Skagit County News

BELLINGHAM, Whatcom County - The electric highway in Washington will get a little longer tomorrow when the ribbons are cut on three new stations along Interstate 5 in Skagit and Whatcom counties.

A man suspected in a drive-by shooting is Skagit County and a high-speed car chase through Everson was found hiding in a clothes dryer and arrested Thursday, May 24, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office.

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)

A section of this week's feature story about Pierce County's experiment with privatized mental health raises questions about the increases in both suicides and suicide attempts in the Tacoma region.

More than 3 1 2 years after Isaac Zamora went on a rampage in his rural Skagit County neighborhood, killing six people, including a sheriff's deputy and a friend, prosecutors and defense attorneys are preparing for what may be the final legal battle in the case.

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

Michiel Oakes, convicted of killing former Mercer Island resident Mark Stover, is seeking a new trial after it was discovered one of the jurors was tweeting during the trial.

Skagit County sheriff's officers and divers have spent hours searching a gravel pit pond north of Burlington, Wash., for a teen who disappeared there while swimming with friends.

Skagit County sheriff's deputies fear a 16-year old Burlington boy has drowned in a pond at the Concrete Nor'West gravel pit north of Burlington.

As a member of the jury hearing the 2010 headline-making murder trial of Michiel Oakes - accused of shooting dog-trainer-to-the-stars Mark Stover in a love/hate triangle - teenager Caleb Chase sent out a tweet from his smartphone: "Wow. Sitting in the jury duty room listening to people casually having a conversation about new age rituals and no ... (more)

A Skagit County woman hurt in the same car crash that killed her 4-year-old son isn't due crime victim's compensation, a state appellate court ruled Monday.

A motorcyclist was injured critically in a crash that closed both lanes of northbound Interstate 5 in southern Whatcom County on Sunday afternoon, May 13.

Chelsey Charles only has photographs to remember her daughter by. In 2011, Kaliah died of the highly contagious but preventable disease - whooping cough.

Question: Can just any boat make a drawbridge open, regardless of how much traffic there is? On the way to Port Townsend last weekend I got stuck for at least a half hour at the Hood Canal Bridge.

The North American Eagle is a converted Lockheed F-104 Starfighter jet. It was at Sanderson Field Airport in Shelton on Saturday for an engine check.

The moon rises over Cultus Mountain Saturday evening May 5, 2012 in this view from Sunset Road near Chuckanut Drive in Skagit County, WA.

The Northwest Washington Steelheaders, an independent sport fishing club based in Whatcom County, continues this angling rite of spring that originated in the early 1950s under the sponsorship of the now disbanded Bellingham Sportsman's Club.

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. A man riding a motorized bicycle was hit by a car and killed in Skagit County on Saturday.

A new county ordinance regulating wind power turbines will get a public hearing at the Tuesday, May 8, Whatcom County Council meeting.

The North Olympic Peninsula has reported 26 confirmed cases of whooping cough as of Thursday, according to the state Department of Health.