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The state Department of Fish and Wildlife reminds would-be hunters that Skagit County is closed to brant hunting, including during Saturday's youth, veteran and active military waterfowl hunting opportunity.
About 1,500 Puget Sound Energy customers were without power Thursday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole near the intersection of La Conner-Whitney and McLean roads.
Mount Vernon police are investigating a fight Tuesday night in downtown Mount Vernon that ended in a 17-year-old boy being shot.
Anacortes High School's Davis Fogle scored 39 points Thursday to help his boys' basketball team beat Sedro-Woolley 63-46 in a Northwest Conference game.
The Samish Indian Nation is moving forward with its plan to provide cottage housing to its elderly residents and those with disabilities.
Temporary repairs to a damaged culvert under Fonk Road near Clear Lake are delayed again, after the owner of an adjacent property denied Skagit County temporary access.
Skagit County is working with a new design team on a seismic retrofit for the county's historic courthouse, with work on track to begin this summer.
Solar energy systems may become more accessible to Skagit Valley residents in the coming months.
Skagit County Public Works has six roads in urgent need of repairs, but no money to fix them.
Crews started working Jan. 25 to repair a section of damaged trestle on the Tommy Thompson Trail.
The Skagit County Interlocal Drug Enforcement Unit seized about 300,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl in 2022, marking a significant increase from the about 18,000 pills seized in 2021.
As newly-released fishers roam the North Cascades this winter, Park officials take stock and prepare for the next steps to study their reintroduction.
Beginning farmers are learning how to become soil health managers thanks to a grant received by Viva Farms.
Recognition nameplates remain available at the recently completed Veterans Community Park Plaza.
The Mount Vernon High School girls' basketball team kept Sedro-Woolley winless in Northwest Conference play Monday night, winning the matchup 57-27.
As state officials raise the issue of whether to consider the removal of sea lions and seals for the sake of reviving endangered salmon populations, research continues on the mammals' impacts.