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La Conner town representatives met Tuesday morning with representatives of Fire District 13, which has plans to staff the La Conner Fire Station with its own crew. The upshot of the conversation is that Fire 13 will spend about 30 minutes making a presentation to the La Conner Town Council at its Jan. 10 meeting, said Mayor Ramon Hayes. Fire 13 wants to staff the fire station near the roundabout with two firefighters 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Meanwhile, the La Conner Volunteer Fire Department, which Fire Chief Josh Morrison said has...
In an ebb-and-flow kind of game, it was a late La Conner scoring tsunami that sank the upset-minded Orcas Lady Vikings Wednesday at Landy James Gym. The hosts went on a 35-12 second half run to break open what had been a close contest at intermission and secure a key 57-32 NW2B hoop triumph. Freshman Justine Benson scored 14 of her game-high 23 points after halftime to lead La Conner, which improved to 6-1 going into this week’s Port Townsend Invitational Tournament action. “Justine scored so...
Tuesday Dec 20 7:05 a.m.: Window shopper – Someone broke into a business onMorris Street in La Conner. They left a door and window open, nothing was missing. 10:25 p.m.: Big ticket! – A car was stopped for an equipment violation near the La Conner roundabout. The driver was cited for driving with a suspended license had a warrant for driving on a suspended license. The driver was issued a new court date and called somebody to come pick up the vehicle. Thursday Dec 22 6:23 a.m.: False alarm – An alarm went off in a business...
Skagit Breaking proves a point – People want news about their neighbors and they want it fast. The popular online Facebook page posts a mix of police scanner chatter and community announcements and in about three and a half years, has grown to 68,700 “likes,” the equivalent of subscribers in the Facebook world. Followers get Skagit Breaking’s updates in their Facebook feeds and can publically comment on the posts or message the page directly, where the moderators often quickly respond. Muc...
At the recent Fire District 13 Commissioners meeting, Fire Chief Roy Horn quipped to his board that he needs $5 million to replace all the districts fire trucks. While that was a joke, there really is an issue that all local agencies need to come up to speed on. A law enacted by the state Legislature nearly 10 years ago states that starting June 1, 2018 all local governments must shift 100 percent of their vehicles from gasoline to biodiesel or electricity. According to the legislation, every fire truck, police car, school bus and public works...
