About 21,000 Skagit County residents will practice the recommended drop-cover-hold earthquake response at 10:21 a.m. Thursday as part of the Great Washington ShakeOut.
Skagit County’s three hospitals expect to lay off a combined 35 workers for their failure to comply with a state COVID-19 vaccine mandate, while a shortage of vaccinated workers at one Skagit County fire district will likely keep it from providing emergency medical services.
CONCRETE — With COVID-19 case numbers remaining high in parts of Skagit County, Concrete Elementary School will on Wednesday close and shift to an online learning system.
BURLINGTON — Burlington-Edison topped Anacortes in a battle of two of the area’s top volleyball teams on Monday night.
EDISON — When students at Edison Elementary School are feeling upset, they now have a place to go to help center themselves.
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Demand for food assistance has gone up at Skagit County’s largest food bank, as COVID-19 continues its surge and federal unemployment benefits have expired.
Skagit County Public Health reported 382 new cases of COVID-19 for the seven-day period running Oct. 10 through Oct. 16.
EVERETT — Zach Watson ran for two touchdowns and threw for two others Saturday as the Burlington-Edison High School football team beat Archbishop Murphy 29-22.
With a spotlight on safety, members of the Skagit Valley Chorale are together again.
BURLINGTON — Burlington-Edison topped Anacortes in a battle of two of the area’s top volleyball teams on Monday night.
MOUNT VERNON — The Skagit Valley College women's soccer team played to a 1-1 tie Saturday with Whatcom.
EVERETT — Zach Watson ran for two touchdowns and threw for two others Saturday as the Burlington-Edison High School football team beat Archbishop Murphy 29-22.
MOUNT VERNON — The Skagit Valley College volleyball team fell Friday night to Edmonds, 25-21, 13-25, 25-20, 25-21.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — The Sedro-Woolley High School football team is unbeaten no more.
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.
While Skagit County's lawsuit against Seattle City Light over its financial records is pending, the county has raised additional concerns about the relicensing process for the city's Skagit River Hydroelectric Project dams.
Before the wettest weather of the year arrives, Monday will mark the start of Skagit County’s annual Flood Awareness Week.
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