Though there are currently no measles cases in Skagit County, county Public Health officials warn residents that measles is highly contagious and can easily spread. And they say that unvaccinated individuals are at high risk for getting the disease and spreading it further.

The Anacortes School District will be providing a National, Evidence Based, Suicide Prevention training for all Middle and High School Students beginning the end of January and continuing through February of this year. 

Here’s a case of a suspect looking suspicious while gassing up his vehicle and drawing the attention of an Anacortes Police Corporal who was also filling his tank.

An Anacortes man was jailed on DUI and reckless driving charges following the rollover crash of his vehicle into a ditch near the Heart Lake trailhead parking lot.

Karl Yost, who has been on the school board for nine years, is resigning from the board, effective March 21. The board will formally consider Yost’s resignation at their January 24 board meeting, according to a school district news release.

Police made two arrests and booked both drivers into jail after stopping their vehicles at the same time on highway 20.