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The City Council has deferred a request to write a local church that plans to allow T-Mobile to build a cell phone tower on church property.

Issues of traffic, the cost of gas and questions about a future new bridge from Whidbey Island to the mainland are up for discussion at a town hall-style meeting of the South Fidalgo Community Council, set for this Wednesday.

What I consider to be one of J.A. Jance's best books in recent years is not out in paperback. The murder of an ex-drug dealer ex-con—gunned down on his mother's Seattle doorstep—seems just another turf war fatality. But, Jance ties it in to a chain of sexual abuse cases in a story with twists and turns involving the familiar J.P. Beaumont. The book is priced at just $10.

A weekly roundup prepared by the Anacortes Police Department.

Representative Jeff Morris has “grave reservations” about a proposed Skagit PUD takeover of Puget Sound Energy’s Skagit operations.

Painter Max Grover’s joyful, color filled world of ordinary pleasures awaits people of all ages at Depot Arts Center’s Gallery, starting today.

As usual, Anacortes abounds in activities on the Fourth. We've got it all: a town photo, a parade, patriotic program and fireworks to end the night.

Four northwest authors are on this week's Northwest Bestsellers list. J.A. Jance's Justice Denied is on the list as a mass market paperback. Also, back this week are: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, at number 1; The Other by David Guterson; and, Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk.

The traditional ribbon cutting at Tuesday's opening of the newly renovated Island Hospital. The renovations cost about $ 40 million and took more than two years to complete.

Ian Munce, a familiar face at City Hall for 27 years, has resigned as City Planning Director and City Attorney, effective at the end of July. Munce says he will take a job with the City of Tacoma.