🌱 How will Anacortes’ new six-year transportation plan affect your streets?

Good morning to you Anacortes! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How will Anacortes’ new six-year transportation plan affect your streets?
• What Dr. Hogge’s retirement means for Island Health patients in Anacortes.
• What inspiring messages sent Anacortes High’s 2026 grads into the world?

Also on today's calendar: Intro To Seed Saving - And Why It's Important and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 49 degrees.
• Saturday: Sunny and nice, temps: high: 72, low: 54.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 76 and low of 55 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Anacortes council approves transportation plan, talks World Cup art installation (goskagit.com) — Anacortes City Council has approved a six-year transportation improvement plan that shapes funding and timelines for key road, sidewalk, and safety projects through 2032, including long-delayed Kansas Avenue work and possible interim traffic calming. Councilmembers also backed a World Cup-themed “ANACORTES” letter installation at the ferry terminal to capture summer visitor traffic, and authorized accepting treated contaminated water from the Whitmarsh landfill cleanup into the city sewer under strict limits.
   

2. Island Health announces chief medical officer to retire (goskagit.com) — Island Health’s chief medical officer, Dr. Jason Hogge, will retire July 17 after 20 years serving the Anacortes-based public hospital district, including recruiting dozens of new providers. Patients at Island Primary Care – 24th Street will be contacted to transition their care, while Island Health begins searching for a new CMO amid other recent leadership changes in its executive team.
   

3. ‘Be a rainbow': Anacortes High grads turn their tassels with empathy, tenacity (goskagit.com) — Anacortes High School’s 120th graduating class, 181 seniors strong, crossed the Rice Field stage this week, celebrating perseverance, kindness, and big dreams for the future. Six valedictorians, student speakers, and district leaders urged the class of 2026 to embrace uncertainty, support one another, and “be a rainbow” for others as they leave Anacortes High School and step into their next chapters.
   

4. WSU bolsters class of 2027 with commitments from two defenders, one from in-state (spokesman.com) — An Anacortes High School standout is already in Washington State’s 2027 football class, with quarterback Ryan Harrington listed among the Cougars’ early commits. WSU just added two more defensive recruits, including an in-state linebacker, as the program works to rebuild its recruiting footprint across Washington and the West Coast.
   

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📸 Around Anacortes

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Anacortes

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• Anacortes Farmers Market →
  Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave, Anacortes
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday June 13

• Puffin Photography Ecotour
  Anacortes Chamber of Commerce Skyline Marina
  8:00 am
• Women's Blue Mind Rewilding Retreat
  Anacortes Chamber of Commerce Skyline Marina to James Island
  9:00 am
• Intro To Seed Saving - And Why It's Important →
  Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St, Anacortes
  9:30 am
• Bark In The Park
  Anacortes Chamber of Commerce Storvik Park
  10:00 am
• Adventure Series to Cypress Island →
  Anacortes Chamber of Commerce Island Express Charters 2013 Skyline Way Anacortes, WA 98221
  11:00 am
• En Avant Spring Recital 2026 →
  Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St, Anacortes
  2:30 pm
• Live Music at the Rockfish Grill
  Anacortes Chamber of Commerce 819 Commercial Ave STE F, Anacortes, WA 98221
  6:00 pm

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📣 Anacortes Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Community Action @ Mount Vernon Senior Center ~ Resource Table
  Community Action of Skagit County Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon, WA, 98273, United States
  12:00 pm
• Community Action @ Mount Vernon Library Commons Resource Table
  Community Action of Skagit County Mount Vernon Library Commons, 208 W Kincaid Street, Mount Vernon, WA, 98273
  12:00 pm
• Ribbon Cutting at Mi Casita Cafe
  Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Information Center Mi Casita Cafe 127 E. Fairhaven Ave, Burlington
  3:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• Community Action WIC @ Mount Vernon Farmers Market
  Community Action of Skagit County Mount Vernon Farmers Market, Main Street, Mount Vernon, 98273, United States
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for a new best friend?
  I have the sweetest dog who needs a new home! 3.5 years old, female, breed unknown. She looks like a pointer/lab mix. She is moderate energy. Please… (Nextdoor Midtown)
• We meet once a month on the third Thursday.
  Our next meeting:  Date:              Thursday, June 18, 2026 Start:              5:00 p.m. End:               7:00 p.m. Address:      Anacortes… (Nextdoor Washington Park)

• ManpowerGroup posted a job opening for Sanitation Graveyard Shift in Anacortes. Apply here.
• State of Washington posted a job opening for Community Corrections Officer 3 - INTERNAL - Oak Harbor in Oak Harbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Anacortes here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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