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New construction projects are causing road closures this week near Spokane bridges.

' Elaine Atterbury Anderson admits her genealogy interest is "excessive." "For anniversaries, we will go somewhere and do genealogy research," said Anderson, whose husband, David Anderson, shares the interest.

The kids are bored; it's the middle of summer and you're going crazy trying to find stuff to keep them busy.

Kazoos will be hidden around town for the next six weeks in preparation for the Anacortes Jazz Festival.

Kazoos will be hidden around town for the next six weeks in preparation for the Anacortes Jazz Festival.

Patricia Sampson is the owner of a new clothing store, Tangerine, in downtown Spokane.

Spokane Police arrested a man early this morning for DUI after a short chase that ended with the driver hitting a house.

A Fisher & Sons employee died last week from head injuries he received from a construction accident at the Janicki Industries building site in Hamilton.

Fire and emergency officials respond Friday morning after a Fisher & Sons employee was injured at a construction site in Hamilton.

Kaylene Hamilton, 21, of Sedro-Woolley rests with daughter Kylie, who was born Wednesday in the Big Rock Grocery store bathroom.

Revised Hamilton Urban Growth Area available for review Submitted Photo Skagit County Planning and Development Services recently released a revised town of Hamilton Urban Growth Area Expansion Proposal for ...

And therefore, she wins. Maryanne Lee, a Roosevelt Elementary School fourth-grader, won Thursday's Port Angeles School District spelling bee by correctly spelling "therefore." Maryanne said she loves to spell ...

Some families living in an area known as Cockreham Island say their jobs and homes are in jeopardy because the county wants to remove a 660-foot dike along the Skagit River.

“They say that's great, fantastic”

They might not have noticed it before, but drivers are balking now when a fuel pump jumps ahead in sales before any fuel has reached the tank, or the meter claims it pumped more than the vehicle can hold. via The Olympian

“It does not make sense to convert food stock into energy”

Branches, bark and other logging byproducts from Skagit County may be heating up dinner in homes in Germany. via Anacortes American

“This whole scheme is about increasing Hamilton's net worth by decreasing ours”

Hamilton and Skagit County officials are looking at a less ambitious plan for expanding the town's urban growth area north of Highway 20 to make room for relocating out of the floodway. via Anacortes American

“I think it takes the politics out of solid waste”

After addressing Sedro-Woolley's concerns that a proposed countywide Solid Waste Governance Board would give small towns no voice, an interlocal agreement to form such a board is again moving through the ... via Anacortes American

“The SKAT bus is a bargain, but not at that schedule”

Leaders from communities in eastern Skagit County had a clear message for U.S. Rep. via Anacortes American

“Each generation, you lose something”

FORTY YEARS AFTER HE TOOK PART in the Memphis sanitation workers' strike, Elmore Nickelberry, 76, and his son Terrence--also a sanitation worker--visited the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination last ... via The Hartford Courant

“We're promoting Lions Club, but are also showing people what we do”

Lions Clubs in Skagit County hold free public health event Several Lions Clubs in eastern Skagit County will provide a community health screening Saturday at Hamilton First Baptist Church. via Anacortes American