Monday, January 29 11:23 a.m. Slow ‘em down – Extra patrol requested for speeding vehicles on Channel Drive during morning and evening hours. Several cars speeding well above the posted limit. Channel Dr., Greater La Conner. Tuesday, January 30 1:2...

NOT TO BE MISSED Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. Skagit Community Band, Maple Hall, 104 Commercial St., La Conner. The Skagit Community Band Presents:“Let’s Dance” Celebrating Music inspired by Dance. Admission free,donations accepted. Feb. 3, 2-4 p.m.. Recep...

Kroger and Albertsons claim a proposed merger worth 24.6 billion will result in better prices for grocery shoppers, but many fear food prices will go up and jobs could be lost as the stores eliminate competition. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a... Full story

Extracurricular learning open to all takes place at Skagit Valley College this Saturday, Jan 27. The 10th Legislative District of Washington Democrats hosts Democracy in Crisis: Taking Action, a free day of inspiration and workshops, working in... Full story

Tuesday, January 16 11:14 a.m. Horses in winter – Another report of the horses at the polo club not being fed or watered. We checked the horses and found adequate food and water on site with all horses being fed. La Conner Whitney Rd., Greater La C...

NOT TO BE MISSED Jan. 24-Mar. 24 Birds of a Fiber Reception Feb. 3, 2:30-4 p.m. Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum qfamuseum.org, 360-466-4288. Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. Skagit Community Band, Maple Hall, 104 Commercial St., La Conner. The Skagit Co...

Skagit County Fire District 13 cares. In both deed and name. The district has implemented a proactive injury and illness prevention program that is providing medical care and assistance while reducing strains on the 911 system. Its coverage area...

Now that I live in the beautiful, abundant Skagit Valley after thirty-plus years in an Alaskan coastal rainforest, I have the climate and desire to learn how to grow a vegetable garden. I turned to fellow Master Gardener Cathy Markham and asked her...

The Anacortes UNCORKED Wine & Food Experience has been canceled because the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed Event Center has been closed to rentals, the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce board of directors announced earlier in January. The Chamber...

NOT TO BE MISSED Jan. 20, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Museum of Northwest Art Inside an Artist & Scientist Collaboration: 66 Birds/3 Degrees Museum of Northwest Art121 1st StreetLa Conner, WA, 98257 Jan. 20, 7 p.m. Pelican Bay Books, 520 Commercial,...

Food security remains a concern locally, so organizations and volunteers are expanding their efforts to meet the need. Helping Hands at Swinomish is one such enterprise. It received 850 visits in 2023 after starting in late 2022. On Thursday...

NOT TO BE MISSED Tuesday, Jan.16, 2024, at 6 p.m. Town of La Conner Planning Commission Meeting For a current Agenda go to www.townoflaconner.org Sign up for “Notify Me” to get current Town Information Jan. 20, 7 p.m. Pelican Bay Books, 520 Com...

For much of the last century, fish hatcheries have been built in the Northwest, across the U.S. and around the world to boost fish populations where wild numbers have gone down. But an analysis of more than 200 studies on hatcheries programs meant...

By Glen Johnson Agritourism, is it a good thing or bad? A wedding in a farmer’s backyard is a great place and time to congratulate the couple, while also putting the spready on the table. Foods from area farms could be shared, marketed and sold to t...

NOT TO BE MISSED Saturday, Jan 6: Indivisible Skagit is planning a signwaving at 2 p.m.along George Hopper Road up to the intersection with Burlington Boulevard in Burlington (by Costco). The theme will be protecting our democracy/rights. We welcome...

NOT TO BE MISSED The Stanwood Area Historical Society presents: Jazzin’ with the Classics for Christmas Thursday, Dec. 28 7 p.m. Lloyd Norgaard Cultural Center, Stanwood, 27130 102nd Ave. NW more info: 360-629-6110 or www.candlelightnw.org S...

Local grocery shoppers pause and compare prices. They add up the rising costs of food and wonder how they will afford their next meal. This is how Arin Magill, director of the La Conner Sunrise Food Bank, defines food insecurity: concern about where...

Tomorrow, Dec. 21, is the solstice, the shortest day of the year. In BCE, Before the Common Era, and for all the centuries in our Common Era, people have celebrated the end of the year’s dark period and the beginning again of the coming of the l...