New Anacortes Schools Superintendent Dr Carl Bruner was sworn into office Thursday night and moments later the Board approved a $51-million budget for the coming year.

Habitat for Humanity, who recently welcomed new homeowners at their 29th Street project, is still looking for applicants for four new cottage units there.

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.

Traffic will be impacted around the 12th St. and Commercial Ave. intersection as the city starts street re-construction between 11th and 13th Streets today. The completed Commercial-11th intersection may look like this.

School board says reductions are necessary to balance the budget. Students and teachers say the cuts will create "a safety concern."

The School Board this afternoon named Carl Bruner as the new Interim Superintendent of Anacortes Schools, replacing Justin Irish who will be leaving at the end of June.

An unusually huge crowd filled the sidewalks of Commercial Ave from 10th Street to 15th Street as a 'No Kings' protest hits Anacortes.

The Anacortes School Board has scheduled several meetings in the search for a new Superintendent to replace Justin Irish, who is moving to a new school district at the end of this month. A final vote is slated for June 20.