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.

The Port Commissioners got an earful from a handful of members of the public over how, without explanation, Bob Hyde was forced out as the Port’s Executive Director a few days ago.

An out-of-state driver who was stopped for driving while talking on a cell phone got more than he bargained for.

The President of the Port Commission, Bob Eberle, is asking for an investigation by the state Auditor’s Office into potential violations of the state’s Open Public Meetings Act by Port Commissioners in connection with the loss of Port Executive Director Bob Hyde.

This School Board has given final okay to ask voters to approve an $87.9-million bond issue to pay for reconstruction and renovation of Anacortes High School. This may well be the most expensive publicly-financed undertaking in Anacortes history.