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Through an arrangement with Washington State Patrol, Anacortes Police handed off several cases involving driving under the influence on the weekend of the Oyster Run.

Elevated levels of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin (Red Tide) have now been found in several recreational harvest locations throughout Skagit County.

Anacortes Police located a suspect in the woods near Volunteer Park with help from Swinomish Tribal Police and their drone unit.

Police arrested and booked into jail a woman who was found on a boat that didn’t belong to her. This after being banned from Cap Sante Marina earlier in the day.

Just after midnight on Saturday morning, an APD Officer on patrol on westbound SR 20 observed an older model sports car driving 72 miles per hour on the highway so he pulled the car over near the intersection of Reservation Road.

The Anacortes School Board Wednesday afternoon approved a teachers contract with an average wage increase of 13 percent over one year at an estimated cost to the district of $2.2 million. Schools open on Thursday.

Get your household cleaning done and bring your residential garbage and yard waste to the city's Operations Facility – no charge. 

Police arrested and sent to county jail a local man for drunk driving after a short chase in which the driver struck another car causing $2,000 damage.

The school district recently updated its antiquated phone system, resulting in new phone numbers across the district. One advantage of the new system is a consistent prefix (503) for all district phone numbers and more predictive main numbers. 

Anacortes Police followed up on an advisory from the city’s Parks and Recreation Department that they were aware of loitering near the public restrooms at 22^nd Street and Q Avenue.