Higher water costs will be the result of construction of a $60-million update and expansion of the city's water treatment plant, which went out for construction bids this week. But, the proposed higher rates will still be significantly lower than elsewhere in the area.

Tesoro will begin to startup their March Point refinery on Monday, according to a report from Bloomberg News. The entire refinery is expected to be fully operational by Oct. 15 as “that fits with our mid-October plan for a restart,” Bloomberg quotes Lynn Westfall, a company spokesman.

Members of a volunteer mountain rescue team from Bellingham believe they have located the body of 71-year-old Anacortes climber Dallas Kloke, who fell during a climb near Mt. Larrabee.

A well-known local mountain climber is missing after he fell down a steep rock face in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest east of here. Seventy-one year old Dallas Kloke of Anacortes was part of a 5-member climbing team when he fell Saturday afternoon.

Members of the Seattle Cassocks, a stunt team, pose for photos with fans after a perfomance at Sunday's Oyster Run. The town was filed with motorcyclists for the annual rally depite a nearly day-long drizzle.

A chocolate Labrador puppy was reunited with its mother and litter mates and a 21-year-old Anacortes woman was arrested on outstanding warrants following an investigation of a puppy taken from the Humane Society in Burlington earlier this month.