The state Department of Transportation has determined the Highway 20 interchange and the northbound College Way on-ramp to be the “worst performers” on Interstate 5 through Skagit County, according to a recently completed study.
The Skagit Women’s Alliance and Network (SWAN) honored six Skagit County women for achievements and community contributions Thursday evening during the 37th annual Women of the Year Awards.
With federal approval having been given Thursday for booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, the county-run vaccination and testing site at the Skagit County Fairgrounds is preparing to administer the shots starting Monday.
LA CONNER — The La Conner High School volleyball team continued to roll Thursday, beating Orcas Island 25-8, 25-8, 25-9.
Students in Skagit County practiced Thursday morning how to drop, cover and hold on during the Great Washington ShakeOut.
A long overdue update to the management plan for the 2,800 acres that make up the Anacortes Community Forest Lands is inching closer to adoption by the Anacortes City Council.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — As public access increases at the former Northern State Hospital campus, so do questions about the site.
ANACORTES — The Anacortes High School girls' swim team was dominant Wednesday, beating Ferndale 139-35.
A total of $10 billion in federal funding for disaster aid for farmers will cover losses from last summer’s unprecedented heat wave in the Pacific Northwest.
MOUNT VERNON — Outside his Mount Vernon home Tuesday morning, longtime Skagit Audubon Society member Tim Manns saw a towhee, a bird common in the western United States.
Equity will be a focus of Skagit County Public Health in 2022 and beyond.
LA CONNER — The La Conner High School volleyball team continued to roll Thursday, beating Orcas Island 25-8, 25-8, 25-9.
MOUNT VERNON — The Skagit Valley College volleyball team notched another win Wednesday as it defeated Whatcom 26-28, 25-21, 25-22, 25-21.
ANACORTES — The Anacortes High School girls' swim team was dominant Wednesday, beating Ferndale 139-35.
BURLINGTON — The Burlington-Edison High School girls' soccer team won its fifth consecutive game Tuesday night, beating Anacortes 2-0.
BURLINGTON — Burlington-Edison topped Anacortes in a battle of two of the area’s top volleyball teams on Monday night.
A long overdue update to the management plan for the 2,800 acres that make up the Anacortes Community Forest Lands is inching closer to adoption by the Anacortes City Council.
MOUNT VERNON — Outside his Mount Vernon home Tuesday morning, longtime Skagit Audubon Society member Tim Manns saw a towhee, a bird common in the western United States.
FIDALGO BAY — Holding up a jar filled with water and sand, students looked at roughly 400 tiny, white eggs floating inside — surf smelt at the very early stages of their lives.
The latest lawsuit over fish in the state claims hatchery-raised salmon and steelhead may impact already-diminished wild populations and the orca whales that eat them.
MARBLEMOUNT — Though Pressentin Park is closed to the public because of ongoing habitat restoration and construction work, some highly anticipated visitors have been spotted in the area.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — A cleanup project is underway at the SWIFT Center to address environmental contamination left behind over the years.
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