Stumps are all that’s left of eight trees that have been cut down in the 700 block of Commercial Ave. as part of the city’s $27,000 project to reduce trip hazards.

The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a crabber reported overdue near Anacortes on Wednesday.

A shipyard worker who said she was late for work was stopped for speeding on R Ave., and didn’t get to work because she was cited for speeding, driving with a suspended license, and probation violation.

The workmen discovered this little gem under the siding at New Life Quality Resale on Commercial Ave. when they stripped off a leaky wall.

State Rep. Kris Lytton has been elected Majority Floor Leader of the state House of Representatives by her colleagues in Olympia.

The City Council Monday night okayed a one-percent property tax levy hike along with a $48.9-million city budget, including funding for a staff city attorney and public defender’s office.