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A teen who was allegedly burglarizing a local business lost a shoe after he was scared off when a burglar alarm went off last week. 

A bicyclist was knocked off his bike on the Tommy Tompson Trail when he hit a cable stretched across the trail. 

Seattle-based Anthony’s seafood restaurant chain is taking an interest in Anacortes. The chain has submitted a proposal to open a restaurant at the Cap Sante Boat Haven.  

Two peregrine falcons have returned to Mt. Erie and the city is asking climbers to avoid the southwestern face of the mountain. The voluntary closure starts this weekend.

Island Hospital has purchased the old KLKI property on Commercial for $825,000. The property had been owned by Bill Berry, who owned the radio station for 43 years.

President Obama’s stimulus package could help Anacortes schools pay for some needed school repairs, as well as pay for some educational programs. 

Police were called after one couple got into an argument over the presidential inauguration last week.

Seattle author Erica Bauermeister's debut novel, The School of Essential Ingredients, is a gorgeously-written novel about life, love, and the magic of food. It follows the lives of eight students who gather in Lillian's Restaurant every Monday night for cooking class.

The state Department of Ecology says it has fined Anacortes-based Trident Seafoods $25,500 for two spills from the same vessel to the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle last year.

Anacortes School Superintendent Chris Borgen says a projected $2.1 million shortfall in the school district budget will mean layoffs of teachers and support staff for the coming school year, starting in the fall.