Telephone and Internet service is slowly coming back on line in the San Juan Islands as a barge team works to identify and pull the severed cable to shallower water, according to CenturyLink, which provides the phone and Internet service.
More scams were reported this week, including one in which a woman lost about $2,000 while thinking she was purchasing a car listed for sale on craigslist.com. A business owner lost $800 in a so-called 'Green Dot' scam.
No real change with the latest election update Friday afternoon, with challenger Laurie Gere still holding onto 62-percent of the vote to Mayor Dean Maxwell's 38-percent. As of Friday afternoon, Gere has 4,492 votes to Maxwell's 2,735 votes. No change in other races.
The San Juan County Council declared a state of emergency Friday in the wake of the "catastrophic" failure of a wide spectrum of communication capability in the islands. A fiber optic cable linking the islands failed on Tuesday morning.
Anacortes PD has recieved several reports recently of what are known as "Green Dot" scams, which are scams which ask a victim to transfter funds to a Green Dot account for some legitimate-sounding reason. Then the money disappears.
The credentials of a pharmacist in Anacortes and his pharmacy have been suspended for multiple violations that put patients at risk for serious harm.
Anacortes Schools Foundation is launching its first major fundraiser next month with “Celebrate the Season,” a family-friendly event set for December 6 and 7 at the Port of Anacortes Event Center.
The San Juan Islands are in the third day without phone service between the islands and with the mainland as a result of what appears to be a cut in the fiber optic cable between Lopez and San Juan islands.
An election vote update issued Wednesday evening showed no change in the contested races, with Laurie Gere maintaining a 63-percent to 37-percent margin over Mayor Dean Maxwell. Gere with 2,957 to Maxwell's 1,769 votes.
Businesswoman Laurie Gere reacts with brother Scott McPhee to election results showing an all-but unbeatable early lead over incumbent Mayor Dean Maxwell in Tuesday’s election, taking 62-percent of the voted counted on election night.
