http://www.goskagit.com/home/ en aburkhalter@skagitvalleyherald.com Copyright 2009 2009-07-03T17:47:11 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/fireworks_restrictions_in_effect/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/fireworks_restrictions_in_effect/#When:17:15:31Z As soon as the sun sets, the pops, bangs and flashes of light begin. Well before, and even for a while after, the Fourth of July, proud patriots will be popping off mini explosives across the county.… News, Latest, Anacortes, Burlington, Concrete, LaConner, Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-03T17:15:31 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/doctors_nurses_excited_to_be_working_in_new_va_facility/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/doctors_nurses_excited_to_be_working_in_new_va_facility/#When:17:47:11Z Dr. Grady Paden said the high demand for a Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic was clear back when a handful of nurses and doctors worked out of a mobile trailer in the Skagit Valley Hospital parking… News, Latest, Mount Vernon, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-03T17:47:11 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/mayor_of_zabre_region_thanks_rotary_for_help_other_projects_may_be_on_the_h/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/mayor_of_zabre_region_thanks_rotary_for_help_other_projects_may_be_on_the_h/#When:16:43:55Z Mayor of Zabre region thanks Rotary for help; other projects may be on the horizon Before February of this year, the women of the Zabre region of Burkina Faso had to walk more than a… News, Top, Lead, Latest, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-03T16:43:55 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/fireworks_face_restrictions_across_county/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/fireworks_face_restrictions_across_county/#When:20:21:59Z Fireworks are restricted in some fashion in every community in Skagit County. Here are some of the restrictions: Anacortes — All fireworks are banned. Burlington — All… News, Latest, Anacortes, Burlington, Concrete, LaConner, Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-02T20:21:59 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/extra_troopers_patrolling_state_roads_for_holiday_weekend/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/extra_troopers_patrolling_state_roads_for_holiday_weekend/#When:19:25:14Z More troopers than usual will be patrolling the state roads especially at night Friday through Sunday, according to the State Patrol.  Troopers will be focusing on drivers who appear to… News, Latest, Anacortes, Burlington, Concrete, LaConner, Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-02T19:25:14 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/a_knotty_dilemma/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/a_knotty_dilemma/#When:18:40:35Z SEDRO-WOOLLEY — Everyone’s stumped. “Nobody saw anything,” said Police Chief Doug Wood. “We don’t have any witnesses. We don’t have anything.”… News, Top, Lead, Latest, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-02T18:40:35 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/officials_break_ground_on_bridge_project/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/officials_break_ground_on_bridge_project/#When:17:04:42Z STANWOOD — An $84 million upgrade to a congested stretch of Highway 532 was launched Wednesday with an official groundbreaking by local officials, legislators and construction workers. … News, Latest, Mount Vernon, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-02T17:04:42 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/comment_period/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/comment_period/#When:16:30:15Z The deadline for public comments on proposed changes to Skagit County’s development code has been extended to July 21. The county planning department has proposed 119 changes, from simple… News, Latest, Anacortes, Burlington, Concrete, LaConner, Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-02T16:30:15 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/girl_allegedly_raped_in_burlington_home/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/girl_allegedly_raped_in_burlington_home/#When:15:02:36Z A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a stranger who entered her home Tuesday morning, according to the Burlington police. The girl was alone in her aunt and uncle’s apartment in… News, Latest, Burlington, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-02T15:02:36 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/fire_damages_barn_near_sedro_woolley/ http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/fire_damages_barn_near_sedro_woolley/#When:14:30:43Z Firefighters extinguished a roof fire of an abandoned building northeast of Sedro-Woolley early Wednesday morning. Just after midnight, firefighters responded to a report of an old barn burning… News, Latest, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-07-02T14:30:43 -08:00