There's little new to report from the second day of ballot counting, except there are a number of write-in votes in more than one race. None of the positions have changed from the first count on election day.

The money was included in Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill.” The state’s goals include strengthening the rural health workforce and improving care in tribal communities.

Pool District vote fails and new mayor is elected and no challengers in several positions.

This week, reports from Anacortes Police included a domestic assault at Cap Sante Lookout, a theft at a thrift shop and attempt to pass a fake $100.

With major shutdown impacts beginning to set in, a scholar of Congress says the House has all but abdicated its position as ‘The People’s Chamber.’

Voters across Washington will decide nearly 3,000 races in Tuesday’s election.

Washington state will give food banks $2.2 million per week as they deal with the potential end of food stamp benefits due to the ongoing federalgovernment shutdown. 

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown was among the nearly two dozen attorneys general who filed the lawsuit over the suspension of SNAP benefits.

Anacortes Police this week logged a bank fraud report, checkout a swimmer in the Guemes Channel, and arrested and jailed a suspicious man on the Guemes Trail who had been reported by several people.

Expiring federal tax credits are driving an average 21% increase in rates on the state’s health benefit exchange as open enrollment nears.