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Hard Fought
La Conner’s Girls Basketball team was knocked out of the state finals with a narrow win by Walla Walla Academy. Here, La Conner’s Ashley Wilkins, No. 22, makes a successful shot, with Matty Lag...
Hello, Handsome
This fine-feathered gull appears to be admiring the view reflected in a rain puddle on the ball field next to La Conner Elementary School. – Photo by Don CoyoteThis fine-feathered gull appears...
Art's Alive!
Visitor Leah Griffiths admires a painting in the Skagit Artists Together exhibit in the La Conner Civic Garden Club building during the town-wide Art’s Alive! exhibition in La Conner over the weekend. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Veterans Day
Cameron Wischhusen, who graduated from La Conner High School in 2012, represented the United States Navy as the guest speaker during La Conner Schools Veterans Day assembly held on Monday. –...
Pure Drama
An entry in La Conner’s Halloween parade on Friday came from the drama department at La Conner High School. From left are Shawna Powell, a parent and make-up artist, drama teacher Chelsey Campbell a...
Smiley face
All decked out for fall, this friendly looking scarecrow stands before Hedlin Farm’s iconic barn with Ika Island in the background. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Opening night
Skagit Community Band, with La Conner’s Vince Fejeran conducting, opened its 2015-2016 concert series at Maple Hall on Friday night. – Photo by Don CoyoteSkagit Community Band, with La C...
Fall Decor
This is part of the fall display at Gordon's Farm on McLean Road. The farm specializes in pumpkins and has been a traditionial autumn outing for generations of Skagit Valley residents. -- Photo by...
En Plein Air
Artist Mark Bistranin of the La Conner Seaside Gallery set up in the open air on the beach north of town recently to paint the Argosy, a vessel moored in Swinomish Channel. – Photo By Don...
Another fierce storm
High winds and pounding rain swept through La Conner on Saturday, damaging a 100-year-old elm tree in the yard of the historic 1893 BL Martin house on N. Third Street. This is the second time this...
Hairy Pumpkin
Hey! That pumpkin has fur! Little Joy Young was delighted to enounter the newshound Brodie in the pumpkin patch at Hedlin's Farm in La Conner last weekend. -- Photo by Don CoyoteHey! That pumpkin has...
Farm fresh
Young Archie Patino chomps into an ear of corn at Hedlin Family Farm in La Conner during the Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms held over the weekend. – Photo by Don CoyoteYoung Archie Patino chomps into an ear of corn at Hedlin Family...
Farm racers
OK, these farm vehicles aren’t really known for speed. On a hay bale next to a real farm vehicle sat a collection of kid-constructed veggie racers. Racing zucchinis were among the entrants in the speedy vegetable contest at Hedlin’s Farm during the...
Giant Pumpkins
Children took great delight in pumpkins so big they had to move them around with forklifts on Saturday. The monster squash were lined up as their growers competed for biggest pumpkin honors at...
Yum!
La Conner’s volunteer firefighters were masters of grill on Sunday at the Salmon Barbecue held in Pioneer Park and nobody left hungry. Chefs included Tom Zimmerman, Adam Avery, Doug Avery and more. S...
September Skies
Here is the evening view from La Conner toward the Rainbow Bridge this time of year. And we get to live here! – Photo by Don Coyote...
When dogs fly...
Bones, of the performing canine group Puget Sound Dockdogs, had a jump recorded at 23 feet, 9 inches during the Skagit River Salmon Festival held last weekend at the Swinomish Casino. – Photo...
Fishy Feast
Willie Montoya cooked hundreds of salmon dinners at the festival that celebrated the food’s namesake over the weekend. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Back on the Beach
Yodi, the La Conner dog mauled by a coyote in June at the “dog beach” north of town, was back playing in the sand this week. Yodi, a 40-pound pooch, suffered leg injuries as two coyotes tried to dra...
Fall Color
Sunflowers at the Hedlin Farm herald the end of summer and early autumn. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Cruisin' the Channel
Tiberius and Everest go for a ride on the Swinomish Channel with their human, Marcus Kuypers, at the helm of their inflatable dinghy. They are all residents of a larger boat moored on the downtown La...
Life is Good
Katie Perry, an 18-month-old La Conner resident, was having a great time on Sunday in Gilkey Square in La Conner with her mom, Clara Rose Seward. There was music, lots of people and plenty of stuff...
Classic Cruiser
The circa 1926 wooden yacht Bo Peep ll was motoring along the Swinomish Channel last weekend with boating season in full swing. – Photo by Don CoyoteThe circa 1926 wooden yacht Bo Peep ll was...
Cool Time
Young bathing beauties found the weather during Swinomish Days perfect for swimming. Here Sam Cayou jumps in while her friends line up behind her. – Photo by Don CoyoteYoung bathing beauties...
Historic picnic
Cousins Stella Johnson, 10, Abby Lee, 12, Emmy Lee, 8, check out this classic John Deere tractor that was on display during last Thursday’s Pioneer Picnic held in La Conner’s Pioneer Park. &nd...
