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A teenage driver caused a collision when he tried to pass another car on the median on R Ave.

Residents of a 17^th St. home were surprised when they heard their front door open and a man walk in. He was still there when police arrived.

Puget Sound Energy reports that power has been restored to all but a dozen or so Anacortes electricity customers following a power outage that, at its peak, had the entire Fidalgo Island and Gueues Island in the dark.

Hilary Franz, Commissioner of Public Lands, announced on Sunday the termination of Cooke Aquaculture’s lease for its Cypress Island facility. Cooke Aquaculture (Cooke) raises Atlantic salmon at the site and leases the aquatic lands from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The First Friday Artwalk for February is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. It features new work such as Winter Blueberry Fields, Skagit Valley, by Steve Hill, at Scott-Milo Gallery. Many downtown galleries are open 'til 9.

State investigators have determined that an excessive buildup of mussels and other marine organisms on nets – caused by Cooke Aquaculture’s failure to properly clean them – was the primary cause of the August 19 collapse of the company’s net pen at Cypress Island, according to a news release.

City Parks staff contacted police to report a damaged picnic table on Loop Road in Washington Park sometime in the previous couple of weeks. The table was struck by a vehicle that caused large ruts in the adjacent lawn.

A woman died when she drove her Jeep Cherokee at high speed off the end of a ferry loading ramp at the Anacortes state ferry landing. Her body was discovered in her vehicle once it was pulled from the water. 

A rescue operation was launched this morning after a Jeep Cherokee crashed through crossing bars and plunged into the water at the Anacortes state ferry landing. There was no ferry docked at the time. At least one person was reported inside the vehicle.

After months of delay and negotiation and with new leadership in the state Senate, I am happy to announce that the Legislature passed the Capital Budget. That means over $1 billion in school construction across the state, including many projects in our region.