Ajaycia Pillman and Brittaney Walkley are this year's recipients for the Walter A. Brodniak Cultural Education Award for their leadership of the Anacortes High School band program.

With the rev of some engines and the swing of the gate, State Route 20/North Cascades Highway has reopened for 2017. Opening for the upcoming summer season not only provides drivers another option to cross the Cascades but reconnects US Bike Route 10 between Skagit and Okanogan counties.

Police arrested and jailed an Anacortes man who said he made a poor choice prowling a boat moored at Cap Sante Marina while the owner was having lunch nearby and watching.

The state DOT has postponed for one year a plan to pave portions of highway 20 from Sharpes Corner to the ferry landing.

Mayor Gere says she will run for re-election in the August 1 primary election. 

Warmer temperatures, warm rain and sun arrived and should allow crews to reopen North Cascades Highway next Tuesday, well ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.