We are now in our third week and things are moving right along. Members are rushing to introduce their bills and committees have been working long hours to hear testimony on as many important ideas as they can.

An Anacortes Police officer stopped a driver a block from Island Hospital after the hospital called to report a driver who may have been intoxicated left the hospital.

The city Planning Commission is recommending the City Council approve a set of permits to allow a replacement and modernization of the high school to move ahead.

Congestion and collisions are a common occurrence on State Route 20 at Sharpes Corner. The Washington State Department of Transportation is looking for input on a number of solutions to improve safety and traffic flow at an upcoming open house.  

In an effort to educate the public and prevent avoidable accidents and injuries, the APD Patrol Unit is embarking on a traffic safety emphasis on speeding in the first two months of 2016.

The City Council on Tuesday night okayed the purchase, pending an investigation, of the GEMS property along the Guemes Channel, site of an old cannery building, for $1.3 million.