Anacortes Police dealt with thefts and assault reports this week.

No garbage or recycling pick ups on Christmas Day or New Year's.

40°, damp and wet. Few of us wanted to be out in the chill. The birds and other small creatures find a way to survive and bring cheer. Kinglets and nuthatches were caroling above us, just out of sight. A frog’s gravelly chanting echoed through the ancient cathedral of trees.

Washington state’s signature-verification procedures are meant to root out exceedingly rare cases of voter fraud. But what they’ve typically done is get a lot of innocent legal votes tossed out. In 2020 alone, the state rejected more than 24,000 ballots.

Here is the Anacortes Police Blotter for the first week of December...

Conservative groups are behind the initiative to embolden parents of public school students. Many of the provisions exist in current law, state education officials say.