Search continues for missing Anacortes woman

Two weekend searches northwest of La Conner for a woman missing since Sept. 10 were not successful, but family and friends of Laynee Westbrook have not given up hope.

“The searches this past weekend did not bring Laynee Westbrook home, but they did get the word out,” said Emily Pepper, Westbrook’s sister-in -law, who helped organize search efforts Saturday and Sunday in the Reservation Road and Lake Erie areas.

About 30 volunteers met Saturday at the corner of Reservation Road and SR 20 to launch a search party. Searchers met again Sunday across from Lake Erie Grocery on Heart Lake Road.

Those...