This week, my colleagues and I heard testimony from teachers, parents, principals, school district administrators, and advocate groups on the two proposed education funding plans put forth.

More than a million dollars is available for local public-interest organizations to invest in projects that support affordable housing or homeless services.

Anacortes Police arrested a mail thief and recovered more than 500 pieces of mail and packages that had apparently been stolen from 140 people, most of them from Anacortes.

Mount Vernon artist Mary Maue is one of the local artists featured at this Friday’s Art Walk in downtown Anacortes.

Anacortes Police officers wondered what was going on when they discovered the back door of the police station was blocked.

Nominations are now being accepted for the Walter A. Brodniak Award for Cultural Education, which was created to foster growth of the cultural arts in the school district.