The Kusun Ensemble, an extraordinary group of musicians and dancers from Ghana, West Africa, will perform Friday night at Brodniak Hall.

The City Council tried to balance conservation and recreation in their continued review of the forest lands comprehensive plan. In the end, it took a 4-3 vote to give preliminary okay to some of the plan’s language.

Mayor Dean Maxwell told the City Council Monday night that “The phoenix will rise from the ashes,” even as the city pursues the cause of the fire that destroyed the central portion of the trestle across Fidalgo Bay.

The city is moving quickly to repair the Tommy Thompson Trail trestle damaged last week by fire. Mayor Dean Maxwell says he hopes to know more by the end of today just how much damage was done.

The Store, near the south end of Commercial Ave., has become an integral part of the Anacortes Community. It welcomes customers from early in the morning to late at night.

This week Anacortes police investigated a forged drug prescription, a bad check and were forced to use a Taser against a suspect. These were just 3 of the cases that police had this week.