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NOT TO BE MISSED Feb. 23: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Community blood drive in the La Conner High School Gymnasium, 404 N. Sixth St., La Conner. Coordinated by Bloodworks Northwest and local volunteers. Feb. 25, noon. Edison Chicken Parade. Downtown Edison. Feb....

C.J. Edwards scored a season-high 17 points to go along with his usual deft passing in leading La Conner to a convincing 56-39 NW2B/1B boys’ basketball win over Mount Vernon Christian at a packed DeKok Court on Jan. 30. Edwards, the reigning S...

Youth will be served. Sometimes, but not last week. The La Conner High School girls’ basketball team, with several eighth graders in key roles, fell 56-30 to a solid and veteran Mount Vernon Christian lineup before a large Jan. 30 Senior Night crowd...

The Museum of Northwest Art on first Street is brimming with newly opened exhibits and they are free. “Silva Cascadia: Under the Spell of the Forest” features noteworthy Northwest women artists whose works center around the fecund dialogue with trees...

NOT TO BE MISSED Feb. 7: 5-6 p.m. Free Virtual trip to Nepal La Conner Swinomish Library. Teri Goldstein shares images and stories from Nepal. Feb. 8: 3-4 p.m. Chinese New Year’s Craft Help create a dragon to hang in the library window. La Conner S...

The Local Journalism Committee of the League of Women Voters of Skagit County is planning four presentations to further public knowledge about elections. Each of the events will be open to the public. There will not be any speeches by any... Full story

There will be a community presentation about a feasibility study for a grant to allow solar and the storage of energy at the Town’s Fire Hall and at the La Conner School District campus Saturday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. at the La Conner Swinomish L...

Last week I visited Coupeville for lunch. While there, I decided to ask a bunch of business owners and workers what they thought of the angled parking on their First Street because there is talk about doing that here. I started on the parking side...

The complete weather, Swinomish senate election and school board meeting stories from the Jan. 24 issue can be read on the Weekly News website. Subscribers can call the Weekly News office and sign up for free online access, free with their... Full story

Just as regular as the harvest, the time has arrived for the annual Skagit Ag Summit. It will convene Friday, Feb. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Washington State University’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center. The meeting is an e...

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...

Sunday, January 21 11:01 a.m. Ditched— Subjects left the roadway and got stuck in the ditch. Deputies arrived and contacted two subjects who were trying to get the car out but could not move it. The driver was contacted and arrested for DUI. Best Roa...

Last Thursday I reached out to Rep. Dave Paul (and our two other state reps as well) and shared my frustrations and asked for help over the La Conner Drug Store closing. Here is the core of my message to Rep. Paul: Don’t know if you can do a...

Our democracy is strongest with full and equal participation in free, fair and secure elections. This means protecting your right to vote and having your vote counted. That’s why I introduced House Bill 2023, which increases language assistance in o...

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

Braves hoop team blister nets, win 2 With a frigid winter cold snap outside, the La Conner Braves turned up the heat inside gyms at Coupeville and Darrington for a pair of key NW2B/1B high school hoops triumphs last week. Fittingly, given the...

The La Conner High School girls’ basketball team saved its best for last at Coupeville. Entering the fourth quarter deadlocked, the Lady Braves finished with an 18-4 spurt that secured a 46-32 NW2B/1B triumph Jan. 16, extending their winning s...

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...