The City Council has approved a $123,000 contract to begin designing the next section of the Guemes Channel Trail, from the east end of the current trail to close to Lovric's Sea-Craft marina, a distance of about 3,200 feet or more than a half-mile.

Anacortes Police arrested a man and issued a citation for illegal possession and discharge of fireworks after complaints of aerial fireworks at a private home on Oakes Ave. on the day after the Fourth.

Work to install the new permanent span for the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge in Burlington is officially underway. The new span will be built over the river, then slid into place on rails, as shown in this design drawing.

Southbound lanes of I-5 north of Burlington will be closed next week for highway repair, affecting traffic.

The new Lighthouse Memory Care facility held an open house Thursday afternoon, nearly two years after final City Council approval.

With the approach of an August 6 ballot request to fund a new Skagit County Jail, County Commissioners last week signed purchase offers on two possible jail sites in Mount Vernon.