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Some downtown Anacortes shops will be open late Friday evening for the monthly Gallery Walk. 

Washington’s largest utility is proposing to increase electricity rates by nearly 30%. For more than four hours on Tuesday, members of the public urged state regulators to reject the proposal.

Police this week responded to a complaint of kids vandalizing a hallway with glue sticks and one officer chased down a motorist from town to south Fidalgo, including three trips around a roundabout.

Washington is asking for millions of dollars in federal aid, and now awaits word from President Donald Trump.

The rumble of thousands of motorcycles will be heard as this year's edition of the annual Oyster Run, known as the largest rally in the Pacific Northwest, comes to Anacortes Sunday.

Former Island Health employee Inna Makievsky has been hired as Interim CEO starting on October 10.

In this week’s Police Blotter, Police responded to a man having trouble walking, graffiti damage, and a man blocking a city refuse truck in an alley.

This week’s Police Blotter includes reports of an argument over dog poop, cyberfraud, and a vehicle prowl.

SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday tossed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Washington seeking the state’s voter rolls, in line with many rulings across the country.

In this week’s Anacortes Police Blotter: a crash on Highway 20 near Sharpe’s Corner, theft of donuts from a grocery store, and noisy resident at a local hotel.