Using this photo of what he calls unnecessary paper, City Council member Ryan Walters says one of his New Year's resolutions will be to actively refuse paper versions of documents at City Hall.

Counterfeit US Currency has been showing up in Skagit County. The Anacortes Police Department is urging business owners to validate larger bills.

January's Art Walk features works by men, including Marius Hibbard, Fred Croydon, John Kelso, John Holtman, John Parks, Richard Tomkinson, Patrick O'Hearn, Rich Stockwell, Bob Elkins, Robert Mottram and Jared McVay. The Gallery Walk is Friday, January 4 from 6 – 9 pm.

In what looks like a holiday season prank, a resident of the 4200 block of Marine Heights reported an extra reindeer appeared in his lighted holiday herd overnight.

In a daring daytime burglary, a man kicked in the door of an occupied home in the 800 block of 32nd Street at about 9:45 Thursday morning. He stole two sets of keys and a $50.00 bill before fleeing on foot.

An employee of McBride's Hallmark shop handles one of the last customers before the shop's closing at 6pm on the day after Christmas. Rhonda Kelly is one of a half-dozen employees who will be looking for work soon, once the store's inventory is packed up and shipped out.