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Math has been a top priority for La Conner Schools, with the district adopting new K-12 curricula designed to engage students and improve standardized test scores. Students, teachers, parents and community members now want the same emphasis given to...

On a cold, wet January night, the La Conner Town Council embraced a sunny outlook. The panel last Tuesday approved payment for a $100 membership fee and joined the Skagit Valley Clean Energy Co-Operative, organizer of the new Solarize Skagit...

A fire in a 50 ft. cabin cruiser on a rack at Latitude Marine Services south of La Conner Thursday afternoon was readily extinguished by crews from Fire District 13, with assistance from multiple area fire departments. Assistant Fire Chief Jami...

What a beautiful clear, crisp blue sky day we had Sunday. Monday started sunny. February is here: there are more hours of sunlight and the sun is higher in the sky and starting its march northward. And, we live in a state with sane legislators...

King tides, like pesky mosquitoes, occasionally discomfort those that are having a picnic in paradise. Water runs downhill, right into the lowest places around, saturating the ground, drowning earthworms and roots, making us humans frown, as we put...

There won’t be a Town flood commission, after all. Instead the new five-member municipal panel will be tasked with an expanded portfolio to address multiple emergency management and natural disaster incidents. The change in scope came at the request...

The trail between the beach at the Anacortes Ferry Terminal and the Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve is closed indefinitely. Recent king tides and winter storms destroyed the boardwalk and dramatically changed the fragile wetland, which the public...

Join poet Jeffrey Morgan and paper artist Nancy Scagliotti to create love poems and valentines 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday in Mount Vernon. Fee of $10 includes supplies. Families welcome. Register: [email protected]. Sponsor: Skagit River Poetry...

As a popular song says, there are few ways better to gain fame than to have your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone. A La Conner singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist may not be on the iconic magazine’s cover, but she is featured on i...

By Lynne Beebe Tips to consider before starting a practice of cold water swimming I am far from being an expert on cold water swimming, but have learned much from my experiences over the past three years and from reading studies and stories about...

Some 70 poetry lovers overflowed the main room of Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes Saturday night to enjoy two hours of poetry. Organized by Skagit Valley poets Georgia Johnson and Michael Daley, these events will continue every last Saturday of the...

Dine and shop to end homelessness Feb. 9 in Anacortes. Visit participating restaurants and retailers and a portion of the proceeds from your meal or purchase will be donated to the Anacortes Family Center. A list of participating businesses is at...

Participate or watch the kayakers and rowers race down the Swinomish Channel for the annual Sound Rowers La Conner Race Saturday, Feb. 4, 9:45 a.m. Paddlers start at the La Conner boat launch. Registration, entry fees and the course map can be found...