Anacortes, WA News

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• Summer, finally
• Park visitors coming despite fees
• Layoffs roll through Wash. government
• Man arrested for firing gun into air
• Coal terminal opponents to meet at Lincoln
• Volunteer-built stage lets group broaden the camp experience
• Wave Broadband knocked out of service
• Coroner says man found in Skagit River drowned
• Fire caused by child destroys family van
• Patrol to target aggressive driving near trucks
• Sonntag decides against run for Wash. governor
• Missing climber’s body found on Mount Baker
• Fire shuts down RR trestle near Bellingham
• Border patrol getting new complex
• Celebrating the Fourth
• Body found near Edgewater Park
• Don’t forget your Discover Pass for WA recreation
• Locals stand tall in Fireman’s Competition
• Dogs bring out friendly competition in their owners
• Jogger reports NE Wash. black bear attack
• NAS Whidbey squadron home for the Fourth
• Chain saws get creative in quick-carve contest
• Two arrests in Birdsview homicide
• Park fees go into effect today
• Appeals court dismisses nuclear waste suit
• Expect delays on NCH — after the Fourth
• Swinomish: Oak Harbor desecrated burial ground
• ‘Don’t feed the bears’ this camping season
• Woman enters guilty plea in Kendrick case
• Man arrested for illegal firearm possession
• Saturns targeted by thieves in Burlington
• Shooter in drug deal sentenced to nearly 11 years
• Central American produce importers visit Wash.
• UW tuition to go up 20 percent
• Prison remains on lockdown after shooting
• Plans for the Fourth of July weekend?
• Artist Point under 30 feet of snow
• 4 wounded in Lummi Reservation stabbings
• Keeping your car safe
• UW to consider 20-22 percent tuition hike
• Report: Inmate held grudge against guard he killed
• Boeing fined for jet fuel leak
• Inmate killed during escape attempt
• Concrete man gets 3 months in underage sex sting
• Property owner asks city to give up easement
• S-W ready to start $3M Highway 20 project
• Born to ride
• Crab fishing season opens in this area July 15
• New ferry Salish may sail Friday
• Water shortages a serious concern, official says
• Transitions program survives cuts at SVC
• BPA restrictions on child products take effect July 1
• Defendant to testify wearing shock sleeve
• Sales are booming
• United General considers alliance with PeaceHealth
• FDA warns of tainted sprouts
• Bicyclist injured on College Way
• Internet cable problem may have been caused by thieves
• Guemes Ferry’s ‘peak’ schedule begins Friday
• North Sound recreational crabbing season starts July 15
• Sheriff’s blotter, June 6-12
• Ferry passengers warned about illegal fireworks
• Birdsview man dies after beating
• ‘Twilight’ school landmark demolished in Forks
• AAA: Average gas price in Wash. $3.83
• On the water, Sheriff’s Office puts safety above citations
• Repairing the levees
• ‘It is time to begin the journey’
• Nine years at SVC
• Hydrogen sulfide detectors up at port
• All lanes open on northbound I-5
• State issues safety reminder on eve of firework sales
• Unemployment checks going up at least $3
• Ferndale coal terminal plan needs all-new permit
• Anacortes man sentenced to 74 months in prison
• 8 elected offices still have no candidate
• Revered Swinomish tribal leader passes away
• Arrest made in grocery robbery
• Coffee or X-rated entertainment?
• Q fever goat disease spreads to humans
• Reclaiming public space from graffiti
• Sheriff’s deputy appealing dismissal, fighting release of disciplinary files
• MV School Board OKs new bell schedule
• Samish war canoes race on Fidalgo Bay Saturday
• New tanker makes first stop in Anacortes
• Skagit unemployment rate at 10 percent in May
• Filing period begins for positions with no candidates
• Parks pass required as of July
• Fire displaces Bow family
• Child finds outdoor marijuana grow
• Marijuana found in home of Ana. robbery, beating victim
• State auditors find problems with Fire District 3
• She tells teachers they do make a difference
• The Class of 2011
• Mary Purcell Elementary principal named
• Road work begins on I-5 north of Burlington; expect traffic delays
• Man hospitalized after home invasion
• Barefoot Bandit case heads to Island County court
• Bones uncovered at Oak Harbor are Native American
• Headed to Harvard
• Not your typical dad
• Flipping for Berry Dairy Days
• Bumberpalooza celebrates music, end of school year
• L&I investigating farm accident
• Governor can claim ‘executive privilege,’ judge says
• Teens bike across country to benefit Ride 2 Recovery
• ‘Barefoot Bandit’ pleads guilty to federal charges
• Haley: NLRB lawsuit could chill business expansion
• 4 plead not guilty in Mt. Vernon murder case
• Residents weigh in on Envision Skagit proposals
• Meth, cash seized in raid
• Collision blocking Highway 9 near Lake McMurray
• Traffic delays expected next week on I-5 north of Burlington
• Tension boils over in Skagit County jail
• Slow economy leads to lowered revenue forecast
• Two projects will benefit area food banks
• Cars set on fire in Vancouver following Stanley Cup finals loss
• WSU confirms 9th equine herpes case in Wash.
• PSE requests rate increases
• Program to treat DV offenders shows early promise
• Residents invited to comment on Envision Skagit ideas
• Local school, county district boundaries to be redrawn
• 101 drivers didn’t click it, so they got tickets
• Most county offices closed Friday
• Washington state releases high school test results
• Hearing opens in labor complaint against Boeing
• La Conner High’s Dinosaur Club takes itself not so seriously
• Boeing jobs complaint to get NLRB hearing
• Redistricting forums to be held around state
• Share your opinion on the Burlington/Mount Vernon merger idea
• Third phase of Penn. Ave project begins
• MV man recovering at Harborview after car collision Sunday
• Gov. Gregoire announces she won’t run for re-election
• MV-based crew helps residents of tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo.
• Canines and their humans show off at Bark in the Park
• Who wants bacon?
• State Patrol: Bow man in Seattle hospital after crashing scooter
• 124 candidates vie for local offices
• Runway project readies airport for larger aircraft
• Boeing cuts ribbon on $750 million S.C. plant
• ‘America’s Most Wanted’ fugitive in Whidbey homicide arrested
• Police: Drug store robber found in bushes
• UPDATE: Bellingham man in custody after 2 separate police chases
• 4 suspects charged with murder in shooting
• Puppy raisers get their dogs
• Merge Burlington and MV; protect farmland, committee recommends
• Tidal power project data collected
• Not guilty plea in Barefoot Bandit case in Seattle
• Police, dogs converge on MV home on warrant service
• Skagit R-E firms look for summer sales surge
• Larsen proposes bill to save key certification for Skagit employers
• Sundbergs to pay $82K for care of seized dogs
• Sources: AG McKenna to announce run for governor’s office
• Lawyer: Barefoot Bandit’s plea talks hit snag over sale of story
• Health officials urge parents to have kids vaccinated
• Bilingual Burlington-Edison students tutor younger migrant kids
• Equine herpes virus contained; equine events can continue
• GOP’s McKenna to enter governor’s race
• ACLU pushes for Latino legislative district in Wash.
• WA flags at half-staff for Port Angeles soldier
• Gregoire to sign bill eliminating 5 state panels
• Levee repairs could begin later this month
• Hernandez named new publisher for Skagit Publishing
• Summer road work under way
• Colleges to set own tuition under new law
• Political candidate filing has begun with more than 1,000 in Wash.
• New traffic rules near Kiwanis Park to be enforced July 1
• County prepares to graduate its high school seniors
• Last days for a Sedro-Woolley landmark?
• Daytime closures for Bradshaw Road coming up
• Utility work means delays on Broad Street in Mt. Vernon
• Landing some prize catches
• Sheriff’s Office: Minor injury at Summit Park Grange shooting
• First graders learn about commercial fishing first hand
• School kids play roles of historical figures in ‘Wax Museum’
• Towers planned on coast as tsunami safe havens
• Beware apple maggots
• Library upgrades to reduce S-W power bill
• Fir island habitat restoration proposals
• Skagit Valley Hospital nurses rally
• Woman arrested following Monday’s campground drive-by
• Warmest weekend since September for Wash.
• Vaccine exemptions run high in Wash.
• Gay softball league limit on straight players OK’d
• FD: Arson cause of fire at B-EHS
• Parents express concern over MVSD’s possible schedule changes
• Sidney ferry run survives state cuts
• WA flags to lower Thursday for Port Orchard soldier
• Depot work to continue with $380,000 from state
• Troubled Cascade Bank merges with Calif. bank
• Public to get a look at plans for restoring Fir Island tidelands
• Five arrested, property seized in two drug busts
• College campus in Oak Harbor has unique veteran presence
• Census: Last decade had a boom in housing vacancies
• ‘Remember the fallen heroes’
• Motorcyclist injured after hitting deer on Hwy 20
• Two shootings under investigation
• On the Agenda
• Cascade Middle School teacher wins award
• Memorial Day Events
• Former Burlington mayor Pocock, 70, dies
• Skagit nurses say they aren’t being heard in contract negotiations
• Identity of ATV crash victim released
• Coming Sunday: our profile of Mount Vernon
• Authorities find fourth suspect in MV slaying of Bellingham man
• Traveling this weekend?
• Holiday closures
• MV man killed in Everett identified
• All lanes clear at College Way after I-5 crash
• S-W Farmers Market launches 10th season under new manager
• I-5 ramps to close as work continues north of Burlington
• Blessing the fleet
• Skagit judges recuse themselves from hearing hospital lawsuits
• Four candidates for MV mayor square off in first public forum
• MVSD may change school start times to save on transportation costs
• East county businesses rejoice at long-delayed opening of N. Cascades Highway
• Director of Skagit 911 resigns
• EMS consultant says he was ‘sucked in’ to ambulance controversy
• From asphalt to rain garden
• 13 arrested, $622K seized in Wash. drug sweep
• Wash. budget deal includes teacher salary cuts
• County unemployment rate drops for April
• N. Cascade Hwy opens on Wednesday
• Debt limit rift could stall lawmakers in Olympia
• Lawmakers reach key deal on workers’ comp changes
• Gas prices fall in Wash.
• Police arrest two suspects in Anacortes home burglary
• Council to discuss garage design funding
• Anacortes Waterfront Festival continues through today
• Liquor privatization efforts revived
• Summit Bank fails, to open Monday as Columbia Bank
• Dog trainer’s belongings to be auctioned
• Larsen questions health proposals in S-W visit
• 4-H events canceled due to equine virus
• 4th suspect sought in MV slaying
• Guemes vehicle ferry to resume service on Saturday
• Medical marijuana measure still alive in Olympia
• One-car crash kills driver on S. Skagit Highway
• DOT: North Cascades Highway to open no later than Thursday
• A cold case solved
• Samish Bay shellfishery reopens
• The ones that got away
• Big Lake kids love their ‘grandpa’
• Police have Kendrick’s World Series ring
• S-W man arrested after bomb threat
• Rescued missing trooper lost his tent
• Cold damages some berry crops
• State agency releases plan for Samish cleanup
• $3 million for aerospace training in Washington
• Search continues in North Cascades for WA trooper
• Mudslide blocks roadway on Old Highway 99
• A juggling lesson
• State moves primary elections up by 2 weeks
• Gas price in Wash. steady at $4.03, AAA says
• 3,000 Wash. National Guard members could be called up
• Off-duty WA trooper missing on North Cascades hike
• Conference urges Latinos to become strong leaders
• Club uses flying to help teach
• MV chamber to hold mayor candidate forum
• Trawler Fest draws the serious boater
• Four council members go door-to-door collecting signatures
• Woman in critical condition after car-truck accident
• Crews aim to open NCH by Memorial Day weekend
• 2 more arrests in fatal MV shooting
• Mail carriers to pick up food donations Saturday
• I-5 lane closures north of Burlington start next week
• MV man sentenced for S-W burglary
• Boxes installed for disposal of perscription medications
• State parks fees go into effect this summer
• Accident backing up traffic at College Way near roundabout
• Anacortes incident may not have been a robbery
• A portion of Samish Bay closed to shellfish harvesting
• Seattle zoo looking for name for 100-pound python
• Commissioners call for additional review of Assessor’s Office
• Life Transitions graduates its last class
• Jury convicts Anacortes man of child molestation
• MV woman charged with murder
• Spud balladeer sought for au gratin world-record attempt
• No injuries in Mt. Vernon workshop fire
• An exercise in conservation
• Crash on I-5 at Arlington kills Blaine woman, 75
• President Obama bypasses Bridgeport for speech
• Sales and prices of homes slip in Washington
• Runway work continues
• B-E School Board work session canceled
• Woman arrested in connection with Mt. Vernon fatal shooting
• Average gas price in Wash. $4.03, AAA says
• USS Ford departs for 6 months in Pacific
• Safety on two wheels
• Districts to inform teachers of layoffs
• Hoping to hook a big one
• Do you know the way to La Conner?  New highway signs will get you there
• Bands brave rain at festival in the park
• Honoring foster mothers this Mother’s Day
• 5 rescued from water near Camano Head
• Man fatally shot, found in MV parking lot; police have no suspects
• Scam sweepstakes bilks MV woman of $10K
• Assessor’s Office finishes last year’s work
• High School lip-dub videos now posted
• Major rebuild of Interstate 5 north of Burlington begins this month
• Proposed legislation would protect Illabot Creek
• Convicted sex offender facing his third strike
• Smoking ban rule could get loosened — for a fee
• Amazon.com hiring for Sumner warehouse
• New ferry Salish a week late
• Swinomish to add hotel to casino in Anacortes
• A whole-body language: Teaching French with gestures, not textbooks
• New tenant for old Walmart building
• Tesoro employee to ask shareholders for safety, accountability
• Dems explore revision to anti-tax initiative
• Tax amnesty program a boon for WA, brings in $263M
• Auditor’s finding may cost S-W School District
• Food bank provides students with backpacks of food
• New weather radar station to improve forecasts
• Skagit Valley College president announces his retirement
• Sea-Tac operating normally after bin Laden’s death
• Water main break prompts WorkSource to close today
• U.S. faces broad terror threat after bin Laden death, analysts say
• Tulip Festival is over; flowers remain in bloom
• Anacortes house fire just a training session
• Police: Burglary foiled after suspects fall asleep
• Car rolls from onramp onto I-5, blocking traffic
• FDIC steps up action against Summit Bank
• MV police agency scores high in accreditation review
• Hulst enters Ward 2 City Council race
• Funnel cloud forms over Skagit County
• Royal wedding eve: Crowds swell outside abbey
• Navy removes commander of Everett-based destroyer
• Tear gas fumes sicken 7 in Darrington
• Rail traffic, air quality among local issues with Bellingham cargo terminal
• State bar association calls MV lawyer ‘substantial threat’
• Interior Secretary meets with residents about protecting San Juan Islands
• Will Obama’s long-form birth certificate settle the issue?
• Chamber envisions landscaped gateway near ferry terminal
• Ferry fares increase for peak season
• Gates to help schools adopt common core standards
• Hanford N Reactor cocooning ahead of schedule
• Former county commissioner dies
• Port wraps up paper mill cleanup
• Government meetings
• WSU will continue to increase enrollment
• Lawsuit against Tesoro moves forward
• Wash. average gasoline price nears $4 mark
• Wind, rain, snow in Washington forecast
• MoNA hires new executive director
• Brevoort announces plans to run for MV City Council
• Area high school students ham it up
• Concrete: A Sense of Place
• Sedro-Woolley’s Easter Egg hunt
• Flying solo: Teen’s passion is planes
• Approaching Easter
• Comments sought on Nookachamps wetland bank
• EASTER EVENTS in the area
• Easter bonnets on parade
• S-W Councilman Ted Meamber, 74, dies; city plans day of recognition
• Cold spring means tulips are at their peak
• MV councilman joins race for mayor
• Prepare to pay to visit recreation sites
• Legislature passes marijuana dispensary bill
• Survey: Job openings on the rise
• Tourism agency asks citizens to ‘Share Washington’
• Four cities earn WellCity awards
• Arrests made in Kendrick burglary; World Series ring still missing
• Burlington man charged in $2.6 million fraud case
• Deception Pass bridge inspection under way
• Skagit unemployment up in March
• Tax day spawns protests
• Report: WA needs lots more college graduates
• Petrish will not seek re-election to Ward 1 council seat
• Meeting topic: Change Burlington’s government?
• Murray, Cantwell blame speculators for gas prices
• Last-minute tax day postmarks at 5 Wash. locations
• Death With Dignity: Robert Good’s story
• Swinomish get early start on Earth Day
• Earth Day events
• Burlington library to turn delinquent borrowers over to collections
• Skagit Speedway opener canceled
• 1 miner missing in Idaho; rescue under way
• State budget: UW tuition could reach Calif. levels
• Bikers like new state law that outlaws police profiling
• Seattle cop killer released from mental hospital
• DOJ warns of crackdown if Wash. changes pot law
• Watch herons live at Padilla Bay
• Charge filed in library break-in case
• The many rewards of a good book
• New MVHS principal named
• Mayor says he won’t seek third term
• Home away from home: Boys & Girls Club shows children how to grow up
• State jobless rate ticks up despite small gains
• Corps of Engineers reportedly halts Skagit flood study
• Port moves forward on deal to ship sulfur prills
• Whidbey Naval squadron commander dismissed for DUI
• All I-5 lanes reopen after crash near Chuckanut offramp
• Police searching for suspect who robbed MV Haggen
• Seattle Museum of Flight won’t get a space shuttle
• Crews begin clearing North Cascades Highway
• Fire destroys Burlington home
• AAA: Gas in Washington averages $3.88 gallon
• Improving teacher evaluations
• Let the haggling begin: ‘World’s biggest’ garage sale continues Sunday
• ‘To Catch a Predator,’ Skagit edition
• Pearl Jam tree-planting on Stilly to offset pollution from band’s tour
• Feds issue new rules to protect Puget Sound orcas
• Friday Harbor boy held in mother’s stabbing death
• ’Unusual event’ at Wash. nuke plant no big deal
• North central Wash. school finalist for Obama speech
• Tribe pays Snohomish Prosecutor’s Office to keep attorney
• Sexual assault awareness events take place across county
• State gives all-clear to Samish shellfish harvesting
• Budget demonstrators occupy state Capitol for 2nd day
• MV nursing home faces charges of abuse
• Agencies express interest in Northern State site
• Domestic partnership law gets adjustment
• Senate passes bill to improve oil spill response
• Car knocks out power to 550 in MV
• Waste Management cited, fined in deadly accident
• NW Jesuits: bankruptcy plan after abuse settlement
• Second swine flu death in Snohomish County
• Northern Marine, Ecology clean up old plywood mill
• Home of major league pitcher Kendrick burglarized
• Stuck semi closes MV road
• House budget proposal cuts $4.4B in state spending
• Rockslide blocks one lane of Highway 20 near Concrete
• More rainy weather moving into Washington
• Budget cuts could lead to nursing shortage
• EPA updates findings from national radiation monitoring
• Woman accused of growing pot pleads not guilty
• Stevens Pass reopens to passenger vehicles
• One lane open — for now — on flooded Highway 20 at Minkler
• MV ‘Clean Sweep’ on Saturday canceled
• Freight train kills Emerson student near Riverside Drive
• Agency releases findings, photos about deadly Tesoro blast
• Tesoro to hold nationwide moment of remembrance for workers who died in Anacortes explosion
• W. Wash. floods subside; Skagit crested short of flood stage
• Tulip Festival begins with a brightly colored bang
• Heavy rains cause some minor flooding
• Report: GET program is solvent for next 50 years
• West View receives more than $1 million to improve
• DOJ launches formal investigation of Seattle cops
• WA State Patrol to start enforcing ‘move over’ law
• Avalanche closes Highway 2 at Stevens Pass
• Radiation detected in Wash. milk
• Survey: Skagit County healthier, but booze still a problem
• Police seeking robbery suspect
• Man sentenced in shooting death
• Legislature OKs out-of-state same-sex unions
• State to begin clearing North Cascades Highway April 11
• Wash. traffic fatalities drop in 2010
• Shellfish harvesting halted in Samish Bay
• Hamilton plant to close at year’s end
• Japan’s tsunami debris headed for West Coast
• Budget proposals slow coming in Olympia
• Two candidates to vie for Anacortes council position
• Heavy rain forecast for Western Washington
• Bring on the tulips
• Truck accident blocks morning I-5 traffic
• Skagit among counties included in disaster declaration
• Orioles cut Hendrickson
• State agencies closed Monday for furlough day
• School districts deal with rising fuel prices
• Private liquor sales pitched as way to save state budget
• Tax revenues slip through cracks as assessor misses some new construction
• Flu cases may have peaked
• Former Oak Harbor swim coach accused of abuse
• Jesuits settle NW abuse claims for $166 million
• Officials worried aboutt Ambulance Authority’s finances
• May be another record year for WA prepaid tuition
• Skagit unemployment has ‘bottomed out’
• Twin Stanwood brothers in hospital with flu
• WSP angers gun dealers with records request
• Judge in Oakes case won’t recuse himself
• Northern State campus up for sale
• Hospital hears from community on tax credit program
• Five apply for Ward 3 council seat — so far
• No recovery at Washington Alder; company lays off second shift
• FEMA changes flood map policy; locals unsure what it means for them
• Senate transportation budget nearly $9 billion
• Woman found dead in S-W house fire
• WA woman sentenced to nearly 28 years for murder
• Senator proposes early release of some inmates
• WA Revenue Dept: Beware of dept. impersonators
• Area residents help fold paper cranes for Japan
• Be prepared in case a disaster strikes
• Trace radiation levels from Japan detected
• An about-face on front-facing car seats
• Ferries take fewer cuts under House budget
• Report on corrections officer death released
• Education briefly
• Analysis of Healthy Youth Survey hampered by errors
• MV Christian School eyes full-day kindergarten
• Military families evacuated from Japan arrive at Sea-Tac
• U.S., British fire missiles at Libyan defense sites
• Gray whales return to Puget Sound waters
• 2 kayakers rescued by Coast Guard
• Another mudslide hits RR track near Mukilteo
• Camano Island man, 34, dies of swine flu
• SICBA Home and Garden Show today through Sunday
• What college’s cuts mean for students, staff
• Police arrest two suspects in phone store robbery
• 5 men split $10K reward in capture of Barefoot Bandit
• State revenue forecast down $780 million
• The legend comes to life in ‘Camelot’
• Don’t panic: Radiation-blocking drugs aren’t necessary
• Anacortes sheltie is a top dog at Westminster show
• Anacortes rally shows support for unions
• See Guemes ferry history in photo exhibit at terminal
• Second arrest made in 2010 S-W home invasion
• Skagit Valley College anticipates job cuts
• More mudslides disrupt rail traffic in W. Wash.
• WA unemployment rate dips to 9.1 percent in Feb.
• Oak Harbor couple worries about daughter in Japan
• Residents invited to weigh in on Skagit’s future
• ‘Pinning day’ a ritual for Skagit seed growers
• Income tax help available
• Truck enters S-W store through window
• Conservation District election set for Tuesday
• Government meetings this week
• US ed secretary calls WA’s ed system illogical
• Gov signs bill to end Canadian sales tax exemption
• Rain puts mud on the move in Western Washington
• West Coast quake warning system would be costly
• Sunshine Week: You have a right to know what government is doing
• State: Nuclear event in Japan poses no health risk in Washington
• Program sends kids into the business world early
• A last hurrah for Wild Women of Woolley
• Lyman councilman resigns
• Hamilton appoints new town councilman
• Boeing engineer from Everett hopes to go to Mars
• Tsunami damages 35 boats in Crescent City, Calif.; surfers ride waves
• Tsunami waves up to 1.7 feet hit Washington coast
• Limited tsunami evacuations in 2 Wash. counties
• West Coast begins to see tsunami waves
• Community Action warns of solicitation scam
• Pedestrian killed on Highway 530 near Arlington
• Extra DUI patrols to hit the streets
• Wis. GOP bypasses Dems, cuts collective bargaining
• Flu cases on the rise
• Suspect arrested in case of bomb at Spokane MLK Day parade
• Anacortes City Council seeks new member
• Expect delays on Deception Pass Bridge next week
• College chosen for achievement grant
• Fire District 13 weighing termination of battalion chief
• 10 years after Nisqually: What have we learned?
• County unemployment up, but job outlook brighter
• Vehicle strikes school bus, injuring two children
• McKeown resigns from Anacortes City Council
• Island Hospital could get rid of refund program
• Washington prison officials knew Scherf was threat
• Local digesters to benefit from bill
• Man leads police on chase with 2-year-old in back seat
• Man in custody after allegedly stabbing another in Burlington
• Rep. Bailey to hold telephone town hall meeting tonight
• City council meetings this week
• MV High School principal search on board’s agenda
• Envision Skagit meeting set for Tuesday
• AAA: Gas prices in Washington average $3.60
• Arsonist missing from WA mental hospital captured
• Concrete’s very own Carnival
• Patient who threatened parole officer walks from WA mental hospital
• Deal would shutter state’s only coal-fired power plant
• Friends don’t want to give up on missing skier
• The power of social media: Twitter aids driver of disabled vehicle
• WorkSource Skagit offers courses on how to apply for Boeing jobs
• Sex offender arrested in Anacortes
• Two homes burn in northwest Skagit County
• Bill aimed at dropout reduction passes WA House
• Conversation about English learner education
• Junior golf: a tradition of success
• Building a better world, one playhouse at a time
• Diagnosing dyslexia early vital to childrens’ success
• S-W trucker found crushed under tire in Port Townsend
• County raises park fees for premium camping spots
• Senate OKs bill to set up fed health care law
• Gov.  pushes education consolidation plan
• WA bill aims to help homeowners avoid foreclosure
• WA approves bill to send illegal inmates to feds
• Senate OKs changes to medical marijuana system
• Gusty winds knock out power in Western Washington
• State lawmakers talking about NASCAR track
• Area high school students explore the trades
• 3 suspects arrested in purse snatch
• Judge holds DSHS trim of benefits to disabled kids
• Changes approved for West View
• Two announce candidacy for Mount Vernon mayor
• Small oil spill on tanker docked at Port of Anacortes
• Puget Sound Energy names new CEO
• Whatcom deputy injured, suspect killed near Lynden
• Concrete Town Council meeting rescheduled
• DOT inspecting Hwy. 20 bridges near Anacortes
• Heavy snow continues in Washington Cascades
• A Sense of Place: Bow and Edison
• Hardy souls turn out for smelt
• Fire destroys Lake McMurray home
• More snow?
• Vancouver, Wash. couple found alive after several days in snow
• Future of West View hinges on grant
• Man sentenced to 12+ years in death of 2-year-old niece
• Lane closures planned to inspect bridges
• Snow fell by the feet; cold to keep it around
• Woman accused of killing Taylor pleads not guilty
• Air Force picks Boeing for tanker contract
• Air Force to award $35 billion tanker contract
• Readers’ Snow Photos
• Kristiansen telephone town hall canceled
• Snow cancels museum satellite branch dedication
• Snow cancels tonight’s Burlington City Council meeting
• Rundown of Skagit County school closures
• Snow is over but roads remain dangerous
• Heavy snowfall turning to ice
• Weather stalls I-5 traffic
• MV, Concrete school boards cancel meetings
• Another snow-related meeting cancelation: Clean Samish Initiative
• Forecast update: Skagit could get 2-4 more inches of snow
• 2010 census shows Skagit population up 14 percent
• Island Hospital freezes hiring
• Island Hospital OKs $10 million bond issue
• Mt. Vernon superintendent regrets not closing school sooner
• Census data on Wash. soon to be released
• Highway 20 clear after closure near Lake Campbell
• Snow closes schools, makes mess of commute
• Snow to be followed by hard freeze
• Snow affecting school schedules
• Man pleads guilty to charges in beating death of child
• Skagit Regional Clinics hires new administrative officer
• Snow showers on the way
• Arrest made in Mt. Vernon shooting
• Training at Kids University
• Police investigating shots fired
• 2 men rob Mt. Vernon store
• Union supporters rally in Olympia
• Truck accident causes highway backup
• Cold, snow in the forecast
• Schools use holidays to teach history
• Two excellent Skagit schools
• Seattle Times editorial: Legalize marijuana
• Parking illegally for years, but no tickets — until Friday
• La Conner to weigh joining flood map appeal
• State to feds: If Fla. doesn’t want rail money, we’ll take it
• Update: Wrong-way driver dies in I-5 crash at Marysville
• Police arrest 1 of 4 assault suspects
• Holiday closures
• Forecast: Economic recovery still slow
• Skull found on Whidbey Island beach
• MV cold-weather shelter to open tonight
• Skagit County ranks second statewide in workplace deaths last year
• Man accused of assisting in Taylor murder pleads not guilty
• Investment firm buys ownership of Haggen
• Measure would ban plastic bags in Washington state
• Family buffet restaurant in Mount Vernon to close
• Skagit PUD hires interim leader
• Police: 2 in pickup may have struck dog intentionally
• Hospital seeks new board member
• County parks meeting to be held at Clear Lake
• Burlington offices to close Friday
• Training at NAS Whidbey may affect traffic
• Cattle group sues over wolves in Northern Rockies
• WWU suspends professor for second time
• Lawmakers consider cutting presidential primary
• A rare bird, a rare photograph
• Thunderstorms forecast for Western Washington
• Opponents square off over Wash.’s coal-fired plant
• SW Wash. landslides interrupt Amtrak traffic
• Bill allows Skagit Valley Hospital to continue to run as rural district
• Flour mill moves to Burlington, brings choices for farmers
• Diablo Lake boat tours to return
• Chimney fire damages Big Lake home
• Suspect detained after attempted robbery
• WA bill to make cougar hunting program permanent
• 4.3 magnitude quake at Mount St. Helens
• DUI drivers may have special plates
• Education meetings
• County furlough day
• Combat soldiers are carrying too much weight
• Giving children the vote
• Celebrating marriage: 50 years and counting
• One dead in Camano house fire
• A recipe for love
• Obstruction clear on Highway 20
• Winds cause scattered outages in Island, Skagit
• Bookkeeping trick to fix budget mess: Wait 1 day to pay schools
• Last-ditch plan to save spotted owl could include shooting rival owls
• Bills would make smoking an indoor sport again
• Shooter in student’s slaying pleads guilty to murder
• Habitat for Humanity store to expand
• Samish Island man arrested on animal cruelty charge
• Murder charge filed in Linda Taylor case
• Tacoma hospital group won’t hire people who smoke
• Environmental bill: Beverage-container deposit proposed
• Bicyclist on world peace tour stops at Lincoln Elementary
• Helping Hands dedicates temporary home
• Egypt’s Mubarak resigns
• Woman gets 20 months for shooting at sister’s home
• Mayor-council system to stay in Burlington
• Heater not the cause of Sunset Place fire
• Baby died of blood infection
• Court: No tax break for coupons
• WA bill lets private schools give driver exams
• Tulip ambassadors appointed in Wednesday competition
• Three-year-old loses battle with cancer
• Dock repairs to limit Guemes ferry to passenger-only service
• Families of Tesoro victims file suit in Skagit court
• House approves $300 million business tax break
• Survey: State students excel in AP exams
• Four suspects held in Burlington car theft
• Reward offered for information in dog trainer’s murder
• Sedro-Woolley ready to join flood map appeal if Burlington and Mount Vernon OK small contribution
• S-W school bond measure passing
• Lawmaker pushes for ban on flavored tobacco
• Health officials suspect bacterial infection killed baby
• WA lawmakers want to guard pension funds
• Police round up all four suspects in car theft at Fred Meyer
• Conflict between sound studio, church is over
• Officials confirm body as that of Taylor
• Minor tremblor shakes San Juans
• Burlington council to discuss government change
• MVHS principal considered as HR director
• Wash. not on track to meet pollution limits
• Students might vote for Washington school boards
• New murder charge filed in Green River killings
• Expect delays on stretch of Mount Baker Highway
• Memorial Tuesday for slain Monroe prison guard
• Report: Pentagon should help traffic at 6 bases
• Ideas, uncertainty for basic health survival
• Work begins on new Anacortes water treatment plant
• Former pastor aiming for $1 million — in pennies
• 23rd annual open-water race kicks off Sound Rowers season
• Taxi crash decks Pike Place Market pig statue
• Anti-notario bill combats immigration fraud
• Ferry reform measures compete in Olympia
• Rep. Pearson’s Fox News appearance rescheduled for Saturday
• Body found believed to be missing Burlington woman
• ‘48 Hours Mystery’ to air segment on dog trainer
• No one injured in afternoon MV house fire; roads closed
• New road will open up city land at Sharpes Corner
• SC AG asks judge to dismiss Boeing union lawsuit
• Shell refinery to test evacuation horns
• Contracted 911 company pulls a disappearing act
• Northern Marine back to work
• No answers yet on West View’s future
• Memorial set Tuesday for slain WA prison guard
• Electrical surge starts fire in manufactured home
• Lawmakers might change GET program
• Safeway gives $200K to cancer care center
• Skagit airport fly-in canceled for runway construction
• Man accused of causing 6-vehicle pileup N. of Marysville
• The poem inside
• Molnar selected to head Island Hospital Foundation
• Bill could change Washington ferries management
• 2 men shot in gunfire exchange, 1 charged with attempted murder
• WA starts 3-month tax amnesty for businesses
• State coffee, stone up to Washington Legislature
• Homeless man severely injured in morning fire
• Larsen tours marine tech program
• Wash. enviros pushing fee on stormwater pollution
• RV fire kills pets
• Cold-weather shelter to open tonight
• Amtrak Cascades offers free Wi-Fi
• Three injuried in car, ambulance collision Saturday
• New ways to excite kids about science
• Eagle fest boosts upriver economy
• A sense of place: Rockport and Marblemount
• Arlington man gets 13 years in death of brother
• Rally in Seattle in solidarity with Egyptians
• 1 killed, 1 injured in Darrington mobile home fire
• Brief snow forecast for Sunday, then cold
• Local state legislator to appear on Fox News
• New principal takes over at West View Elementary
• Truck seized, arrest made after scrap-metal theft
• United Way reaches $1M goal
• State 2011 workers comp rate up by 12 percent
• Egyptian protests intensify; demonstrators battle with police
• Read about events in Egypt as they unfold
• Police: Missing woman’s father makes plea
• “Three Cups of Tea” author inspires Skagit
• Division St. reopened after gas leak repair
• Skagit Valley Hospital laying off workers, reducing hours
• High court overturns Irby murder conviction
• Online survey seeks ideas for simpler WA tax code
• Legislation would halt benefits to undocumented immigrants
• Police: MV business owner shoots at suspected burglars
• Annual count of Skagit homeless helps set funding
• Residents asked to envision Skagit in 50 years
• New jail chief looks for the best in people, including prisoners
• Tesoro’s N.D. refinery wins ‘star’ safety status
• Graham man arrested after threat to governor
• New initiative proposal to legalize pot
• Local reactions to Obama’s State of the Union address
• Cascade Bank improves assets, still loses money
• Unemployed MV man wins $250,000 in lottery
• State announces early steelhead fishing closures
• WA gov to lawmakers: Hurry up unemployment tax cut
• WA students just above nation in science
• Proposed ordinance would regulate new S-W bars
• Out of work: 99 weeks and counting
• Slide blocks rail line north of Bellingham
• Tesoro appeals L&I decision to higher board
• Police seek clues for missing Burlington woman
• WA House approves budget cuts, 1st vote of session
• Stanwood bank robbed
• Fire at Skagit Valley College intentionally set
• Anacortes first-grader dies in plane crash
• Anacortes residents to discuss water rights, bottling plant
• Native art lives on at museum gathering
• ‘Smarter than Sedro-Woolley’ radio contest has some residents fuming
• Cat dies in destructive MV house fire
• Crash shuts down I-5 North at Stillaguamish; now clear
• Highest tides of year this weekend
• Adult transition program finds new home
• Bellingham shelter offers ‘fat cat’ special
• Ranker sponsors bill to create more green jobs for vets, youth
• Homeless count scheduled for Wednesday
• Better business mood at annual EDASC meeting
• Everett changing teams: Seeks WSU branch, not UW
• Anacortes council OKs three comp plan changes
• Union sues over S.C. Gov.’s remarks about Boeing plant
• Court says out-of-state companies subject to tax
• 1,600 layoffs in the works at Hanford
• GMA changes could weaken local governments’ land-use authority
• Humane Society wants to ban cages for Wash. hens
• Anacortes reduces fluoride in water
• ‘Dateline’ to air story of missing dog trainer
• Volunteers sought to help with animal emergency plan
• Unemployment rates rise despite statewide job gains
• Burrows lighthouse receives $500 grant
• Mudslides block railroad track south of Everett
• WA foster parents sue state in federal court
• Bus accident sends 5 to local hospitals
• Report: State tourism rebounds in 2010
• Levee breached on Samish; rural flooding extensive
• Gov. to change Washington community college plans
• Levee repair begins
• Skagit River remains under flood warning
• Farmers find value-added dairy products are worth the effort
• Northern State Hospital to be sold?
• Lawmakers pressed to act on business tax cut
• Communities make pitch for new state prison
• Tree knocks out power to La Conner area
• Skagit River rising above flood stage
• County commissioners signal support for federal flood data
• Burlington recording studio annoyed at church’s joyful noise
• Rain brings threat of flood to Skagit
• Ambulance service may go in the red
• Anacortes chamber taps new leader
• Plugged culvert forces water over Hwy. 20 at Lyman
• I-5 slated for repave this summer
• Man on all-spud diet wins Potato Man of Year Award
• 5 arrests after Bellingham gunfire; no injuries
• Governor’s proposed regional ferry system a no-go
• Low-achieving West View to get new principal next school year
• Barnett Implement fined over fatal accident
• Rail service suspended after mudslide near Everett
• Lincoln kicks off fundraiser for sign replicating 1926 original
• AMBER Alerts on Facebook
• Labor: Let voters suspend up to $3B in tax breaks
• Electric car chargers planned for US 2
• Chandler’s Square residents give to others during holidays
• WSU wants meningitis boosters for students
• MV building placed on national historic register
• ‘Principals’ learn how schools operate
• Schools locked down as police arrest suspect
• Skagit included in storm emergency declaration
• Bills may clarify medical marijuana law
• Anacortes council will debate amendments Jan. 18
• Judge upholds top-two primary system
• Rain following snow across Washington
• Salvation Army to close MV store
• Citizens’ group gives Wash. education a C-minus
• Census: Long-distance moves in US hit record low
• Arrest made in Jan. 3 shooting
• More snow expected Tuesday
• Hundreds line up for a chance at six Tesoro refinery jobs
• Washington state employment peaked in 2008
• Lynch’s TD run shook area around Qwest Field
• Reader snow photos from Sunday’s storm
• Snow forecast across Washington Tuesday-Wednesday
• At SVC, the wait is on
• Survey says: Skagit County is changing
• Arizona Rep. Giffords shot, several wounded
• La Conner restaurant shuts its doors
• Local nonprofits see end-of-year boost
• Anacortes council to hear about comp plan amendments
• Cold weekend on the way
• Shell refinery preparing to restart
• Package ignites at postal facility in D.C.
• U.S. says too much fluoride in water
• Suspect in MV library break-in jailed in Iowa
• Gov.’s office says state workers can open mail
• Lawmaker: People should vote on traffic cameras
• Eagle fest flies again starting this weekend
• Mayors skeptical of 50-year timeline for Envision Skagit
• Shell refinery reports temporary shutdown
• Sedro-Woolley home damaged by fire
• Sen. Murray’s chief of staff stepping down
• MV OKs contract for FEMA map appeal attorney
• Gov: Change ferries system from state to regional
• L&I affirms Tesoro penalties
• Mount Vernon gets in the spud spirit
• Property values drop in Skagit County
• New competency rules for Wash. nurses
• Suspect nabbed in theft, assault
• Power restored to west Mount Vernon
• NOAA proposes habitat protection for Pacific smelt
• Northern State Hospital on national historic register
• Depot Arts Center adapts to tight economy
• Gregoire calls for new education department
• Cuts to ferry service could hurt Skagit economy
• Tax filing deadline extended to April 18
• Starbird Road home damaged in blaze
• Shooting victim in serious condition
• Legislators don’t want Basic Health eliminated
• High tide helps refloat grounded fishing boat
• Wood truss manufacturer moving to Burlington
• Clover sprouts linked to Wash., Ore. illnesses
• Water leak soaks Conway School building
• Man reported missing is safe, staying with family
• MV fire displaces seven people
• Man shot on Swinomish Reservation
• Survey shows education increase in county
• WA holds drawing for special hunting permits
• Skagit County’s first baby of 2011
• Fire consumes Anacortes home
• Snohomish Co flood damage nears $4 million
• 4 children, 1 man killed in Seattle suburb fire
• Charities not likely to fill Wash. budget gap
• Residents tell us their hopes and concerns for 2011
• House goes up in flames after car crashes into propane tank
• Police ask for public’s help to locate missing transient
• Assessors mail property value notices; properties down overall
• Pharmacy board bans synthetic pot
• IRS tax packages won’t be in the mail
• Commissioners approve property tax increase
• Man charged with murder in father’s death
• Armed Forces center being built in Marysville
• Comprehensive Skagit flood study still years and millions away from completion
• Train hits tractor-trailer in Mt. Vernon
• Cold-weather shelter expected to open
• Snow, hail create slippery conditions
• Heavy snow hits E. Wash.
• Judge rejects request to stop wage increase
• Navy search and rescue assists pregnant woman in labor
• 2 charged in fatal Whidbey crash to be tried
• Ferry fares increase Jan. 1
• Founder of Summit Bank retires
• Dealing with ‘no-man’s land’
• Wash., Neb. governors wager on Holiday Bowl
• AG hopes to trim lawsuit costs
• Commissioners approve property tax hike in 2-1 vote
• A chance of snow
• Printing press company growing
• Many travelers stranded by East Coast storm
• Government meetings
• Record 500,000 received jobless benefits in Wash.
• Ocean power projects raise concern about salmon
• Unattended candle damages home
• State cuts to kill salmon in classroom program
• Veteran reunited with dogs given up for adoption
• Wounded bald eagle recovering at Sequim shelter
• King Co. rejects bus ad critical of Israel
• Driver in shooting near hospital agrees to prison term
• SVC honors Champions of Diversity
• UW alumni group wants more say in Olympia
• Wash. to sell ads on state ferries website
• Skull of likely Green River victim found in ravine
• Many state agencies closed Monday
• Cities keeping FEMA appeal plan under wraps
• Suspect in weekend stabbing arrested in Stanwood
• Holiday closures
• AG OK’s ferry fare hikes
• Island Hospital board OKs $7.3 million construction contract
• City tweaks 2010 budget with amendment
• Skagit State Bank taking donations for displaced family
• Obama signs ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal
• County commissioners poised to approve tax increase
• Local flood historian fights for the facts
• Accident kills worker at Waste Management site
• Should the town of Hamilton stay in the Skagit floodway?
• WA minimum wage hike begins Jan. 1
• Wash. jury grants $57M to home health workers
• AG: Wash. commission can’t raise ferry fares
• Burlington council wants a city administrator
• Washington state gets new House seat
• Candy tax ends as Christmas sales begin
• Business Bank reaches fundraising milestone
• Fire destroys home on East College Way; 11 escape serious injury
• School district’s bus drivers help needy families
• Wash. leads nation in construction job losses
• State may gain 10th congressional seat
• School funding: All bets are off
• A farmer-to-farmer approach to cleaning up Samish Bay
• A celebration of giving at SVH Christmas Fund party
• ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal almost law, headed to president for signature
• Man stabbed in MV during family fight
• Janicki to help with WWU hybrid bus project
• Low-income patients panic over cuts in dental care
• Eagle’s nest investigation continues
• Gov. unveils answer to $1.1B deficit
• Fish-friendly fixes on the way, agencies say
• Transient orcas arrive, hunt seals in Puget Sound
• S-W Logging Rodeo wins 10th consecutive state title
• L&I fines company over June death of logger
• Neighbor’s call leads to burglary arrest
• Man sentenced for home invasion
• Panel can’t reduce salary of elected officials
• Burlington to add city administrator in 2011
• Highlights of gov.’s proposed budget cuts
• Horse rescue leaves big bill
• Body washes ashore on Whidbey
• Council awards $56 million contract for water plant work
• Anacortes School Board fills empty seat
• Governor proposes deep cuts to programs
• Driver strikes patrol car; trooper injured
• A special role for Santa
• Coming Wednesday in the Skagit Valley Herald—Keeping the levees standing
• County unemployment rate hits double digits again
• Crews fight flood around damaged culvert near Samish River
• Creative ways of giving back
• No sign of man said to be stranded in tree over flood water
• Chuckanut reopened after rockslide debris is cleared
• Rising water reportedly “trees” a man at Edgewater Park
• Crews working to clear huge boulders from Chuckanut Drive
• Skagit reaches crest at MV; logjam worries officials
• Students helping students
• Skagit River rises above flood stage at Concrete
• When the river rises: Dangerous weaknesses remain in Skagit levee system
• Update: Rockslide closes Chuckanut Drive for weekend
• Obstruction blocks Highway 11 in both directions at Samish Bay Viewpoint
• Wash. flooding expected as rains pound Northwest
• Cut could eliminate interpreters for patients with limited English
• Weather Service: ‘Major’ flood possible on upper Skagit
• State wildlife officials investigating report of destroyed eagle nest
• Haircuts for the holidays
• Back on the mat: One-armed girl wrestles with ferocity, lives with great gusto
• Fire damages Mt. Vernon house
• Update: Suspect in Everett shooting arrested
• Wash. gets rail funds not wanted by GOP governors
• Teens join in season’s spirit by giving their time
• Bomb squad deals with suspicious package at MV store
• Flood watch issued for Skagit County
• Police arrest S-W teen after bomb threat at school
• Forecast update: Skagit to peak near flood stage Monday
• Autopsy: WWU student drowned in Bellingham Bay
• WA parks commission wasted millions
• Supreme Court upholds Wash. special ed spending
• Retired Navy commander new S-W councilman
• Helping Hands, food distribution center get new home
• Weather Service: Skagit may flood next week
• Friends, relatives of deceased man crowd Skagit hospital
• Winter storm warning for Wash. Cascades
• S-W Holiday Home Tour benefits Museum
• Elementary school musical written by students debuts Friday
• Skagit County’s proposed budget calls for more cuts
• Regence rate request increase rejected in Wash.
• Trial in Barefoot Bandit case put off to July 11
• Toys For Tots sets the standard for Christmas charities
• Tentative agreement: State workers to pay more for health care
• Legislature to look at changes to liquor sales
• Snohomish Co. searchers find fisherman dead
• Area toy, donation drives help support Christmas Fund
• Museum renovation on display at birthday celebration
• Medical pot industry has new trade group in Wash.
• The Argus Fund: a yearlong cause
• S-W’s magic parade a Christmas tradition
• 8 apply for open S-W council seat
• Skagit’s role in raising $1 billion for WSU
• Skagit PUD boss resigns
• Helping Hands to temporarily vacate for construction
• Paul Allen gives $26M to Wash. State University
• ‘Barefoot Bandit’ faces Skagit charges
• North Cascades Highway closed for winter
• The lights of the season
• Similk Bay reopens to shellfish harvesting
• First phase of floodwall nears completion
• West Mount Vernon pipe break fixed
• Infection rates at hospitals now available online
• Fun in the snow
• Oakes sentenced to 26 1/2 years
• Couple enters plea in animal cruelty case
• S-W seeks candidates for open council position
• Discount frenzy keeps Outlet Shoppes going strong
• Cause of water main break unknown
• Insurance commissioner wants more control over insurers
• Gov. wants Legislature to balance budget quickly
• More snow coming for mountains, E. Washington
• Storm forcing temporary closure of North Cascades Highway
• Unemployment checks delayed
• School districts serve up healthier lunches
• Christmas Fund seeking sponsors
• Power struggle in Burlington? Tensions between mayor, council rise
• Traditional, whimsical, just plain fun — the art of the Christmas tree
• Oregon bomb-plot suspect wanted ‘spectacular show’
• Body recovered from Cap Sante marina
• SVH Christmas Fund in its 61st season
• Navy Patrol Squadron 46 returning home
• DOT: Congestion down in Wash. last year
• Snow forecast for Cascades, E. Wash.
• Ringing up the savings
• Sedro-Woolley community dinner brings people together
• A home for the holidays
• Rafters get early-season glimpse of Skagit bald eagles
• Samish River to close for fishing until June
• Jury picks nest sculpture for roundabout
• Burlington mayor, council clash over budget
• West MV Bridge reopens; man taken into custody
• Record low temp this morning at Sea-Tac Airport
• No pat-down protest delays at Sea-Tac
• Eight positions cut in 2011 county budget
• Stay home if you can, authorities say
• Roads, weather looking better
• Carbon monoxide danger from indoor burning
• Darrington man dies in crash
• S-W School District to ask voters to approve bond
• Inmate convicted of child molestation dies before sentencing
• MV struggles with ways to trim 2011 budget
• Some schools closed Tuesday
• S-W School Board meeting moved to district office
• Wash. recycling rate at 45 percent
• Blizzard warning for Spokane, snow across state
• Cold-weather shelter opens
• Thanksgiving community dinners
• Pre-Thanksgiving chill
• Compass 2 Campus going on community support
• Burlington to consider utility tax rates
• One dead in auto accident north of Darrington
• Diamond ring’s recovery was a long shot
• Kulshan Creek Kids celebrate with mural
• Sedro-Woolley burglary suspect arrested
• Police officer, suspect hurt after chase
• Adoption Day: A ‘forever home’ for older kids
• ‘Silly Hat Man’ known for his big heart, passion for child safety
• Anacortes schools contemplate small bond
• Gregoire asks unions to return to bargaining table
• 2 nights left for S-WHS production ‘Mean Girls’
• Anacortes issues bonds for water plant expansion
• Former DOT employee sentenced to jail for claiming false overtime
• Reichardt announces new team; Shand to become undersheriff
• Hotline set up to report sick, dead swans
• No injuries in Thursday morning house fire
• Man found outside MV building may have died of overdose
• Sidney ferry faces cuts due to state’s budget gap
• WA tax collections plummet again, deficit swells
• Boeing hiring as production increases
• ‘Barefoot Bandit’ pleads not guilty to charges
• Tesoro restart complete
• Standoff in downtown MV over
• Weather affects ferry schedule
• Tree falls into power line in downtown MV
• Concrete area braces for more winter weather
• Unemployment rate drops below 9 percent in Skagit County
• Residents have more time to prepare FEMA flood map appeals
• Woman confronts robber at S-W store — again
• Union contract provides bonus this week to 25,000 Boeing workers
• Port commissioners OK 2011 budget
• Food banks hope for cash, but cans always welcome
• Cayuse, Chinook passes close for the winter
• Anacortes council adopts lean budget, raises property taxes
• Island Hospital could cut low-income maternity, infant care
• NJ lawmakers seek to stop airport security scans
• MV man charged with harassment, arson
• County considers Guemes Island ferry fare hikes
• Skagit home sales take another hit
• Weather causes traffic problems
• Calling about unemployment? Expect longer wait times
• Budget woes lead to prison lockdowns
• City Council Meetings
• MoNA names interim director
• WSU: Home sales continue decline
• Attorney general presents anti-gang proposal
• Hospitals hire private company to screen newborn hearing
• Allegations that Snohomish officer had sex in patrol car
• Craigslist ad is undoing of suspected tool thieves
• Utility, counties near deal on White Salmon River dam removal
• Big boys (and girls) on campus
• Mental health agency responds to criticism of treatment center closure
• Swinomish lose latest legal round in fight over Skagit water
• Hospitals encourage employee flu vaccinations
• WWII vets reunited after 64 years in Burlington retirement home
• MV City Council votes against raising city property taxes
• Some vets find willing employers at job fair
• The ‘lucky’ wound that sent him home
• Veterans Day events in the area
• Lytton resigns from School Board
• Washington’s new ferry inaugural run Sunday
• Deportations drop in the Northwest for second year
• Nike comes to play in Burlington
• State Supreme Court: Police may pose as children in Internet stings
• Feds set conditions for Navy sonar use
• Veterans Day closures in the area
• Fire at commercial building in Arlington
• State clears Seattle Children’s Hospital
• New prison planned for Western Washington
• Barefoot bandit indicted by grand jury
• Dillon clear winner in commissioner race
• Lab costs jump in Skagit clinics
• Argus analysis: GOP wave doesn’t alter Skagit’s balance of power
• Washington state bans alcoholic energy drinks
• Skagit elected officials denied pay hike for third year
• School board places restrictions on use of book
• Meeting scheduled to discuss ferry service
• Growing the next season of farmers
• Amtrak to add more trains for Thanksgiving travelers
• EPA’s criminal division investigating Tesoro
• Police seek suspects in store robbery
• State to raise workers’ comp premiums
• Dillon leading after Monday’s vote tally
• Area meetings
• Seattle-area leads nation in child prostitution
• Rep. Larsen maintains lead in Wash. 2nd District
• Election is over, now the sign removal begins
• Veterans honored at annual parade
• Mount Baker volleyball player dies in crash on way to tourney
• Fall back: Turn clocks back one hour tonight
• Sentencing date set for Oakes in dog-trainer murder
• MV police ‘aggressively’ investigate shooting
• Local ingredients, global flavor
• Washington state moves to tighten driver’s license requirements
• Car hits power pole, closes Highway 9 all night
• Concrete students blend science, art with mural
• Radioactive rabbit trapped at Hanford
• Boomerang returns to MV boy, months later and miles away
• Bus accident one of several this afternoon around the county
• Housing sales still slow in Washington
• Samish River bridge to undergo repairs
• No major changes with Thursday’s vote count
• Seattle airport ties November high temp
• Another appeal denied, but Skagit Hill owner not giving up
• Higher taxes on snacks and drinks end next month
• Family of missing hiker continues search
• Veterans Day Parade set for Saturday
• Book donation precedes author’s visit
• State Pharmacy Board to change rule to dispense legal drugs
• Collision blocks Highway 9
• Rossi concedes Senate race (UPDATES with details)
• Ballots still coming in as Dillon takes tight lead
• State admonishes Ferndale refinery for failing to report spill
• Wash. Supreme Court race remains close
• Update: Larsen holds slight edge over Koster
• 2 men shot, injured in street fight
• Anderson has slight lead over Dillon for commissioner
• Justice Sanders in tight race for high court
• Judges get more authority to restrict bail
• WA voters send anti-tax message on initiatives
• Initiative to privatize workers’ comp rejected
• Koster has slight lead over Larsen in 2nd Congressional District race
• 1 liquor privatization effort rejected, 2nd trails
• Green schools measure rejected
• Huge voter turnout means some races too close to call
• Lake Shannon boat launch to be closed temporarily
• Lytton, Morris winning in 40th
• Smith, Bailey winning 10th District races
• Incumbent Cook wins another term on PUD commission
• State Rep. Kristiansen defeats Walters
• Dempsey has lead in coroner’s race
• Bellingham, Jefferson voters OK higher sales taxes
• Munks leads Omdal in assessor’s race
• Gender split over Rossi, Murray in Senate race
• Reichardt has big lead over Oberg for sheriff
• Restaurant cook missing since shift ended Sunday
• 3 injured, man arrested in Lyman accident
• Ridership, funding up for Amtrak Cascades
• Oakes’ lawyers seek new trial
• Wash. voters to decide on measure to restrict bail
• Murray stumps in MV; Rossi in SW Washington
• Political Notes
• County expects 60 percent voter turnout
• Schools look at how to handle improper texting
• Area meetings
• Search continues for missing hiker
• Safety of Skagit levee system in question
• Boyfriend reportedly stabbed over cat dispute
• Help with access to federal services offered Nov. 6
• Brothers acquitted in robbery, assault case
• Sedro-Woolley opens its first kennel
• Russian company orders 50 Boeing 737s
• Grant County may outlaw gang hand gestures
• Ecology wraps up diesel fuel spill response
• State’s high court upholds water law changes
• Abortion rate continues to drop in Washington
• Flood forecast downgraded - for now
• Peer Connection Center has funding to see it into July
• Dog of missing hiker found
• Forecast: Skagit could flood Tuesday or Wednesday
• Walker, Lunsford win 2010 Preservation Award
• State responds to two real fuel spills on same day as drill
• Follow the money: Who’s giving, who’s receiving in Skagit races?
• Real estate market seeing an uptick
• Puget Sound Energy rates change Nov. 1
• Wash. Supreme Court upholds change to water law
• Farm Power lands investor for future projects
• Business Bank hopes to reach fundraising goal by year’s end
• S-W bond proposal to make Cascade Middle School a priority
• S-W’s new Parks Board makes city a little greener
• The roundabout way to drive
• Haggen stores pull alcoholic energy drinks
• 3 died in plane crash in southwest Washington
• Court approves new Hanford cleanup schedule
• Cheaper envelopes to save money for WA department
• Wash. compiles list of chemicals toxic to children
• Oil spill drill scheduled for Wednesday
• 2 arrests after SWAT team surrounds suspects
• Studded tires allowed early
• Washington potato official has fill of spuds
• Envision county in 50 years
• Keeping missing hiker in public eye
• MVPD encourages Halloween safety
• Eagle Festival back from brink
• Allen Elementary’s School of Rock
• Local government meetings
• For the love of music
• 2 injured in possible DUI crash
• It’s humans vs. zombies on UW campus
• Tesoro appeals $2.4M fine
• A case of ‘many tragedies’: Oakes found guilty of first-degree murder
• Body found in water at ditch near Stanwood
• Man sentenced to prison for threat to Sen. Murray
• Refs in trouble for using pink whistles
• S-W firefighter honored for heroism
• Jury deliberations in Oakes murder trial have ended
• Oakes found guilty of first-degree murder
• Students compete to see who can build the best sandbag wall
• One of SWAN’s creators wins annual award
• Harry Potter props, costumes on display in Seattle
• Current, former commissioner square off in PUD race
• Another civilian ‘takedown’ of a thief
• A Golden Apple for area program
• Happy Dems, a few GOPers pack Obama-Murray rally in Seattle
• Xeriscapes can work in the Northwest
• Guemes ferry returning to service
• Weekend storm to bring first taste of winter
• Boy seriously injured in McLean Road crash
• Wanted: Your spooky (and cute) pre-Halloween photos
• Winding down from a ‘frenetic’ forum schedule
• With jury out, friends and family wait
• I-5 traffic backed up after semi rollover
• Pair of retired restaurateurs launch Samish Island distillery
• Anacortes police guild, city approve a contract
• Healthy Living: Breast cancer awareness
• Tesoro restarts its Anacortes refinery
• Closing arguments in dog trainer murder trial
• Skagit County’s unemployment rate drops
• Enrollment up again at Wash.’s public universities
• Anacortes Chamber director resigns
• Murray, Rossi spar over economy, taxes in debate
• Local race for Congress feels heat of national battle
• Culinary arts students learning skills to prepare them for work
• Turkeys getting kicked out of town
• Forum scheduled for Tuesday in Anacortes
• Experience is the key in coroner’s race
• Prosecution fires back at defense’s version of events
• 2 injured in College Way crash
• Chivalry lives on
• Clear Lake Elementary hides 20-year time capsule in new flagpole
• Insurance commissioner orders Regence to insure children
• Officers make pot bust in Anacortes
• WA minimum wage climbing to $8.67 for 2011
• New community turns out at Mount Vernon forum
• Court: Tribal cops can detain off reservations
• Larsen, Koster scrap at forum
• Plane down at Skagit Airport
• Girlfriend testifies in Oakes murder trial
• Sheriff’s Blotter
• Break-in at libary leaves two broken windows
• Assessor candidates want to improve outreach to public
• Fire — or steam — draws firefighters to Hwy 20 business
• Oakes testifies that he pulled the trigger in Stover shooting
• Ballots in the mail
• Oakes testifies in dog trainer murder case
• 9th Circuit upholds WA campaign finance laws
• Candidate forum reaches out to disengaged communities
• Gov. Gregoire protests Canada train fee
• Bull trout critical habitat reverses Bush policy
• Oakes expected to take the stand today
• Man OK after one-car crash
• New summertime gates on North Cascades Highway
• Newcomer challenges for 39th District seat
• 10th District, Pos. 1: Lewis throws her hat into ring against Norma Smith
• 10th District, Pos. 2: Newcomer Riggs faces seven-year incumbent Bailey
• Anacortes Oktoberfest has beer-lovers buzzing
• Neither candidate resting in 40th District race
• Woman drives car into Taco Bell
• Sheriff candidates forum video now available online
• VP Biden in Tacoma to campaign for Murray
• Lytton, Newman vie for 40th District seat
• Holiday weekend for some to increase traffic at border
• Skagit flood forecast revised downward
• Fire destroys trailer home
• Sheriff candidates spar at forum
• State offices closed Monday
• Camano woman hurt in elevator
• Examiner confirms body was missing student
• Commissioner candidates show contrasting styles
• State agency gives port OK to load sulfur
• Testimony in Oakes trial centers on guns
• Washington state plans 725 more job cuts
• City youths get to play in the great outdoors
• Baker River sockeye run breaks record
• Body found on Bellingham waterfront
• Washington mailing 3.3 million voters pamphlets
• Sheriff candidates’ styles are in stark contrast
• Ex-wife tells of a nervous Oakes
• Search for missing Sauk Mountain hiker is suspended
• Guemes ferry out of commission until Oct. 20
• L&I expected to release Tesoro findings
• Nighttime lane closures scheduled for Chuckanut Drive interchange
• State fines Tesoro $2.4 million in deadly refinery blast
• Rescuers still trying to locate missing Skagit County hiker
• Dillon faces a different Anderson for county commission seat
• Skagit County woman missing on Sauk Mountain
• Purchase of Trillium Forest for conservation is official
• Festival offers a closer look at family farms
• Police: Today’s shooting at MV home doesn’t appear random
• Skagit County, cities will get a chance to challenge FEMA flood data
• Climber Kloke’s body recovered from mountain slope
• Grant to pay for 2 new MV police officers
• Barefoot Bandit buddy sentenced in Everett
• Mason County deputy shot near Allyn
• Prison employees reject contract proposal
• Prosecution outlines links between defendant and missing dog trainer
• From Skagit farms to La Conner school lunches
• Deep cuts to social services
• Navy proposes increased training in Northwest
• Voter registration deadline Monday
• East-county candidates confront bad economy at forum
• State Patrol arrests man suspected of taunting trooper
• Switch from printing to web saves state agency more than $650K
• Floodwall practice to disrupt parking on west side of Main Street
• Rescuers may have found missing Anacortes climber
• Regence to stop issuing child-only health policies
• Tesoro to bring Anacortes refinery back online
• 3 Skagit apple growers partner up in local juice plant
• Pumpkin pitch winners announced
• Governor orders flags lowered in pilot’s memory
• Everett Boeing workers rally for tanker contract
• Anacortes climber still missing
• 30 breweries on tap for Beer on the Pier
• Oyster Run 2010
• S-W teen hit by car dies
• Sun shines on Pumpkin Pitch
• Sunday Skagit Valley Herald to offer in-depth preview of Oakes murder trial
• Arlington bank fails; Whidbey Island Bank takes over
• Agreement pays retiring SCOG director through end of year
• Burlington: Police union, city reach agreement
• Officers cleared in 3 Pierce County shootings
• Spokane deputies now unsure if man in shootout ever fired
• Assessor Munks puts campaign aide on payroll
• 4 dead, 1 wounded in Seattle shooting
• I-5 traffic clear
• Moldstad leaving Skagit Council of Governments after 18 years
• Building community around a market in Bow
• Court: WA ban on Internet gambling constitutional
• Republicans stall immigration Dream Act
• 150 Lewis-McChord soldiers return from Afghanistan
• Council OKs shoreline plan
• Not forgotten: Memory Walk aims to help those with early onset Alzheimer’s
• Skagit wood-crafting company to close
• Look up in the sky! It’s Edison Elementary’s speaker of the day
• Bellingham airport runway repaving completed
• Washington DNR lifts statewide burn ban
• West Nile virus found in waterfowl at Moses Lake
• WA officials don’t like proposed Canada train fee
• S-W teen struck by car
• Theft charges for woman burned in acid hoax
• Will Wash. follow Ore. in raising minimum wage?
• Special courts divert Wash. veterans from jail
• Bank robbed in Burlington
• New B-E band director blends hard work, fun
• Snohomish County wants relief from record requests
• Seattle-bound jet lands in MT after engine fails
• His last shot
• Business Bank makes pitch to the community
• Baker sockeye fishery to close
• In Sunday’s paper: What does big water deal mean for Anacortes?
• Log-truck crash on Memorial Highway cleared
• Two-car crash on I-5 bridge causes backup; injuries minor
• Report: U.S. West Coast not prepared for tsunami
• Prosecutors: Woman stabbed man over feet insult
• Officials identify Anacortes woman killed in Oak Harbor crash
• Emergency response training scheduled
• Police say Wash. acid attack self-inflicted
• Burlington, police guild come to agreement
• Officers cleared in shooting espresso-stand robber
• Body of dead climber recovered
• Washington state budget deficit $520M, spending cuts coming
• Deputy’s son, 3, suffers gunshot wound to the head
• Today is last hurrah for hospital Farmers Market
• Enrollment opens for Wash. prepaid tuition program
• Little change in unemployment rate
• Whidbey land purchase a go for conservation group
• HEALTH NOTES
• Investigators come up blank on letter from Zamora’s doctors
• County ready to start construction of new transfer station
• Controversy over tea party group’s parade float
• Medical maijuana raid nets 243 plants
• Anacortes approves plan to water deal with bottling company
• Friendship House fundraising: ‘Failure’s not an option’
• New commissioner at WA Employment Security Dept.
• More state cuts coming
• Washington students get top SAT scores
• County burn ban to end Wednesday morning
• Mount Baker Middle School featured in documentary
• Anacortes to consider water deal to bring bottling company to city
• Assailant fires gun at MV man in his home
• Judge to prosecution, defense in Oakes case: ‘This is not a game’
• Students take felt-making lesson to heart
• Collision blocking part of I-5
• Washington State Book Awards winners announced
• Man killed in apparent bow-hunting accident
• Two hurt in I-5 rollover accident
• Cheerleading coach charged in Everett with rape
• Man jailed after I-5 rock incident
• Wash. executes man convicted of woman’s murder
• Panel suggests 36 ways to improve Wash. ferries
• Swinomish score big in record Fraser sockeye run
• Wash. prepares for first execution since 2001
• State highway deaths down 6 percent
• Florida minister cancels burning of Qurans on 9/11
• Mount Vernon mayor: Too many bars downtown already
• Back to school for Skagit County students
• Deadline looms for Whidbey land trust’s purchase of Trillium Forest
• Rowing club takes handcrafted Island Star on maiden voyage
• Tips but no suspect in Vancouver acid case
• Election results certified
• Missing dog trainer’s ex-wife to face questioning
• Gates Foundation acknowledges flaws in report
• Boeing starts work on 1,000th 767
• I-5 on-ramp closing at Chuckanut Drive
• Anacortes council meets tonight
• Northwest Career & Technical Academy opens Wednesday
• Crash on I-5 bridge blocks traffic
• Pregnant woman injured, husband dies in suspected DUI crash
• Three dead in Whidbey car crash; alcohol may be involved
• Peterson-Pulver property appraiser facing scrutiny from state
• Grateful for the sun: Merchants report a summer just barely better than last year’s
• Burlington, police may have agreement by Thursday council meeting
• Body that could be Seattle climber’s found on Storm King Mountain
• Officials trying to ID Whidbey Island foot
• Third case of whooping cough in Grant County
• Larsen, others tour Hansen Creek project
• Business Bank seeks $8 million for capital needs
• Tesoro employees to be honored
• Making connections: Program reaches out to Skagit homeless
• No layoffs yet: City, Burlington police still talking
• UDPATE: Manhunt closes I-5 in Everett
• B-E teachers OK contract
• Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast
• Search continues for missing climber in North Cascades National Park
• Forecasters expect cloudy Labor Day weekend in Washington
• Emerson students build trail at Cumberland Creek
• School policy aims to keep sex out of texts
• Convicted Morton teacher calls in sick again
• Skagit glacier a canary in the coal mine for global warming
• City moves ahead on wayfinding signs
• Woman faces Skagit child rape charges
• As school year nears, officials keep wary eye on enrollment
• Flags to be lowered to honor shooting victims
• Unseasonable rain forecast for Western Washington
• Tests show mixed results for Washington students
• Local school test results are in: 6 of 28 in county meet state standard
• Firefighters douse wee hours blaze on Mt. Erie
• La Conner grad to talk about meningitis vaccination on national TV
• Researchers trace apple roots to Kazakhstan
• Pierce Co. considers banning smoking in apartments
• Armed men rob MV store, assault customers
• Leading the way at Skagit Regional Airport
• Tiny fly steals the stage at annual fruit fest
• Little Mountain Road to close for construction
• An odd bust: 115 pounds of poppies
• Cle Elum official tries to pay tax with 33,000 pennies
• ‘Nuisance’ S-W drug dealer sentenced
• Tesoro: Hydrogen reaction caused fireball
• U.S. delegation including Larsen in Kabul
• Murderer in love triangle sentenced to 23 years
• Boeing again delays first delivery of 787
• Crash slows traffic on north I-5
• Driver crashes into pole, breaks leg
• A place to cast a line: Anglers, property owners square off on Samish River
• Emergency Management Council OKs budget
• Thirty years for man involved in Burlington drug, gun ring
• State wants its employees to pay more for health care
• Zamora gets new lawyer to help dump guilty pleas
• Body from river is Joshua Soren
• Major work begins at Fisher Slough
• Daytime stabbing sends MV man to hospital
• Three finalists will develop plans for roundabout sculpture
• Company funds inmates’ yearly long-distance phone call
• Body found this morning in Skagit River
• Couple’s $1.6 million gift is hospital foundation’s largest
• Sedro-Woolley rap artist sticks close to home for inspiration
• Smoke at Shell brings precautionary worker evacuation
• State primary turnout tops 40 percent
• Partial closure on Freeway Drive for road work
• Project could remove MV from flood maps
• Groups to remove, repair state forest roads
• Big Lake dog breeder to serve two-year probation
• Anacortes company’s balloons help clean up the Gulf of Mexico
• Increasingly, online rants proving costly
• With bond, B-ESD dodges a budgetary bullet
• Burlington wins big in grant competition
• Schools not banking on federal dollars
• Delays expected on Mt. Vernon’s Martin Road
• State GOP candidate Gulleson endorses Newman but doesn’t concede
• Oak Harbor’s new anti-bullying plan may include cell phone search
• Oats are bagged at the annual Belleville Threshing Bee
• Apple growers expect Mexico tariff to hurt
• Sonic booms during Obama visit reveal bugs in alert system
• Family, friends, community gather for missing boy
• Rossi challenges Murray to debates
• L&I: Decline in state workplace deaths likely due to recession
• Sedro-Woolley fire station mix-up could cost city $66,000
• Official: County hasn’t ruled out map appeal
• Salish language taught at Tulalip culture camp
• Aug. 27 memorial for Zillah fire victims
• Soggy summer cools down fire season
• Commission gets 30 proposals for roundabout art
• Study: Math, science teachers get paid less than others
• County offices closed Friday
• Burlington, police union clash over layoffs
• New fire truck will be in West End
• Boeing plans new manufacturing site in Illinois
• Chinook Enterprises to expand to Bellingham
• 9th Circuit to hear felon inmate voting case
• Goodbye Iraq: Last U.S. combat brigade heads home
• Full body scanners coming to Sea-Tac Airport
• The Anacortes Coin has Arrived!
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