The City Council has created a list of legislation they will support at the state level, including funding for the Guemes Channel Trail, reconciliation between recreational and medical marijuana, and continued ferry operations without cuts in international service.

Mayor Gere Tuesday night addressed concerns that the city’s plan to add solar panels to City Hall just isn’t worth it, saying that the panels will reduce the City's electric bills by $2,000 a year.

Anacortes Police cited a 69 year old driver for impeding traffic with 12-15 cars backed up behind him as he drove up 32nd Street.

A couple arrested last month when Anacortes Police rescued a one year old child from what Police Chief Bonnie Bowers called “horrific, filthy and dangerous conditions” in a garage have pleaded not guilty to charges in the case, including first-degree criminal mistreatment.

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.