The City of Anacortes earned a WellCity Award from the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Employee Benefit Trust for the 10th consecutive year which will, in turn, earn the city a discount on employee health insurance.

Police charged a Sinclair Island man with DUI after he dozed off at a red traffic signal, blocking drive-home traffic on Highway 20. Police had seen the driver weaving and speeding before he slammed on his brakes for that red light at Sharpes Corner.

With the primary for the Mayoral election now less than three weeks away, I thought it was time to take a look at campaign finances and spending for the four candidates. Laurie Gere has spent the most, at nearly $13,000, followed by Mitch Everton, Dean Maxwell and Brian Geer.

The city will push ahead this summer to clean invasive milfoil plants from a three-acre area of Heart Lake. Funding for the $33,000 project comes from a grant from the state Department of Ecology.

The City Council has okayed a final agreement with the County on how a proposed new county jail would be operated and how the annual operating costs would be paid for, should voters across the county approve an increase in the sales tax of three-tenths of one percent.