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.

It’s summer and time for our community’s largest celebration….the Anacortes Arts Festival. On August 5, 6, and 7, Anacortes will play host to approximately 90,000 Festival goers.

The Department of Ecology, with support from other state agencies, has formally requested that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protect Puget Sound by making it a no-discharge zone for vessel sewage.