This week’s Police Blotter has a mix of events, including an exploded mailbox and the theft of year decorations.

The Department of Ecology will award $10 million for projects in “overburdened” communities.

The Anacortes School Board has approved a $57 million budget for the coming school year amid cocnerns about funding the following year.

State Route 20/North Cascades Highway reopened Thursday afternoon between Granite Creek and Easy Pass trailhead (milepost 148-157), where the highway had been closed since Aug. 4.

Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the party’s nomination on Thursday night.

The fate of salmon is at stake as hydropower interests challenge p​roposed​ regulations.

Oh, so close. The move to enlarge and reorganize the Fidalgo Pool District failed by just three votes, according to the final vote tally released Tuesday afternoon.

Anacortes Police investigated several incidents this week, including damage to a mailbox and complaints of after-hours use of a pickleball court. 

Parents in Washington are running into problems finding and affording child care, and a new report estimates it’s costing the state’s economy billions of dollars annually.

Unless you also enjoy swimming naked with jellyfish, I would heartily recommend that you not wear shorts when you hike the southern trails at Dugualla State Park.