Bills introduced by Sen. Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island) and Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D-Burien) on Friday will require the state’s major polluters to pay for producing carbon pollution.

State Representative and energy technology expert Jeff Morris, who posted a selfie with fellow House member Kris Lytton on Facebook, has been re-elected to chair the House Technology & Economic Development Committee.

The City of Anacortes is advancing to the Semifinal round of the $5 million Georgetown University Energy Prize, a national competition that is challenging communities across the U.S. to rethink their energy use.
Thank you to this great community for all of your cards, cookies, and chowder that showed up at the Police Department over the holidays.
The annual Christmas tree pick up sponsored by the Kiwanis Noon Club and Key Club will be Saturday, Jan. 10 from 9am to noon.
The City Council continued Monday night a discussion on just how to tackle rebuilding of the city’s largest water reservoir, a 3-million gallon water tank built in the 1970’s that is a critical element of the city’s water distribution system.