It might be a few miles from the Anacortes shorefront to the fairgrounds in south Mount Vernon, but this island community contributes in significant ways to the annual Skagit County Fair.

(Updated) An out-of-state driver who was spotted using his cell phone while driving on Commercial Ave. ended up with a whole slew of other changes, including the use of ‘borrowed’ license plates.

APD is hosting the National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign that promotes public service/community partnerships and neighborhood comradery to make our community a better and safer place to live, this Tuesday, from 6-8PM in Storvik Park.

In another case of cyber-crime, Police investigated a  case of an Anacortes man defrauded of $1,000 via computer malware.

A woman yelling that people were trying to kill her got the attention of the police just a block from the police station. 

A car theft suspect gave up after nearly 12 hours and a foot chase near Heart Lake during which the suspect climbed about 80 feet up a tree and refused to come down.