Skagit County News

For the second year in a row, there were no fatal traffic collisions in Skagit County during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the State Patrol reported.

Police think a Fort Lewis soldier decided it would be easier to shoot his two dogs than find a new home for them.

Washingtonians put the bitter private-public power wars behind us more than three quarters of a century ago.

Benjamin Price will see a second psychological professional before a judge decides if he is competent enough to face a second-degree murder charge in Skagit County Superior Court.

The Burlington-Edison School Board got an idea last week how the district hopes to slash more than $800,000 out of next school year's budget.

Smoke floats down from the roof of the Fabrics Plus store at 608 Commercial Ave.

If an Anacortes resident buys a couch in Burlington, Anacortes' sales tax revenue could get a boost.

Skagit County Parks and Recreation staff and participating children enjoyed a variety of summer activities last summer at STOMP - ' the county's traveling summer recreation program.

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

On July 1, the state of Washington will conform with the national Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

Vanpooler Deborah Brown exits her Skagit Transit van Tuesday at the Safeway parking lot in Mount Vernon.

Annette Battell has been struggling along, but some of those who usually rely on the Darrington Food Bank are making a 100-mile round trip to Everett to get help feeding their families.

' With a $422,000 restoration project looming, Liz Theaker knows she's got her work cut out for her.

The Washington State Department of Health suspended Holiday Motel's license earlier this month, saying it poses an immediate safety hazard to guests.

Benton County In March 2003, the Pharmacy Board revoked the shopkeeper registration of Hak Chong Yim , doing business as Yim's Food Mart , for ten years.

Skagit County sheriff's deputies stopped a pearl-white Cadillac De Ville belonging to homicide suspect Derek Collier around 6 p.m. Tuesday, but Collier remains at large.

' Police Wednesday night arrested the man they allege killed a Bow man during a roadside confrontation May 11 in Bellingham's York neighborhood.

Local, state and federal officials are commemorating the largest land purchase in 15 years by Seattle City Light, which contributed $300,000 to a $1 million pot used to buy 1,080 acres in Skagit County ...

Youngsters can "Catch the Reading Bug" and teens can check out "Metamorphosis @ Your Library" with performances, activities, prizes and more at the annual summer reading program June 16 to Aug.

Passengers wait at Skagit Station in Mount Vernon Friday to board Skagit Transit's 5:15 p.m. bus to Bellingham.