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Anacortes woman charged with second-degree murder

Anacortes Police Aug. 30 2022 2 minutes read
The Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged 20-year-old Anacortes resident Shakina Thomas with second-degree murder following the shooting death of 52-year-old Moses White.

One dead in Anacortes shooting incident

Anacortes Police Aug. 26 2022 1 minute read
Anacortes Police arrested a woman in connection with the shooting death of a man in an apparent domestic-violence incident.

School Board okays $45 million budget

Art Shotwell Aug. 26 2022 2 minutes read
The Anacortes School Board approved the $45 million dollar school district budget for the coming school year at a meeting on Thursday night.

4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority’s preferences in the US

Art Shotwell Aug. 26 2022 7 minutes read
Why do government policies sometimes fail to reflect the public will? The answer begins with the design of the US government system, forged in the 18th century.

Unraveling the Interplay of Omicron, Reinfections, and Long Covid

Art Shotwell Aug. 26 2022 6 minutes read
The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of covid. But whether omicron triggers long covid as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.

A new US data privacy bill aims to give you more control over information collected about you – and make businesses change how they handle data

Art Shotwell Aug. 23 2022 6 minutes read
Data collection is big business in the US, but a bipartisan data privacy bill rapidly moving through Congress promises to affect the information websites, social media platforms and all other businesses collect.

Advanced Placement courses could clash with laws that target critical race theory

Art Shotwell Aug. 22 2022 6 minutes read
AP teachers could find themselves at odds with laws that restrict how they can teach about racism in America’s past.

Police Blotter, August 12 - 18, 2022

Anacortes Police Aug. 22 2022 4 minutes read
Anacortes Police booked a Burlington man into jail while investigating a report of an attempt to steal wood pallets.

College students are increasingly identifying beyond ‘she’ and ‘he’

Art Shotwell Aug. 19 2022 6 minutes read
An analysis of college applications reveals that 3% of US students use pronouns other than the traditional “he” or “she” binary.

Republicans Turn Against the League of Women Voters

Art Shotwell Aug. 19 2022 15 minutes read
The league, long known for focusing on voter registration and other fundamentals, became more willing to speak boldly during the Trump era. Now, some on the right are portraying it as a tool of the radical left.

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