An officer investigating an expired vehicle license plate warned the owner not to drive it until he got new plates, but he also ended up booking the owner’s son and the son’s girlfriend on arrest warrants.

After a year of research, outreach and surveys, the Anacortes School Board Thursday unanimously approved later school start times for students in middle and high school.

Annual maintenance will take the Guemes Island Ferry out of service beginning Sunday, Feb. 24. The vessel is expected to return to service by 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 19.

A string of crashes involving icy road conditions were investigated by the Police this week.

An unoccupied Anacortes Police vehicle and another vehicle were damaged by a hit-and-run driver during snowy and icy conditions on Wednesday night.

Anacortes Police report that a minivan sustained damage when it slid across a street and slammed into a curb.