Police Blotter, July 18 - 24, 2025

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Anacortes Police responded to calls regarding man using drugs in a store restroom, a report of a man walking a white line on Highway 20, and the theft of a dog that wasn’t.

Summertime on South Whidbey

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I was on the straight and narrow… Well, not really narrow, but straight and wide doesn’t sound quite right.

Island Health Responds to Anticipated Healthcare Funding Cuts

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Island Health said, in a statement released Thursday morning, that anticipated federal and state funding cuts could impact as many as 6,000 Medicaid patients here in the coming years.

Police Blotter, July 11 - 17, 2025

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This week, Anacortes Police dealt with several suspicious cyber fraud cases. And, then there’s goats here, then there.

Hiking: Whispers of Rosario

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Kath and I had labored hard this busy week. We needed a break and new perspectives. A short hike at Rosario could be the cure.

Washington’s outdoor school programs reel from state funding cuts

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Last year, subsidies from the program covered $190,125 of the $200,000 it cost to send all of its fifth-grade students to overnight outdoor school programs at the North Cascades Institute in Skagit County and Camp Kirby on Samish Island.