The annual June First Friday Gallery Walk will feature a special exhibit featuring the Women Painters of Washington, an exhibit at Scott-Milo which presents the artwork of 49 women whose work was juried into the show by Anacortes artist Anne Schreivogl.

An Anacortes Police Sergeant stopped a speeding vehicle this week and discovered the driver had $3,000 in unpaid tickets, along with a suspended license.

The planned rebuild of the high school moved a step ahead this week when the School Board on Thursday evening approved a resolution to sell $86.9 million in bonds to be repaid over 20 years.

Work will begin next month to repave SR 20 between Frostad Road and Sharpes Corner, followed by repaving of Deception Pass and Canoe Pass bridges later in the summer.

We reached the end of our first special session Thursday and budget negotiations are proceeding fairly slowly. The Governor called for a second special session.

Police charged a 15 year-old kid with malicious mischief for urinating and deficating on a vehicle.