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Maribeth Crandell Aug. 13 2025 5 minutes read

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I love walking the beach. The sea air. The salt breeze. Sun on my face, and the overwhelming stench of 45 tons of rotting whale on the shore.

Plan to expand WA’s tugboat escort requirements for oil tankers stirs pushback

Salish Current Aug. 13 2025 9 minutes read

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Oil spill risk and orca protection in waters between San Juans and Bellingham, Anacortes figure in debate.

Skagit County bat tests positive for rabies

Anacortes Now Aug. 13 2025 3 minutes read

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This is the first bat found in Skagit County to test positive for rabies this year and the fourth in Washington State in 2025. The last positive case of rabies in a bat in Skagit County was in 2023.

Police Blotter, August 1 - 7, 2025

Anacortes Police Aug. 12 2025 4 minutes read

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Anacortes Police checked out a report of a chicken crossing a road, a shattered toilet in a street, and a local connection to an internet fraud case out of Florida with a loss of over $50,000. 

The message Democratic voters delivered in Washington’s primary

Washington State Standard Aug. 12 2025 8 minutes read

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Results in high-profile legislative races signal distaste for President Trump and no souring on their party’s policies in Olympia.

The Sweet Invader

Jack Hartt Aug. 7 2025 5 minutes read

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It’s a love/hate relationship. Himalayan blackberries are as much a part of the view as the Salish Sea — the twisting brambles are ubiquitous, both loved and loathed.

Get ready to pay more for a Washington state ferry ride

Washington State Standard Aug. 6 2025 5 minutes read

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Fares will rise this fall. And next year there will be a new fee if you pay with a credit card.

State issues million-dollar penalties to both Anacortes refineries for dangerous waste violations

Anacortes Now Aug. 5 2025 3 minutes read

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The state Department of Ecology today fined both Anacortes refineries, HF Sinclair and Tesoro, more than one million dollars each for violating dangerous waste laws.

Police Blotter, July 25 - 31, 2025

Anacortes Police Aug. 5 2025 4 minutes read

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This week, Anacortes Police responded to a fire call at a Commercial Ave. building, a fatal traffic crash, and removed a mother cat and kittens from an apartment dweller who wasn’t allowed cats in her apartment.

Suncatchers

Maribeth Crandell Aug. 2 2025 4 minutes read

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Cool and crisp, dark and shady, I entered the forest steering toward the edge of the gravel where the grass would soften my step.

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5 Nov
Whistle Lake Jazz Quartet
Date Wed., November 5, 2025 6:00 pm
5 Nov
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