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An Orcas Island man led Anacortes Police on a brief chase, but when his car got stuck in a ditch on Fidalgo Bay Rd. he jumped into the bay to try to get away.

The city’s grand old Carnegie Library building, now the Anacortes Museum, looks better than it has in decades following the completion of an interior renovation program and the application of fresh paint outside.

(Updated) At approximately 5:30PM on Monday, an Anacortes Police Officer was dispatched to Sharpes Corner to investigate a possible road rage incident.

It is winter in Western Washington, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be trapped indoors on your Fidalgo Island getaway.

The North Cascades Highway section of State Route 20 is now closed until next spring.

At approximately 6:30PM on Monday evening, Nov. 14, APD Officers responded to a robbery that had just occurred at a coffee stand near Sharpes Corner.

There will be no garbage service on Thursday, November 24th, 2016 and Friday, November 25th, 2016.

Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery faces a $133,000 penalty because of an odor violation in February 2015 that prompted hundreds of complaints around the March Point facility.

Enjoy a hometown holiday experience while supporting students with “Celebrate the Season,” a series of family-oriented holiday events including a dinner & auction the first weekend of December. Dinner tickets are now on sale.

Thanks to observant citizens, Anacortes Police recovered a vehicle reported stolen in Marysville.