LA CONNER — The La Conner High School girls' basketball team put together a big second half Saturday to beat Anacortes 64-33 in a nonconference game.
ROCKPORT — At Howard Miller Steelhead Park on Saturday, Joe Ordonez explained to a small group the connections between the Skagit River, forest, salmon and the bald eagles that spend winter on the river banks in search of a meal.
Government meetings scheduled for next week in Skagit County
The Skagit County undersheriff has some tips about what to do in the event of flooding.
The state Medical Assistant Program has charged former Skagit Regional Health certified medical assistant Sheng Yi Tan with unprofessional conduct.
Among recent police and fire activity this week was a fire involving three travel trailers at a homeless camp north of Burlington
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — The Sedro-Woolley Lions Club is seeing if it can recycle enough plastic film packaging to earn a park bench.
The latest National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant package for Southern Resident orca recovery includes funding for two Skagit County projects.
In response to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s threat to sue, the Army Corps of Engineers agreed last week to take a new look at the regionally developed Skagit Delta Tidegate Fish Initiative under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Leadership of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s North Puget Sound Region discussed during an online open house Thursday what it has planned for 2022, and took questions from community members.
MOUNT VERNON — Among those taking part in Skagit Valley College's new mariachi program is the head of the school's music department.
A listing of school board meetings scheduled for this week in Skagit County
Skagit Valley College is inviting the public to take part in two community forums on the search for the school’s next president.
MOUNT VERNON — Carrying on a 26-year tradition, Skagit Valley College culinary arts students prepped Thanksgiving meals from scratch this week for 38 Skagit County families.
A Union Pacific train derailed early Sunday morning in central Idaho.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man was chased down and caught by deputies in Washington state after allegedly assaulting a Salvation Army bell ringer and fleeing with his donations kettle.
PORTLAND (AP) — A man was killed early Sunday morning in Portland after a car struck his tent near an offramp for an interstate highway, police said.
GRANITE FALLS, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in Washington state are investigating the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old girl.
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CONCRETE — Amid developing an annual summer travel guide insert for the Concrete Herald, juggling other duties as the monthly newspaper’s owner-publisher/editor and responsibilities as the current mayor of Concrete the past week, Jason Miller was also occasionally scanning the candidate fili…
A third candidate filed to run for mayor of Anacortes just before the conclusion of filing week for the 2021 election, and two candidates — including the incumbent — filed to run for mayor of Concrete hours before the deadline on Friday.
Skagit County Planning Commissioner Mark Lundsten abruptly resigned Tuesday, citing a monthslong disagreement with the rest of the commission over whether he had a right to offer a minority opinion on a vote.
Newcomers have joined the Christmas tree profession in Skagit County — a seasonal business that lasts just a few weeks each year.
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners received an update Friday on the county’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan.
Like many restaurants, Skagit Landing has struggled to hire staff. The restaurant, which opened last summer at Skagit Regional Airport, had a cook position open for five months.
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