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Police Blotter, May 25 - 31, 2019

Anacortes Police Jun. 3 2019 5 minutes read

Several lights in Storvik Park were damaged, apparently by a projectile, this week.

Police Blotter, May 20- 23, 2019

Anacortes Police May. 26 2019 6 minutes read

A man who called police in the middle of the night to report his wife locked him out of the house ended up being booked in the jail for domestic violence assault.

Guemes Ferry Wins Shoreside Charging Funding

Art Shotwell May. 22 2019 2 minutes read

Vision of an all-electric ferry

The Governor signed the capital budget on May 21 that included $1.5 million for shoreside charging infrastructure to support the new, electric Guemes Island Ferry.

Police: School Shooting Threat Not Credible

Art Shotwell May. 22 2019 1 minute read

Police and school officials scrambled Tuesday night after learning of a shooting threat that police later determined was not credible.

Police Blotter, May 11 - 17, 2019

Anacortes Police May. 20 2019 7 minutes read

Police arrested a man in connection with the assault on his ex-wife while they waited in a vehicle at the Anacortes Guemes Island Ferry landing.

School district wants to lease out a classroom for pre-school program

Art Shotwell May. 13 2019 2 minutes read

whithey school

The Anacortes School District, which recently decided to cancel its preschool program for kids 3-5, is looking to lease the classroom to another entity for the same purpose.

Police Blotter, May 4 - 9, 2019

Anacortes Police May. 13 2019 6 minutes read

Two teenagers caught by Anacortes Police with marijuana late one night opted into the Education Citation Program, which is designed to keep kids out of the court system.

Painting starting on Deception Pass bridges

Art Shotwell May. 5 2019 2 minutes read

deception pass bridge

A contractor for the state Transportation Dept. will spend much of this year and next year repairing and repainting the two bridges at Deception Pass. 

Police Blotter, April 26 - May 3, 2019

Anacortes Police May. 5 2019 6 minutes read

Several occupants of two vehicles involved in a collision at 22nd St & Commercial Ave were taken to Island Hospital to treat their injuries.

Cooke Aquaculture will pay full $332,000 penalty for fish pen collapse

Art Shotwell Apr. 29 2019 2 minutes read

DNR drone image of Cypress Island net pen #2, August 28, 2017. Image from Dept. of Natural Resources.

Cooke Aquaculture will pay the full $332,000 penalty to the Washington Department of Ecology for the collapse of its floating pen near Cypress Island that released 250,000 non-native fish into Puget Sound.

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