An Orcas Island man led Anacortes Police on a brief chase, but when his car got stuck in a ditch on Fidalgo Bay Rd. he jumped into the bay to try to get away.

The city’s grand old Carnegie Library building, now the Anacortes Museum, looks better than it has in decades following the completion of an interior renovation program and the application of fresh paint outside.

(Updated) At approximately 5:30PM on Monday, an Anacortes Police Officer was dispatched to Sharpes Corner to investigate a possible road rage incident.

It is winter in Western Washington, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be trapped indoors on your Fidalgo Island getaway.

The North Cascades Highway section of State Route 20 is now closed until next spring.

At approximately 6:30PM on Monday evening, Nov. 14, APD Officers responded to a robbery that had just occurred at a coffee stand near Sharpes Corner.