Mount Vernon News

The close of the official filing period for elected offices earlier this month didn't yield any new candidates in popular local races, but it did show that for the first time in years a Whidbey Islander will not be filling the 10th Legislative District's position 2 seat for state representative.

A 27-year-old Freeland man will go to prison after his seventh conviction for violating a court order that bars him from contacting a teenage girl.

A new Kenworth T680 awaits a test drive at the Paccar Technical Center in Mount Vernon, Wash.

Several of 26 horses seized from a Mount Vernon pasture earlier this month struggle with declining health as their owners petition for their return, arguing their condition is not immediately life-threatening. Snohomish County residents William and Sara Spohnholtz, represented by Redmond-based attorney James McBride, filed their petition in Skagit ... (more)

Philadelphia Public Ledger, April 1, 1789: The man who led U.S. forces through the nation's longest war, and who this month will become its first chief executive thanks to a lack of opposition and a unanimous vote in the Electoral College, has a dark side when it comes to environmental issues.

Twenty-six sickly horses seized from a Mt. Vernon pasture this month are being nursed back to health in Arlington.

There's a tug of war between Washington state and Oregon over where to base a new researcher working on diseases that cause blueberries to rot.

Ross Mathews has made a name for himself since his days of making coffee runs as an intern for "The Tonight Show" 10 years ago, where he now works as a correspondent for the show, and he makes regular appearances at the roundtable on "Chelsea Lately." Andrew Walker, a first-year in linguistics, said he made sure to get a front-row seat at the ... (more)

A picture may speak 1,000 words, but nothing beats the real thing. Preschool aged children are in for a real treat this summer when they attend the Blaine Public Library Summer Reading Program "Dream Big: Read!" on Tuesday, June 19th.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - In Skagit County, the rate of whooping cough isn't just a little higher than other counties around the state.

Young Schaeffer Cox has already been acquitted of trying to kill a federal judge, an IRS agent and an Alaska state trooper.

A bicylist was struck and killed Saturday near Sedro Woolley when he attempted a lane change in front of another vehicle, the Washington State Patrol reported.

The entrepreneur ial spirit knows no culture and no bounds. Neither does the almighty dollar.