Augie Stevens has an unusual vantage point for a football coach — one that includes not just locker rooms and hashmarks, but palm trees and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund is signing up families and seeking donations in a holiday season unlike any other.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — Residents of Sedro-Woolley will see increases in their utility rates in 2021.
The Burlington and Mount Vernon fire departments were busy Wednesday morning, each dealing with fires in their cities.
BURLINGTON — The Burlington City Council approved the city’s 2021 budget Tuesday that, while balanced, continues a trend of little funding for the city street fund.
While state policies to curb the spread of COVID-19 have created hardships, data analysis conducted at Western Washington University shows they make a difference.
The increased rate in new COVID-19 cases in Skagit County and statewide has prompted Skagit Regional Health to activate its plan to deal with more patients.
MOUNT VERNON — A 20-year-old Skagit County man was arrested Tuesday for investigation of felony hit-and-run after a vehicle he was allegedly driving last week struck a 16-year-old Mount Vernon girl as she crossed the street.
With certification of the 2020 general election complete, the races on Skagit County’s ballot are official.
BURLINGTON — The Burlington-Edison School District is hoping to help combat cold and flu season by providing families the information and tools they need in order to know when to keep their kids away from others.
Environmental groups are taking their fight against Cooke Aquaculture’s proposal to transition from farming Atlantic salmon to steelhead to the state Supreme Court.
Augie Stevens has an unusual vantage point for a football coach — one that includes not just locker rooms and hashmarks, but palm trees and the Mediterranean Sea.
The state governing body for high school sports has directed schools to halt all indoor activities for the next four weeks.
Levi Hillier, a young race car driver and son of former Skagit Speedway star Chad Hillier, pulled off a rare feat at Deming Speedway in a season unlike any other.
In recent years, if there was racing at Skagit Speedway, you could be almost certain to find Harold Beitler in his familiar chair atop the control tower, where he greeted visitors, playfully teased children — and adults — and kept an insightful eye on the races.
BURLINGTON — Samuel Kwant continues to rise in the world of CrossFit.
Environmental groups are taking their fight against Cooke Aquaculture’s proposal to transition from farming Atlantic salmon to steelhead to the state Supreme Court.
The series of concrete dams strung across the upper Skagit River predate construction of the North Cascades Highway and the establishing of North Cascades National Park.
Plans for managing coastal chinook salmon fisheries that take into account endangered Southern Resident orca whales are taking shape.
The state Department of Fish & Wildlife is seeking public input on a potential restoration project at the Skagit Wildlife Area Island Unit.
As climate change and continued development threaten natural resources throughout the state, it will be increasingly important for public lands managers and private property owners to collaborate on how to keep forests healthy.
A nonprofit group spearheaded by the owner of a local fishing charter is challenging the state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s management of salmon under the landmark federal District Court’s Boldt decision, but the state agency has countered that the group has no legal standing.
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