Articles from the July 24, 2019 edition
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La Conner educators: Superintendent must be replaced
La Conner teachers and support staff are focused on what’s best for our students, which is why we firmly believe that our school district needs a new superintendent. The La Conner School District staff have lost trust in its leader. We cannot achieve...
Urge Larsen to co-sponsor Alzheimer's legislation
Dear Editor: There are more than 110,000 residents of our state living with Alzheimer’s disease and more than 348,000 family members and friends are acting as unpaid caregivers. Fellow Washingtonians who joined the 1,200 attendees at the A...
Attorney General's Navy lawsuit a political spectacle
The mission of The Greater Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce is to serve and promote the business interests of greater Whidbey Island. We cannot imagine a more worthy cause than supporting the mission of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, the largest...
Action needed on school superintendent
Dear School Board Members, Your letter to the community does not address the damage that has been done to individuals and the larger culture in La Conner schools. It’s clearly an attempt to assuage the public without any substantial change being m...
Comedy unbound at Shakespeare NW
Go see “A Midsummer’s Night Dream,” half of this summer’s Shakespeare Northwest fare at Rexville-Blackrock amphitheatre, for a cast-full of fine performances, with seemingly no small roles. Because the cast enjoy themselves so much, you will enjoy t...
Kids went full STEAM ahead at library Monday
The world and places beyond were well within reach for La Conner area children on Monday. A series of hands-on Space Quest activities, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon...
Dave Paul holds town hall
District 10 residents peppered Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) with questions ranging from mountain goat removal in Olympic National Park to sole source water aquifers to replacing traffic lights with...
Rep. Larsen calls for president's impeachment
Thursday U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-Everett) called for impeaching President Trump. Friday he shared his reasoning on the Everett Herald’s editorial page and his congressional website. Responding to the president’s attacks on four congressional repres...
Annual Skagit Pioneer Picnic slated here Aug. 1
Two families deeply rooted in the historical and cultural landscape of Skagit County will be honored at Pioneer Park in La Conner on Aug. 1. The Fisher family of Burlington, whose many contributions...
Canoe Journey lands at Swinomish
A single bald eagle circled overhead as the canoes began to land at Swinomish Monday. A good sign. It was originally estimated that upwards of 5,000 attendees and participants would converge upon the...
School unions will join Board at summer retreat
The short statement La Conner School Board Director Susan Deyo read at the end of Monday’s school district board meeting shed light on the next steps on the path the board is walking with Superintendent Whitney Meissner and the school unions o...
A dream deferred: Larsen's impeachment call
Rick Larsen loves the U.S. Constitution and he loves his country. He loves the Constitution so much and knows it so well that last Thursday he concluded the President, Donald Trump, has committed high crimes and misdemeanors deserving of...
