A 38-year-old Anacortes man died Tuesday as a result of a SCUBA diving accident the previous Saturday in Burrows Bay.

Island Hospital will be the only hospital in the county to participate in the Death with Dignity Act. The hospital Board of Commissioners voted Thursday 3-2 to approve a policy allowing implementation of the act.

The Island Hospital Sleep Disorders Center is now seeing patients at its brand-new, specially designed facility at 1110 22nd Street (between N and O avenues). 

Our schools are looking for donations to help purchase items that haven’t been funded in the tightened school district budget. The projects that still need funding range from display cases to field trips to community service projects designed by students. 

The state Senate has approved legislation to designate the Anacortes-San Juan Island ferry route a “State Scenic Byway.” State Senator Kevin Ranker authored the bill. 

One State Representative wants to make it clear that the state ferry system is part of the highway system by changing the Washington State Ferries name to Washington State Marine Highway System, similar in name to the Alaska ferry system.