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In this week’s Anacortes Police Blotter: a crash on Highway 20 near Sharpe’s Corner, theft of donuts from a grocery store, and noisy resident at a local hotel.

The agency says it plans to bring back the Anacortes-Sidney route around 2030. Its mothballing has spurred longing and a lawsuit from past riders.

Anacortes Police say a 61-year-old male is suspected of killing a 57-year-old woman, then killing himself at their home on K Avenue on Tuesday.

When I was a teenager, my best friend wanted to be a zookeeper. He raised snakes and frogs in his bedroom, and crickets and other critters to feed them.

In this week’s Anacortes Police Blotter, a reported cyber fraud case, a theft of contents in a delivery van and, yes, a mysterious face looking at a porch camera.

Two adults are dead following a shooting inside a home on K Avenue in Anacortes, according to Anacortes Police.

Tribes, agencies sign relicensing agreement for dams; Skagit officials decide next week

The Anacortes School Board today picked Dr. James Everett as the next School Superintendent for Anacortes. He has led the Meridian School District in Laurel, north of Bellingham, for eight years. .
Head downtown Friday night for the monthly Artwalk. Some businesses are open late. We've got a list.
