News
Reclassification of stream raises concerns
ANACORTES — A proposal to build 13 homes north of the intersection of Anaco Beach Road and North Marine Heights Way will renew the debate over…
- SVC hosts ‘citizenship day’
- Motorcycle crash victim in serious condition
- Details of logging fatality released
- Police arrest two teens for downtown graffiti
- Trial date set in murder of dog trainer
- Man killed in logging accident near Rockport
- Woman’s thumb cut off, boyfriend arrested
- Former Burlington mayor remains in critical condition
Sports
’Hawks find their touch
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — After a cold-shooting first half Monday, the Anacortes boys’ basketball team came out for the second half early to get in…
- Monday’s Prep Scoreboard
- Coach takes on cancer
- Cubs second at districts; Garcia still in pursuit of fourth straight state wrestling title
- Tiger girls have no trouble with Cubs
- Friday’s Prep Scoreboard
- Mount Vernon boys’ basketball game moved to Skagit Valley College
- Burlington-Edison boys cruise past Sedro-Woolley
- Thursday’s Prep Scoreboard
Entertainment
Spirituality, suspense keep readers hooked on Asian-inspired novel
Title: “The Lord of Death”
Author: Eliot Pattison
Publisher: Soho Crime
Pages: 384
Price: $24
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- River City’s troubles come to MVHS in ‘The Music Man’
- The less you say, the more you know: ALTA tackles racism and social acceptance in ‘The Foreigner’
- Skagit Symphony’s educational concert series teaches kids about music, instruments
- Keeping a fine figure: Whidbey artist shares figurative works in MoNA retrospective exhibit
- The ultimate holiday light display
- Twinkle, twinkle little LIGHTS Holiday lovers brighten the area with lights
- Waiting on a vampire.. or possibly a werewolf
- Holiday happenings around the area
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The Skagit Valley Herald is pleased to offer a sampling of its stories on the goskagit.com. A home delivery subscription to the Skagit Valley Herald print edition includes access to the E-edition, which is the full newspaper online. Or subscriptions for the E-edition only are also available.
Living
Book offers ingredients of tasty recipe for family gardening
Title: “The Family Kitchen Garden: How to Plant, Grow, and Cook Together”
Authors: Karen Liebreich, Jutta Wagner…
- On the road again: Skagit commuters bond over long rides on buses and trains
- HEALTH NOTES
- “Quaking”: Conflicting values make for provocative reading in youth novel
- Spirituality, suspense keep readers hooked on Asian-inspired novel
- Dancercize craze enjoys resurgence with a little Zumba
- Male crafters thrive, despite skepticism
- HIstorical fiction a thirst-quenching glimpse of Whiskey Rebellion
- Immigration debate takes on a human face in ‘Just Like Us’
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