The state’s latest round of specialty plates also includes two throwback options.

Anacortes Police this week charged a man with firing a weapon and responded to a barbecue fire that expanded to the attic of a house.

State lawmakers delivered 423 bills to Gov. Bob Ferguson this year and he signed them all. Except one.

The Anacortes School Board said it will first look for an interim Superintendent to replace Justin Irish, who will be leaving at the end of June, then will launch a widespread search for a permanent replacement later in the year.

About 200,000 residents could lose coverage, and the state could miss out on billions in federal dollars, officials say. Republican state lawmakers are among those opposing the cuts.

I was in Coupeville and felt ready for a walk so I went to the Admiralty Inlet Preserve.