La Conner Community News

09/05/2026

Amateur builders needed to build affordable homes

Construction of the much-anticipated Caledonia Cottages, located at the corner of Caledonia and Third streets, will resume with a community event on Sept. 18, 19, 25 and 26....

Construction of the much-anticipated Caledonia Cottages, located at the corner of Caledonia and Third streets, will resume with a community event on Sept. 18, 19, 25 and 26.

09/05/2026

Ready, set, learn! Inside La Conner Schools’ open house

Photo by Nancy K. Crowell / La Conner Community News Six-year-old Austin Damien Jr. was greeted by teacher Juliene Wall who was overjoyed to have him in her first grade class this year as she knew him from kindergarten last year....

Photo by Nancy K. Crowell / La Conner Community News Six-year-old Austin Damien Jr. was greeted by teacher Juliene Wall who was overjoyed to have him in her first grade class this year as she knew …

08/31/2026

Police blotter: Weaving driver, online threats, hit and run

This week’s La Conner police blotter....

This week’s La Conner police blotter.

08/31/2026

Sunday night question for you, La Conner and Swinomish neighbors:

This year marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and I have all kinds of feelings about that anniversary.

I was living in Bellingham on Sept. 11, 2001, so I know what that day felt like there. But I don’t know what it felt like here.

What do you remember?

Where were you when you heard? What happened in La Conner and on Swinomish that day and in the days that followed? Did people gather somewhere? Did school continue? Were churches full? Were flags suddenly everywhere? What conversations do you remember having with your family, friends and neighbors?

At the time, we understood immediately that we were living through a profound historical moment — an attack on the American mainland that would change the country in ways we couldn’t yet see.

Twenty-five years later, I’d especially like to capture the small, local memories that never made it into the history books.

What do you remember about Sept. 11, 2001, and what it felt like to be here in the aftermath?

08/28/2026

How to spot the elusive tufted puffins of the Salish Sea before they’re gone

Photo by Nancy K. Crowell / La Conner Community News The endangered tufted puffin could once be seen in abundance in the Salish Sea, but the population has declined here by 90% in the past decade....

Photo by Nancy K. Crowell / La Conner Community News The endangered tufted puffin could once be seen in abundance in the Salish Sea, but the population has declined here by 90% in the past decade.

08/27/2026

Man found dead under Rainbow Bridge

The search involved the Swinomish Police Department, Skagit County Fire District 13, Swinomish Fish and Wildlife Enforcement and the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office....

The search involved the Swinomish Police Department, Skagit County Fire District 13, Swinomish Fish and Wildlife Enforcement and the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office.

08/27/2026

La Conner braces for higher prices, fewer Canadian visitors

The targeted goods represent about $20 billion of the roughly $382 billion in products the United States imported from Canada last year and include dairy products, clothing, plywood and other building materials, paper products, honey and a long list of consumer goods....

The targeted goods represent about $20 billion of the roughly $382 billion in products the United States imported from Canada last year and include dairy products, clothing, plywood and other build…

08/27/2026

La Conner High 8-man grid team looks to build on last season’s success

Photo by Bill Reynolds/La Conner Community News. Keaton Bailey (right) practices a form tackle with La Conner Braves teammate Duron Clark during a practice session Aug. 20. The La Conner team is coming off a 6-3 campaign a year ago. For the second straight season, the Braves will play eight-man football. Only this year, rather than competing as an independent, La Conner is a member of the Cascade Division of the Northwest 1B League....

Photo by Bill Reynolds/La Conner Community News. Keaton Bailey (right) practices a form tackle with La Conner Braves teammate Duron Clark during a practice session Aug. 20. The La Conner team is co…

08/27/2026

Federal data confirms sharp surge in ICE arrests in Mount Vernon, Burlington

Nearly three-quarters of the Skagit County arrests identified in almost four years of federal records occurred in 2026....

https://laconnercommunitynews.org/2026/08/27/federal-data-confirms-sharp-surge-in-ice-arrests-in-mount-vernon-burlington/

Nearly three-quarters of the Skagit County arrests identified in almost four years of federal records occurred in 2026.

08/24/2026

Police blotter: Ammo disposal, tower crawlers, ghost break-in

This week’s La Conner police blotter....

This week’s La Conner police blotter.