Skagit Publishing Celebrates 125 Years

When the Skagit Valley Herald moved to a new location near the Second Street Viaduct in 1966, it left behind a piece of equipment that had once revolutionized newspaper production.

With that…

The signs of an entrepreneur showed up early for Dan Mitzel.

For much of his youth, the now real estate developer rolled up hundreds of freshly printed Skagit Valley Heralds, filled his carrier…

Big industries dominated the county when the Skagit Valley Herald first began publishing 125 years ago.

In the early 1900s, dairy, logging and fish canning were part of the area’s growing…

Linda Ensley has seen many changes over the years with Skagit Publishing Co.

Hired on April 1, 1980, Ensley, 63, didn’t plan to stay for long.

After 29 years, she said she blames…

We could fill a paper with all the infamous people within Skagit County. But there are quite a few who found fame after leaving the county, or returned to the county with national recognition. These…

During the past 125 years, Skagit Publishing in Mount Vernon has grown to become one of the most significant economic drivers in Skagit County and an important contributor to charitable giving.

Newspapers are where they don’t want to be — beneath grim headlines in their own pages — as they struggle to find a business model suitable for the digital age and a faltering economy.…

Bernice Dolin of Mount Vernon remembers the Skagit Valley Herald from her childhood in the mid 1930s.

Each evening, after supper, her father sifted through the daily news while sitting at the…

A half-century ago, the newspapers held a virtual monopoly on news and advertising, especially in small towns.

“If you’re looking back 50 years ago, we were almost the only game…

At some point over the next 125 years, your children or grandchildren might read the Skagit Valley Herald through an electronic display embedded in their contact lenses.

But before those high-tech…

Stedem Wood, publisher of the Skagit Valley Herald, doesn’t buy into that shopworn expression about newspaper people having ink in their blood.

“I think you learn the cliché…

When Skagit Publishing staffers began moving into the building the day after Christmas last year, it marked the culmination of a nearly decade-long project that met some unexpected hurdles and took…

What’s the difference between a publishing company’s building and any other office building?

Not much (until you start looking closely) on the office side of Skagit Publishing’s…