarily.

Mid-day on Friday, an APD Sergeant responded to the public pool facility to investigate a reported theft incident. The victim told police that he left his backpack unsecured in the locker room and someone stole it and immediately began to use the bank cards from within it at local retailers.

The Anacortes School District has picked the Skagit Valley YMCA to take over the Anacortes pre-school program beginning with the coming school year. The YMCA was selected following an open, competitive process.

Due to low interest among high school upperclass students, and out of a concern for student safety, Anacortes won’t field a varsity football team in the fall.

Police issued an banned a man from a grocery store after store employees said he was making them uncomfortable while sitting in a vehicle.