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Garcia challenges seasoned incumbent Cantwell for U.S. Senate seat

Crosscut Sep. 10 2024 6 minutes read

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Republican Raul Garcia says the fentanyl crisis and a desire to change the Democrat-dominated state pushed him to run against the four-term senator.

Hikes: Sharing Kukutali

Jack Hartt Sep. 9 2024 4 minutes read

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In the 1850s, new immigrants to the future state of Washington consigned the original human inhabitants, the numerous tribes living along the shorelines of the Salish Sea, to small reservations, tiny remnants of their native homelands.

Police Blotter, August 30 - September 5, 2024

Anacortes Police Sep. 9 2024 5 minutes read

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Anacortes Police talked to a resident complaining that someone keeps pulling down or hiding their political signs.

Anacortes is open Friday night for Artwalk

Anacortes Now Sep. 5 2024 3 minutes read

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Anacortes Galleries are open late Friday night for monthly Artwalk. We've got the list.

Battery farms, the energy industry’s new darling, line up to enter Skagit Co. and Whatcom Co.

Washington State Standard Sep. 5 2024 10 minutes read

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But some communities don’t want to be neighbors with the proposed fields of big batteries.

Police Blotter, August 23 - 29, 2024

Anacortes Police Sep. 3 2024 3 minutes read

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Anacortes Police this week investigated graffiti at the skate park, talked to a man boarding boats at a marina, and helped a woman who had tripped and fallen through a window.

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