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Anacortes Police officers wondered what was going on when they discovered the back door of the police station was blocked.

Nominations are now being accepted for the Walter A. Brodniak Award for Cultural Education, which was created to foster growth of the cultural arts in the school district.

In a bizarre case, police contacted a man who was waving a flag and walking in the median of highway 20 near Reservation Road.

Scholarship applications are now available from the Anacortes Noon Kiwanis Club for the 2017-18 school year.

An Anacortes woman was booked at Skagit County Jail for violating an anti-harassment court order after sending multiple text messages to a local man.

The New Year’s holiday brought the drinkers out. One driver was charged with hit-and-run involving a stop sign.

There were several cases here of packages stolen off porches over the holidays, but one thief is in for a surprise when they open the package they stole.

A fire early Christmas morning at an Anacortes hotel claimed the life of one occupant.

A handcuffed arrestee led police on a brief foot chase which prompted police to hobble his legs to prevent another chase.

One family living on 29^th Street reported on Tuesday, Dec. 13, that Christmas presents worth $100 had been stolen from the front porch of their home sometime between December 9th and 11th. There are no suspects.