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The budget up for final approval by the school board this coming week includes about $2-million in additional state funding.

Senator Kevin Ranker said he was not surprised by the state Supreme Court ruling to fine the state $100,000 per day for failing to come up with a plan to adequately fund K-12 education.

A volunteer consultant said the city could and should build a high-speed fiber Internet service here that, he says, could bring new income to the city as well as benefit residents and businesses alike.

The state Department of Ecology has fined BNSF Railway $86,000 for placing creosote-treated railroad ties and other materials from maintenance projects in Whatcom and Skagit county water bodies.

A driver led a police officer on a chase, not in a vehicle but on foot, for several blocks after the officer initiated a traffic stop.

Local artist Jennifer Bowman gets ready for the Anacortes Festival, which is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday evening has been marketed as "Locals Night" ahead of the crowds that fill the city on the weekend.

The county Health Department has issued a warning not to swim in or drink water from Lake Erie because of an algae toxin.

Thanks in large part to an extensive public park system, visitors to the Anacortes shoreline can enjoy “bonus time” – a rare opportunity to take a window seat to this island community’s working waterfront.

Plans are moving ahead to extend the Guemes Channel Trail. Early design work will soon start on lengthening the trail by more than a mile-and-a-half, thanks to action just taken by the City Council.

This weekend, Anacortes will play host to 80,000 festival goers. They come back year after year for the treasures, fine art, music, good times and the friendly hospitality they experience when they are in our town.