Friday, November 20, 2009

Six illegal immigrants arrested ( 968 views | 17 comments )
Waiting on a vampire.. or possibly a werewolf ( 420 views | 2 comments )
Concrete woman sentenced for shooting boyfriend ( 842 views | 5 comments )
S-W man dies in logging accident ( 1384 views | 3 comments )
Skagit Valley Hospital, Medical Center may merge ( 349 views | 0 comments )
Anthony’s gets permit, and challenge right before groundbreaking ( 1404 views | 0 comments )

Thursday, November 19, 2009

County reopens Francis Road ( 700 views | 1 comment )
Cardinals find a setter ( 149 views | 0 comments )
Upper Loop/Bluff Trail ( 1156 views )
Holiday happenings around the area ( 418 views | 0 comments )
Ready to digest some more ‘Tuna’? ( 244 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 19, 2009 ( 307 views | 0 comments )
Mount Vernon tops economic ‘rebound’ list ( 1189 views | 13 comments )
State close to purchase of islands for Deception Pass park ( 1298 views | 0 comments )
Feds award $3.1 M to Northwest for green jobs ( 365 views | 0 comments )
Swine flu vaccine now available to more people ( 617 views | 10 comments )

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Man accused of killing girlfriend’s child ( 2003 views | 7 comments )
Another storm heading for Washington ( 811 views | 0 comments )
Anacortes Police Blotter, Nov. 18, 2009 ( 451 views | 0 comments )
Terry’s Take: That big gap in sales tax revenue means a huge drop in spending here ( 191 views | 0 comments )
Tough times, but time to focus on what’s important ( 141 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, Nov. 18, 2009 ( 255 views | 0 comments )
Back in the day in Anacortes, Nov. 18, 2009 ( 84 views | 0 comments )
High water closes Francis, Swan roads ( 994 views | 0 comments )
Taking on threat to small fruit ( 419 views | 0 comments )
S-W commission forwards proposed changes to council ( 327 views | 1 comment )
Skagit River falls short of flood stage ( 1215 views | 0 comments )
Northwest 2B League football players honored ( 169 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 18, 2009 ( 284 views | 1 comment )
Assessor’s Office says some home values down 10% ( 834 views | 2 comments )
Fish tales: Croatian gill netter among speakers at library series ( 481 views | 0 comments )
Taking the farmers’ market online ( 292 views | 0 comments )
Study: Razor clam closure could cost $22 M ( 170 views | 0 comments )

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Police: Would-be ninja impaled on fence ( 1387 views | 2 comments )
Body of missing skier found at Mount Baker ( 1513 views | 0 comments )
1 year jail term for former Concrete wrestling coach ( 1391 views | 2 comments )
North Cascades Highway closes for the season ( 583 views | 0 comments )
Report dead or ill swans to state ( 390 views | 0 comments )
Skagit County unemployment holds steady ( 299 views | 2 comments )
Skagit River nears flood stage ( 728 views | 2 comments )
HONK! ACT’s updated barnyard fable is sure to please kids of all ages ( 136 views | 0 comments )
Whimsical art brings ‘Tofu Ling’ book series to life ( 23 views | 0 comments )
Zamora pleads guilty to numerous counts ( 3827 views | 109 comments )
County looks to cut more positions ( 497 views | 0 comments )
County braces for second round of heavy winds ( 702 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 17, 2009 ( 359 views | 9 comments )

Monday, November 16, 2009

County could slash more staff positions ( 1667 views | 23 comments )
The rules of decorum: Teaching the dying art of etiquette ( 705 views | 2 comments )
Decision whether to seek Zamora death penalty delayed a day ( 1420 views | 42 comments )
Scattered power outages in parts of Skagit, Whatcom counties ( 1442 views | 0 comments )
Skagit Valley’s Golden Apples ( 946 views | 0 comments )
A money-saving stand against North Sound ( 144 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 15, 2009 ( 257 views | 1 comment )
Saturday Soapbox, November 14, 2009 ( 77 views | 1 comment )
Mataya named conference MVP ( 294 views | 0 comments )
Old microscope helps cellular biologist show marine life up close ( 444 views | 0 comments )
Law provides standards for housing inspectors ( 287 views | 4 comments )
SVH Christmas Fund registration opens ( 221 views | 0 comments )

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Ohio woman arrested in Wash. flu vaccine theft ( 598 views | 0 comments )
Burlington’s annual Veterans Day parade draws crowd ( 729 views | 0 comments )
DSHS, corrections pay $1.5M to settle abuse case ( 691 views | 0 comments )
Stimulus money funding sea floor gill nets cleanup ( 301 views | 2 comments )

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Anacortes volleyball team takes fifth place ( 428 views | 0 comments )
Tiger football team falls just short ( 612 views | 0 comments )
Concrete football team’s season ends ( 308 views | 0 comments )
Braves take fourth at state volleyball tournament ( 258 views | 0 comments )
Seahawks win state swimming, diving titles ( 329 views | 0 comments )
Bremerton girl who died Monday had swine flu ( 567 views | 3 comments )
Faster than the wind ( 1935 views | 1 comment )

Friday, November 13, 2009

La Conner volleyball team advances at state ( 309 views | 0 comments )
Avalanche closes North Cascades Highway ( 1206 views | 5 comments )
1st-degree murder charges filed in dog trainer’s disappearance ( 2776 views )
New baby orca for J pod ( 534 views | 0 comments )
Murder suspect’s bail reduction hearing canceled ( 1500 views | 0 comments )
Peas deserve their spot in Skagit farmland ( 266 views | 5 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 13, 2009 ( 472 views | 16 comments )
Winter Pruning makes healthy fruit trees ( 617 views | 0 comments )
Skagit man’s company takes top spot in BusinessWeek poll ( 1142 views | 0 comments )
State board considers intervention for failing schools ( 616 views | 16 comments )
Mental health agency agrees to pay for Skagit legal services ( 411 views | 1 comment )
Arch getting ‘Thanks for Visiting’ message ( 341 views | 0 comments )
Wash. Supreme Court overturns school salary ruling ( 444 views | 1 comment )

Thursday, November 12, 2009

After fire, B’ham students return to 3 schools ( 318 views | 0 comments )
Accident blocking traffic in Mt. Vernon ( 2006 views | 2 comments )
Empty table symbolizes those missing in action ( 280 views | 0 comments )
Central Elementary School Veterans Day parade ( 20 views | 0 comments )
Man nabbed in Anacortes pharmacy robbery ( 1454 views | 2 comments )
Burlington man injured, cited in Hwy. 20 collision with tanker truck ( 2997 views | 8 comments )
Auto driver injured in collision with tanker truck ( 37 views | 0 comments )
Anthony’s seeks shoreline permit ( 539 views | 0 comments )
META brings tall tale, feisty character to life ( 653 views | 0 comments )
S-W mayor’s budget: staff cuts, no new tax ( 423 views | 0 comments )
Missing dog trainer’s life a tangle of contradictions ( 3767 views | 9 comments )
Change of Plans ( 547 views | 1 comment )
Letters to the Editor, November 12, 2009 ( 295 views | 0 comments )
Cranberry Lake ( 480 views | 0 comments )

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

AHS students plug into high-powered competition ( 326 views | 0 comments )
Anacortes Police Blotter, Nov. 11, 2009 ( 475 views | 0 comments )
Mayor uniquely positioned to make an even bigger difference ( 247 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, Nov. 11, 2009 ( 403 views | 0 comments )
Back in the day in Anacortes, Nov. 11, 2009 ( 134 views | 0 comments )
Centennial Elementary School celebrates our veterans ( 211 views | 0 comments )
Anacortes Veterans groups seek new members as ranks thin ( 282 views | 1 comment )
Cash in hand for floodwall ( 795 views | 3 comments )
Soldier with Skagit family killed in Afghanistan ( 2092 views | 0 comments )
One of the ‘frozen Chosin few’ ( 1286 views | 3 comments )
Bless those who choose to serve ( 104 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 11, 2009 ( 408 views | 25 comments )

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

North Cascades Highway reopens ( 990 views | 1 comment )
Nonprofits can apply for federal funding ( 487 views | 0 comments )
An-O-Chords to sing for food ( 147 views | 0 comments )
C’mon down from the hills for Brewgrass this weekend in Anacortes ( 311 views | 2 comments )
Raising a perfect child can be murder in ‘Bright Ideas’ ( 213 views | 0 comments )
Mount Vernon to consider building a splash park ( 1578 views | 37 comments )
B-ESD OKs citizen committee ( 697 views | 26 comments )
Company diversifies and grows ( 1089 views | 0 comments )
Business Briefs - Nov. 10, 2009 ( 321 views | 0 comments )
LC Council to tackle budget details ( 178 views | 0 comments )

Monday, November 09, 2009

Wild Horse wind facility adds another 22 turbines ( 659 views | 1 comment )
Life without parole for teens unconstitutional, Supreme Court told ( 741 views | 1 comment )
Liquor stores arrive in malls ( 843 views | 0 comments )
Football playoffs set ( 773 views | 0 comments )
Gov: Election results should be more timely ( 249 views | 0 comments )
Ted Sturdevant named new Ecology director ( 273 views | 0 comments )
Former deputy’s trial delayed ( 607 views | 0 comments )
Heavy snowfall has some ski areas opening ( 330 views | 0 comments )
Group proposes closing smallest Wash. prison ( 378 views | 0 comments )
2 Fort Lewis soldiers killed in Afghanistan ( 161 views | 0 comments )
Restaurants offer three-course deal ( 670 views | 0 comments )
Port of Skagit ready to adopt scaled-down property tax levy along with 2010 budget ( 260 views | 1 comment )
Reading, running and ‘a dull roar’ ( 797 views | 2 comments )
If officials fail, people speak with their votes ( 258 views | 2 comments )
Saturday Soapbox, November 7, 2009 ( 86 views | 0 comments )
Conservation initiative gets $1.6 million in Senate funding ( 278 views | 0 comments )

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Education Notes ( 420 views | 0 comments )
Veterans from first Gulf War, other conflicts recognized ( 490 views | 0 comments )

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Tiger boys win state cross country title ( 935 views | 0 comments )
4 p.m. closure of North Cascades Highway ( 1960 views | 7 comments )
A focus on farming ( 570 views | 5 comments )
Snohomish-Renton rail corridor preserved ( 272 views | 0 comments )
Election proves tough on council incumbents ( 876 views | 19 comments )
More snow headed for the North Cascades passes ( 522 views | 0 comments )
Tiger football team routs South Whidbey ( 915 views | 0 comments )

Friday, November 06, 2009

Storm waves pounding Washington coast ( 505 views | 0 comments )
Everett officer pleads not guilty to manslaughter ( 390 views | 0 comments )
Navy: 500 gallons of jet fuel spill from carrier ( 305 views | 0 comments )
Spokane native killed at Fort Hood ( 221 views | 0 comments )
Person-of-interest in Seattle officer killing shot ( 841 views | 0 comments )
Let the wind blow ( 991 views | 0 comments )
Council OKs 2009 budget, Forest Lands plan ( 249 views | 0 comments )
Concrete School Board race in dead heat ( 378 views | 0 comments )
Cutbacks force planning office to reduce hours ( 418 views | 0 comments )
Planning meeting for Rockport State Park ( 305 views | 0 comments )
B-ESD staves off insolvency a while longer ( 1070 views | 54 comments )
Island View principal awarded for his dedication to school, kids ( 333 views | 0 comments )
Madsen chosen chief justice of Wash. Supreme Court ( 177 views | 0 comments )

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Concrete football team earns state berth ( 478 views | 0 comments )
Gay partnership measure approved by voters ( 444 views | 1 comment )
Summer Reading Program ( 221 views | 0 comments )
Cause of Arlington strip mall fire unknown ( 471 views | 0 comments )
Bellingham middle school badly burned ( 821 views | 1 comment )
Ashes of 28 veterans at rest in Wash. cemetery ( 291 views | 2 comments )
Grain ships asked to stop dumping canisters off Wash. coast ( 684 views | 1 comment )
19 swine flu deaths reported in state ( 513 views | 1 comment )
W. Wash. in for wind, rain, snow in passes ( 359 views | 0 comments )
MV budget as bad as feared; tax levy gets slight bump ( 384 views | 1 comment )
Art’s Alive! Festival celebrates 25 years ( 422 views | 0 comments )
A Cunning Ruse ( 396 views | 0 comments )
Today’s hearing on Winco store canceled ( 563 views | 1 comment )
Investigation continues in Stover’s disappearance ( 1591 views | 7 comments )
Bluff Trail ( 424 views | 0 comments )
Tigers earn state berth ( 639 views | 0 comments )
Defeat of I-1033 doesn’t mean Eyman goes away ( 228 views | 3 comments )
See depot replica at model rail club event ( 543 views | 0 comments )
Highway 529 in SnoCo renamed to honor military ( 239 views | 0 comments )

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Claybo now leading in Concrete School Board race ( 468 views | 0 comments )
Winds, rains heading for Washington ( 856 views | 1 comment )
Fort Lewis plans services for 8 soldiers ( 118 views | 0 comments )
Video clue in Seattle cop killing ( 591 views | 1 comment )
Whaley now backs B-E board on converting ag property for school ( 1199 views | 73 comments )
Letters to the Editor, Nov. 4, 2009 ( 440 views | 1 comment )
Anacortes Police Blotter, Nov. 4, 2009 ( 551 views | 0 comments )
Property tax issue before MV Council tonight ( 350 views | 0 comments )
Island, Snohomish voters close on library tax increase ( 117 views | 0 comments )
Skagit clinic, some pharmacies offering H1N1 vaccine ( 1147 views | 6 comments )
Election was civil, focused and good for community ( 252 views | 0 comments )
Back in the day in Anacortes, Nov. 4, 2009 ( 281 views | 0 comments )
Mom helps daughter collect 1,000 books for African kids ( 502 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 4, 2009 ( 765 views | 111 comments )
Input sought on Heart Lake’s future ( 853 views | 0 comments )

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Sedro-Woolley football team’s season ends ( 1242 views | 3 comments )
Revenue cap initiative loses badly in Washington ( 937 views | 4 comments )
About 33,000 ballots cast in Skagit, supervisor says ( 689 views | 0 comments )
Expanded gay rights leading in early returns ( 1099 views | 30 comments )
Fidalgo pool levy passing ( 376 views | 0 comments )
Sexton leads in Burlington council race ( 457 views | 1 comment )
Tracey takes lead in LC council race ( 184 views | 0 comments )
Brunisholz leading in LC race ( 165 views | 0 comments )
Omdal leads in Fire District 6 race ( 170 views | 0 comments )
Thulen wins La Conner School Board seat ( 185 views | 0 comments )
Welch winning LC council race ( 165 views | 0 comments )
Janicki wins S-W School Board seat ( 216 views | 1 comment )
Close race for Concrete School Board seat ( 105 views | 0 comments )
Rubin leads in Port of Anacortes race ( 227 views | 0 comments )
SW council: Sandstrom takes narrow lead over London ( 207 views | 2 comments )
Niver leads Port of Anacortes race ( 268 views | 0 comments )
Short leads Port of Anacortes race ( 273 views | 0 comments )
Yost leading for Anacortes No. 5 seat ( 302 views | 0 comments )
Quam leads in MV Ward 1 race ( 180 views | 0 comments )
Maxwell leads in Anacortes mayor’s race ( 567 views | 0 comments )
Molenaar winning MV council by landslide ( 356 views | 1 comment )
Brad Whaley winning B-E School Board seat ( 193 views | 0 comments )
Ragan winning MV race by large margin ( 198 views | 1 comment )
Truck strikes pole, causes outage on Cook Road ( 756 views | 2 comments )
Keystone ferry service cancelled during repairs ( 160 views | 0 comments )
Anacortes approves parks, forest plan changes ( 254 views | 0 comments )
Clock is ticking on Election 2009 ( 1702 views | 4 comments )
New license plate plan revised ( 593 views | 0 comments )
Wiegardt watercolors wow at November gallery walk ( 190 views | 0 comments )
Winco Foods project stalled by appeal ( 1290 views | 1 comment )
Search for body suspended ( 7362 views )
County departments asked for 5 percent budget cuts ( 464 views | 6 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 3, 2009 ( 420 views | 2 comments )
Nelson takes on Mount Vernon wrestling program ( 600 views | 3 comments )
Come out for raucus blues veterans, indie pop with a twang ( 371 views | 0 comments )
Business Briefs — Nov. 3, 2010 ( 354 views | 0 comments )

Monday, November 02, 2009

Monday’s Prep Scoreboard ( 371 views | 0 comments )
Ferries chief to meet with communities in Fidalgo, Whidbey and San Juans ( 360 views | 0 comments )
Chief warns other police departments after officer slain ( 882 views | 7 comments )
Spokane County woman dies of swine flu ( 875 views | 0 comments )
Northwest’s last pea grower says no more ( 1603 views | 15 comments )
State aims to commit Oak Harbor man as sexual predator ( 889 views | 3 comments )
Forest, budget among topics at tonight’s Anacortes council meeting ( 228 views | 1 comment )
Arlington strip mall fire burns 4 stores ( 636 views | 0 comments )
Vancouver may add Fort to its name ( 270 views | 0 comments )
Medical Reserve Corps sees action ( 641 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 2, 2009 ( 398 views | 1 comment )
Budget process should align with priorities ( 175 views | 0 comments )
Letters to the Editor, November 1, 2009 ( 394 views | 5 comments )
Saturday Soapbox, October 31, 2009 ( 99 views | 0 comments )
Hospital to address budget shortfall in 2010, but no layoffs expected ( 625 views | 0 comments )

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Officer killed, trainee hurt in Seattle shooting ( 1787 views | 11 comments )
Displays on Capitol campus restricted ( 299 views | 5 comments )
Pain relief in dogs and cats is a big priority for vets, owners ( 755 views | 1 comment )
Voters get final say Tuesday on ‘everything-but-marriage’ law ( 420 views | 0 comments )
Community celebrates ‘El Día de los Muertos’ ( 436 views )
A Skagit Valley Halloween ( 1031 views | 1 comment )