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Flowers were popular at the Anacortes Farmers Market's summer opening, which coincided with the day before Mother's Day.

At just after 8AM on Tuesday, an Anacortes resident contacted police to report three individuals acting strange and running up and down the Tommy Thompson trail in the 2600 block of 29^th Street. 

Police have arrested and charged two men, one from Anacortes, the other from Oak Harbor, with Internet-related sex crimes.

Mayor Gere says the city is working with partners to protect public safety while allowing demonstrators to carry out events planned for Anacortes on the weekend of May 13-15. 

The school district broke ground on a blustery Thursday morning on an upgrade to the high school’s Rice Field, which will include a 1,500-seat stadium and a plaza area with a veterans memorial.

A three-car accident on Commercial Ave, at 17th St. highlight this week’s police blotter.

If you’ve seen brown tap water in the past day, the city has an explanation. There was a water main break Tuesday morning at the intersection of 14th St. and M Ave.

The Anacortes library is holding a passport fair this Saturday. It’s an opportunity to apply for a U.S. passport with passport agents on hand.

A 51-year-old Anacortes man was arrested for investigation of felony DUI after another driver reported seeing the man drinking beer while driving his truck on Highway 20 near Sharpes Corner.

A volunteer "victim" is carried to an ambulance as part of a joint Anacortes Police and Fire department training exercise at the middle school on Saturday. The exercise was to practice response to a potential shooter at the school, according to APD Captain Lou D’Amelio.