The Island Hospital board decided not to negotiate with a larger partner at this time, thus going a different route than Skagit Regional Health and Cascade Valley Hospital, whose boards decided to affiliate with PeaceHealth and UW Medicine.
Two were arrested for burglary after police, responding to reports of lights moving around a home, discovered the pair in a crawl space.
The Attorney General’s Office has released a formal Attorney General’s opinion that states Washington hospital districts that receive tax funding and provide maternity services or information to women must also provide equivalent services or information about contraceptives and abortion.
Mayor Dean Maxwell has selected Sheri Miklaski to become Anacortes’ Library Director following Cynthia Harrison’s retirement next month.
The intersection of 22nd St. & M Ave. was re-opened on schedule this weekend after more than a month of construction work which inconvenienced motorists who use M Ave. as a north-south alternate to Commercial Ave.
The North Cascades Highway is scheduled to reopen at 10 a.m. Monday. State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will swing the closure gates open and remove the barricades to restore travel between the Skagit and Methow Valleys.
Looking for an honest-to-goodness phone booth in Anacortes? Here's one at Cap Sante Marina, mostly surrounded by fencing and equipment which tend to hide it, near the boat launch at Pier B. No, I've never seen anyone using it, but then, it isn't easy to spot.
Anacortes Police were called after someone saw a hang glider land in the Guemes Channel last weekend. Police, the Sheriff's Office and the Coast Guard ended up involved, though the hang glider was picked up by a nearby boater.
Some Fidalgo Island lakes are showing signs of significant blue green algae blooms that are potentially harmful. Erie, Heart, and Campbell lakes all show evidence of bright green surface scum developing.
For the second year in a row, the school district is using contingency funds to fill the hole between anticipated revenues and expected expenditures.
