n The Anacortes City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 14, remotely. Listen in by calling 1-253-215-8782, meeting ID 892-5564-6791. The meeting is also available at us02web.zoom.us/j/89255646791.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some districts are holding their school board meetings electronically, while others are holding them in a combination of in person and online. For information, visit district websites.
While endangered Southern Resident orca whales found in the Salish Sea are rarely seen by the average person, the species continues to be in the spotlight.
Jay Bowen remembers last year’s Fourth of July, when last-minute shoppers would come to his fireworks stand near Sedro-Woolley only to find limited stock.
Kathryn Shiohira
MOUNT VERNON — Soggy, unplayable infields will be a thing of the past at the Skagit Valley Playfields as synthetic turf is being installed.
MOUNT VERNON — The Mount Vernon Christian high school girls' basketball team overcame a slow start Friday night to beat Lummi Nation 67-38.
MOUNT VERNON — One student picked a calliope hummingbird; another decided on a fuzzy-horned bumblebee.
MOUNT VERNON — A jury will begin to determine Monday whether Terrance Jon Irby should be convicted of murder for a fourth time in the death of James Rock.
SEATTLE — A member of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe was convicted of three felonies Friday related to a February 2019 shooting on the Tulalip reservation.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — After distributing about seven million pounds of food over the past 16 months from the Food Pavilion parking lot in Sedro-Woolley, the Helping Hands Solution Center’s food bank is heading home.
MOUNT VERNON — The Mount Vernon Christian high school girls' basketball team overcame a slow start Friday night to beat Lummi Nation 67-38.
MOUNT VERNON — A fast start provided the foundation for the Mount Vernon High School boys’ basketball team’s 75-63 victory over Blaine on Thursday night.
BURLINGTON — The Burlington-Edison High School boys' tennis team edged a county rival Wednesday by a single match.
LA CONNER — In Tuesday's clash of local teams that don't often play each other, the Burlington-Edison High School girls' basketball team came out on top.
Tim Babcock was a sports standout for Skagit Valley College — both as a soccer player and as a coach.
While endangered Southern Resident orca whales found in the Salish Sea are rarely seen by the average person, the species continues to be in the spotlight.
Several fish-focused projects along Skagit County shorelines will get funding this year from the state’s Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program.
WHIDBEY ISLAND — A group of Skagit Valley College students studying environmental conservation visited a habitat restoration project June 1 on central Whidbey Island.Â
In response to some indigenous people in Canada saying they were left out of the early review process for the relicensing of Seattle City Light’s Skagit River dams, finalizing the relicensing study plan has been delayed.
BAKER LAKE — After being closed for about two weeks in response to reports of hikers encountering an aggressive cougar, the 14-mile Baker Lake Trail was reopened Wednesday.
While opposition to proposed copper and gold mining in the headwaters of the Skagit River continues to grow, several Skagit County communities also continue to fight local rock, gravel and sand mining proposals.Â
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