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TV ads and mailings targeting seniors tout Medicare Advantage plans this time of year, but millions choosing traditional Medicare make a costly and difficult decision about Medigap coverage, which gets much less attention.

The Skagit County Board of Commissioners and Auditor’s Office are currently in the process of redistricting County Commissioner districts. 

At this point in the pandemic, you or someone you know has probably received at least one COVID-19 test. But do you know which kind of test you got and the strengths and weaknesses of these different tests?

Hospitals and doctors are facing more demands for ivermectin as a covid-19 treatment, despite a lack of proof it works. In some Republican-dominated states, pushing for ivermectin interventions has become a conservative rallying cry.

Matt Miller continued his narrow lead over Ryan Walters in the Anacortes Mayor's race, in the latest election report. Miller has 3207 votes, with Walters trailing with 3055 votes, with an estimated 9,000 votes yet to be counted. 

The two candidates for Anacortes Mayor, Ryan Walters and Matt Miller, are nearly tied in the first vote count, which was released at arount 8:30 pm. Miller has 50.02% to Walters' 49.85%. They are just eight votes apart.

Vehicle prowls may be on the increase and certainly one day this week included an unusual number in one neighborhood, in particular. 

Elementary school children in the United States will soon have one more layer of protection to keep them safe from COVID-19.

With an eye to shutting down Medicare drug price negotiations, drug companies and their lobbying groups gave roughly $1.6 million in the first six months of 2021, with Democrats edging closer than they have in a decade to Republicans’ total haul.

The United States’ inability to curb a treatable sexually transmitted disease shows the failures of a cash-strapped public health system. Increasingly, newborns are paying the price.