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5 hrs ago | Anacortes American

Drive-by shooting suspect arrested

Three juveniles were injured during a drive-by shooting on the 200 block of Maple Lane early this morning, according to the Mount Vernon police.

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13 hrs ago | Anacortes American

Relatives plead not guilty to federal drug charges

Four Burlington family members pleaded not guilty in a federal court Thursday to charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

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17 hrs ago | Anacortes American

MV council to consider bids for road, sewer work

Burlington-based Interwest Construction could be the winning bidder for the first phase of the LaVenture Road extension project.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

Anacortes American

County to lose another public works director

Skagit County's interim public works director is leaving his post effective July 31 - the third person to leave the position this year, and the fifth in less than three years.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Anacortes American

Arrest made in rape of 14-year-old

A 20-year-old Mount Vernon man was arrested Friday morning in connection to the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl earlier this week, according to the Burlington police.

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Anacortes American

Fire Mountain Solar Welcomes New Team Member

Posted by: Fire Mountain Solar LLC Phone: 360-422-5610 Email: Website: http://www.firemountainsolar.com Fire Mountain Solar LLC is pleased to announce and welcome Ryan Price to its Inside Sales and Technical Support team.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

Bellingham Herald

Burlington woman arrested after car chase in Custer

A 20-year-old Burlington woman led Whatcom County Sheriff's deputies on a car chase through Custer at 10:20 p.m. Sunday, July 5. The pursuit began when a deputy saw a Pontiac Firebird driving north on Portal Way, ran its license plate and it came back to a driver whose license was suspended, said Chief Criminal Deputy Jeff Parks of the Whatcom ...

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Anacortes American

Planner: Code changes would make it harder to expand urban areas

Proposed changes to the way cities ask the Skagit County government for boundary adjustments include a loophole for properties where schools would be built.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Anacortes American

Forest and agriculture groups claim to be kept in dark on code changes

Agriculture and forestry advocates said the Skagit County planning department wasn't up front about what it had called miscellaneous changes to the development code - changes those groups say will harm their industries.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Girl raped in Burlington home, police say

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a stranger who entered her home Tuesday morning, according to the Burlington police.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Jackson CDs fly off the shelves

As soon as Cyndy Lawrence and Shara Hawkins heard the news about Michael Jackson's unexpected death, they raced into Wal-Mart to snag a couple Michael Jackson CDs before the store ran out.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Anacortes American

2009 Skatefest results

Kids of all ages showed up for the 11th annual Skatefest Saturday at the Ben Root Skate Park.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Anacortes American

Man sentenced to 34 years for crimes including woman's death

Ricardo Mejia-Cruz was sentenced Friday to 34 years in prison for a handful of felonies, including the murder of 84-year-old Clara Thorp.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Business Pulse of Skagit County

A Berry good time in the fields

Kurt Dilworth rummages for strawberries Monday while his wife, Kristen, hands a strawberry to their daughter, Grace, at Sakuma Bros.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Anacortes American

Late agreement reached on fire contract

Commissioners for Fire District 6 unanimously approved a contract late Tuesday night that could keep the city of Burlington Fire Department and district fire department working together.

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Business Pulse of Skagit County

Burlington to consider sewer service to farmworker housing

The City Council will be asked Thursday to provide sanitary sewer service to a farmworker housing project that would be located outside both city limits and Burlington's urban growth area.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Council appears to support library proposal

Councilman Bill Turner was ready Monday to throw his support behind a proposal to allow the library card holders in good standing in Anacortes, Burlington and La Conner to check out materials from the other two municipalities' libraries.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Smaller ferry to handle San Juan route during maintenance

Capacity of automobiles on Washington State Ferries' San Juan inter-island route will be reduced for a week starting Saturday while the 34-vehicle Hiyu replaces the 90-auto Sealth.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Anacortes American

Nail spa altercation could end in assault charges

A 48-year-old nail technician could face an assault charge over a dispute with a teenager about a set of 1-inch long, pumpkin-orange fake fingernails.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Anacortes American

Business defies recession with expansion plans

While the recession has other businesses hunkering down, pulling back or going under, Central Welding Supply is expanding, and one of its two new stores opening this year will be in this city's Highway 20 corridor.

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