There are no details on how many jobs will be affected. The agency leader told employees this week that reductions “will be necessary” to close a budget gap.
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The Anacortes Arts Festival will mostly close down around 6pm Friday (except for live music), but First Friday Artwalk takes over from 6-8pm. We've got the list of where to look..

Some have already pulled back on what they’re offering, as federal cuts and heightened demand drive deep worries about what comes next.

The Anacortes Arts Festival returns August 1–3, turning historic downtown into a vibrant celebration of creativity! With over 220 booth artisans, a juried fine art exhibition, live music on two stages, interactive demos, hands-on activities, and mouthwatering cuisine, this is one summer tradition you won’t want to miss.

Anacortes Police responded to calls regarding man using drugs in a store restroom, a report of a man walking a white line on Highway 20, and the theft of a dog that wasn’t.

I was on the straight and narrow… Well, not really narrow, but straight and wide doesn’t sound quite right.

Island Health said, in a statement released Thursday morning, that anticipated federal and state funding cuts could impact as many as 6,000 Medicaid patients here in the coming years.

This week, Anacortes Police dealt with several suspicious cyber fraud cases. And, then there’s goats here, then there.

Kath and I had labored hard this busy week. We needed a break and new perspectives. A short hike at Rosario could be the cure.

Last year, subsidies from the program covered $190,125 of the $200,000 it cost to send all of its fifth-grade students to overnight outdoor school programs at the North Cascades Institute in Skagit County and Camp Kirby on Samish Island.
