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18 hrs ago | The Herald

Budget Watch

Here is how some of your tax money was spent in recent city council action. Arlington: $2,327 to Cascade Natural Gas of Burlington, monthly heating bill for all facilities that use gas.

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Related Topix: Arlington, WA, Seattle Metro, Everett, WA, Marysville, WA

Sun Nov 16, 2008

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Spike seen in demand for guns, permits

Dick Alescio of Bainbridge Island checks out a shotgun at the Kesselring Gun Shop in Burlington on Thursday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Skagit County, WA, Burlington, WA, Mount Vernon, WA, Sedro-Woolley, WA, Anacortes, WA

Sat Nov 08, 2008

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Police searching for reported cop impersonator

Authorities are looking for someone who reportedly impersonated a police officer and pulled over a woman Thursday morning on Old Highway 99 south of Alger.

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Sun Nov 02, 2008

Bellingham Herald

Slick highway leads to 10 car crashes on I-5

A slick highway created a mess on Interstate 5 through Bellingham shortly after 3 p.m. Friday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Bellingham Metro, Bellingham, WA

Fri Oct 31, 2008

Bellingham Herald

Alger shooting suspect was misclassified as 'nonviolent risk'

The man accused of killing six people in a shooting spree in Skagit County had been classified as a nonviolent risk by the Department of Corrections.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Skagit County, WA

Thu Oct 30, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Evaluation ordered for Skagit rampage suspect

The man accused of killing six people in a shooting rampage in Skagit County will have a mental evaluation at Western State Hospital in Lakewood.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Skagit County, WA

Mon Oct 27, 2008

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Zamora rants as lawyers discuss his competency

Murder defendant Isaac L. Zamora's arraignment was again postponed Thursday to give him time to meet with his new attorney.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Sat Oct 25, 2008

Anacortes American

Defendant in multiple slayings to remain in cuffs in court

The Alger man accused of killing six people and injuring four more in September, will remain cuffed at his hands and ankles in court appearances leading up to his trial, a Skagit County Superior Court judge ...

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Skagit County, WA

Fri Oct 24, 2008

Bellingham Herald

Alger shooting suspect has another outburst in court

The man accused of killing six people in Skagit County swore at the prosecutor who questioned his mental competency during a court hearing in Mount Vernon.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Skagit County, WA, Mount Vernon, WA

Thu Oct 09, 2008

The Seattle Times

Alger benefit aims to aid victims' families

A community benefit to help the families of victims of last month's shooting rampage is planned this weekend at the Alger Fire Station, 18726 Park View Lane.

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Related Topix: Mount Vernon, WA

Bellingham Herald

Skagit County shooting defendant due in court

A man charged in a Skagit County shooting rampage that left six people dead is expected in court Thursday for his arraignment.

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Related Topix: Skagit County, WA, Death Penalty

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Bellingham Herald

An eco-friendly house rises from the ground in Everson

Nate Kronenberg remembers a time before environmentalism, when green was just a color, not a lifestyle statement.

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Related Topix: Everson, WA, Home Building, Home, Bellingham Metro, Bellingham, WA

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Families see the farms

Get the Flash Player to see this player. Matt Wallis Visitors to Golden Glen Creamery get a tour Saturday during the Festival of Family Farms farm tour.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Life, Food, Seafood, Seattle Metro, Burlington, WA

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Charges filed in Alger slayings

Death penalty an option MOUNT VERNON - ' Isaac Zamora was formally charged this afternoon with 20 felony counts - ' including aggravated murder, the only charge in Washington that warrants the death penalty - ' ...

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Related Topix: Washington, Snohomish County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Mount Vernon, WA

Anacortes American

- We grieve too'

Rich DeRuiter, pastor of Alger Community Church and a volunteer firefighter, was one of the first responders to victims of a Sept.

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Related Topix: Burlington, WA

Sat Sep 27, 2008

NC Mental Hope News

'Bellingham Herald' Web Poster Arrested for Alleged Threat - Editor & Publisher Magazine

'Bellingham Herald' Web Poster Arrested for Alleged Threat - Editor & Publisher Magazine By Gene Johnson - September 25 SEATTLE A Washington state man who wrote on a newspaper Web site that he was going to ...

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Related Topix: Skagit County, WA, Blaine, WA, Whatcom County, WA, Bellingham, WA

Thu Sep 25, 2008

KSL-TV Salt Lake City

Web post inflames post-shooting emotions in Wash.

A Washington state man who wrote on a newspaper Web site that he was going to shoot up a shopping mall says he was just making a point after a mentally disturbed man went on a shooting spree.

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Related Topix: Skagit County, WA, Blaine, WA, Whatcom County, WA, Blog News

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Anacortes American

- An Amazing brother, an amazing person'

'An Amazing brother, an amazing person' Luke Harris Jeff Gillum is comforted by his sister Diane Winblad, on Sunday as they are interviewed by media at the memorial service of their brother, Greg Gillum.

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Related Topix: Clear Lake, WA, Skagit County, WA, Mount Vernon, WA

Tue Sep 16, 2008

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Local authorities taking a second look at safety after shootings

Sedro-Woolley Police officer Adam Musgrove's last conversation with Anne Jackson was just like every other discussion the two had ever shared - ' playful yet professional.

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Related Topix: Sedro-Woolley, WA, Skagit County, WA

Sun Sep 14, 2008

NC Mental Hope News

An Amazing brother, an amazing person' -Skagit Valley (WA) Herald

An Amazing brother, an amazing person' - Skagit Valley Herald by Marta Murvosh - Sept.

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Related Topix: Mount Vernon, WA, Clear Lake, WA, Skagit County, WA

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