Articles from the November 25, 2015 edition
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Tribe and schools approve funding pact
The La Conner School Board on Monday signed the latest version of a school funding agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. The tribe has promised to contribute $400,000 to the schools to help ease a $789,000 shortfall created when 931 p...
New parking pay station will take plastic
Now that a vandal has delivered the death blow to the pay station at La Conner’s public parking lot, the Town Council voted unanimously to replace it on Tuesday. Before the old obsolete yellow box gave up the ghost earlier this month, it had taken i...
Town Council holds line on taxes
For the second year in a row, the La Conner Town Council voted unanimously on Tuesday not to increase its share of property taxes collected from local landowners in 2016. Under state law, most public agencies are limited to increasing their tax...
Skagit Co. Sheriff's Office POLICE BLOTTER
Monday Nov 16 7:23 p.m.: Oops! – A key was left in the door of a business on S.First Street in La Conner. Tuesday Nov 17 7:38 p.m.: Tree down – A tree was down onDodge Valley Road, causing a more traffic than usual taking a detour onValen...
Lady Braves soccer team 'goes fourth' and conquers
In the end, her players were smiling. And that’s what counts most for NW2B Coach of the Year Amy Freeto, whose Lady Braves placed fourth in State tournament action in Sumner last weekend. La Conner d...
Local brain gang claims knowledge turf
La Conner’s Knowledge Bowl Team, “Somewhat Clean,” started off the competition year with an impressive victory in their first of three district rounds last week in Snohomish. Meanwhile, La Conne...