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.

American Legion representatives, veterans and other audience members salute the flag at the start of a Memorial Day service at Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes. Other local ceremonies were conducted on Guemes Island and at Fernhill Cemetery.