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Fire destroys car and garage

Art Shotwell Jan. 2 2015 1 minute read

Fire destroyed a car and the garage the care was in at a home in the 5400 block of Sunset Ave. Friday morning, according to the Anacortes Fire Department.

Collision sends two to Seattle hospital

Art Shotwell Dec. 31 2014 1 minute read

Two men were medevaced to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following a late night head-on collision Tuesday night on Oakes Ave. The collision, just west of Anacopper Rd., prompted the closure of Oakes for a few hours following the 10 pm accident.

Learn more about February school bond vote

Art Shotwell Dec. 31 2014 1 minute read

2014 1023 school levy

The school district, in effort to gain public support for a February bond vote, has scheduled a neighborhood meeting, a community presentation and three public tours of the high school.

Island Hospital drill

Art Shotwell Dec. 30 2014 1 minute read

2014 1230 hospital drill

A gurney is rushed into a doctor’s office at Island Hospital as part of a drill Tuesday night. The drill’s scenario: an angry patient comes to the doctor’s office and shoots and injures four patients, who needed to be taken to the hospital’s Emergency Room.

Police Blotter, December 20 - 25, 2014

Dec. 27 2014 7 minutes read

Some Grinch stole Santa and a yard display from a home just days before Christmas.

Newly elected and re-elected county officials

Art Shotwell Dec. 26 2014 1 minute read

2014-1226-new-officials

Several county officials were sworn into office this week by Superior Court Judge Michael Rickert, including Jeanne Youngquist, Auditor; Katie Jungquist, Treasurer; Daniel Dempsey, Coroner; and Will Reichardt, Sheriff.

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