Concrete News

Ross Reynolds 12/30/2009 at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, hunters with bows and arrows shot elk in a barbwireringed field by state Route 20.

A Concrete woman was rescued from the Skagit River just east of town Sunday afternoon after she lost control of her vehicle, and it went into the Skagit River.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency is releasing preliminary flood risk maps to communities in Skagit County, Wash.

A Concrete man was killed and a friend of his was injured early Saturday on Highway 20, about three miles west of town, when the vehicle they were in struck a utility pole and both men were ejected.

A 25-year-old Bellingham man was killed early Saturday, Dec. 12, when his car drove off the North Cascades Highway into a gully and hit a power pole, according to Washington State Patrol.

A Concrete man was killed early Saturday on Highway 20 about three miles west of town when the vehicle he was driving struck a utility pole and he was ejected.

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It's going to be a wet Thanksgiving across Western Washington. Flood watches are in effect for 11 counties and there's also lots of big puddles and standing water on the roadways.

Just legalize gambling and get on with it. This whole charade of we're protecting people from gambling as long as they are too stupid to find an indian reservation, is a joke.

The Washington state Department of Transportation has awarded contracts for a combined $3.7 million worth of work to begin in the spring here.

The classroom at Evergreen Elementary's Structured Learning Center was a hive of activity as students, with the help of teachers, helped craft a Thanksgiving-style feast.

A 48-year-old woman who claims she accidentally shot her boyfriend in the back while they were in bed together was sentenced Thursday to almost two years in prison for the assault.

The Skagit River is about to crest near flood stage. Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Seattle are monitoring the river, which has risen nearly 10 feet in 48 hours.

Burlington-Edison and Concrete have sites and times for their first-round state playoff football games.

Oregon police say at least one person has been killed in a shooting reported at a suburban Portland office park.

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is holding a public workshop in Concrete to discuss planning for Rockport State Park.

Ongoing ballot counts are proving it was a rough year for incumbents on the Mount Vernon, Burlington, La Conner and Sedro-Woolley city councils.

The Concrete School Board race is neck-and-neck after a third round of vote counting.

The race for the Concrete School Board, Pos. 4 race tightened after a second round of vote counts.

Medical Reserve Corps volunteers Carol Bergner and her husband Don Bergner help Concrete resident Karen White on Friday at the Skagit County Health Department.