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What was old was new again at the Museum of Northwest Arts 30th annual auction in person at the museum Friday, June 17. Every wall of the first and second floor galleries was hung with art, with sculptures displayed on stands and tables. The art was...

RALEIGH — Oh, boy, did I screw up my first attempt at covering a town council meeting. It was 1986 and I was spending the summer interning at a weekly newspaper in Nash County called the Spring Hope Enterprise. I had taken newswriting and...

Watching our new library emerge and become a reality, I am reminded again what a marvelous community we live in. Many of us worked relentlessly for years to accomplish this goal. Gratefully, many recent arrivals to the community joined in along the...

Hello, La Conner Community! We are excited to welcome Christina and Robyn Burdick-Good-Rubenstein as the new owners of Tillinghast Postal & Business Center. These lovely ladies are La Conner locals and will bring greatness to Tillinghast while...

Regarding your “Rule of Law or Mob Rule” column, come on man! Your lack of self-awareness and proportionality is simply stunning. Such myopic shrillness and clumsy stereotyping of Republicans is truly beneath a publication that portends to be com...

Clyde Shavers, candidate for Washington’s 10th Legislative District, grew up in a household that was strong on public service. The duty to work for your community was clearly instilled in him by his father’s service, both in the military and the pol...

Summer Reading is here! Oceans of Fun! Sign-ups are available at the library. We have a summer reading tracking sheet in extra large treasure map format. It includes all of our program information, summer reading book suggestions and details of...

If the Town of La Conner’s $539,325 proposal for developing the Maple Avenue park at Talbott Street is approved, funds will be awarded next June. Town Administrator Scott Thomas provided the Weekly News a $491,220 preliminary costs list developed i...

Preschool is coming back to the La Conner campus by popular demand. The La Conner School Board on June 13 approved the return of a district preschool program this fall on a one-year trial basis after members were assured it would be supported by...

Monday, June 13 1:21 p.m.: Money scam – A citizen was contacted by phone and told they won Publishers Clearing House and to send a check to cover the taxes. The citizen recognized it as a phone scam and did not send money. Caledonia St., La...

It seems the pandemic has fizzled as far as local plans for the Fourth of July go. The sizzle is back. The Town of La Conner and Port of Skagit have joined forces to schedule an Independence Day celebration as locals were accustomed to in...