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2024 Legislature wrap-up: Lowering the cost of living, fighting for your benefits
March 7 marked the last day of the 2024 legislative session – and I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve. For two years as your state representative, I worked as hard as p...
Town Hall with Rep. Paul, Mayor Hanneman
Join Rep. David Paul and Mayor Marna Hanneman for a town hall event from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at La Conner Swinomish Library, 520 Morris St., La Conner....
Tulip Valley Farms pair back in court
Tulip Valley Farms proprietor Andrew Miller and Mount Vernon farmer Larry Jensen are named defendants in Skagit County Superior Court for pretrial hearings March 21 with the Skagit County Prosecutor’s Office for the August 2023 lawsuit the county f...
This week's color is yellow
BRIGHT SUN, BLUE SKY, YELLOW DAFFODILS, OH MY – Last weekend was a perfect trifecta for tourists to swarm the western Skagit Valley for the hundreds of acres of daffodils in bloom, as this field at B...
'MOST CERTAINLY A TREASURE'
Daffodils have bloomed and tulips aren't far behind. Soon, thousands of people will descend upon the La Conner flats to enjoy vividly colored fields here. It's hard to imagine, any among the throngs...
Civic leaders keynote La Conner Rotary Farmers and Merchants dinner
Harvest time on the La Conner flats is months away, but the time is ripe now to cultivate goodwill. That was the prevailing theme at the annual La Conner Rotary Club Farmers and Merchants Night...
Biden and Trump win Washington presidential primary
Voters in Skagit County and statewide in Washington chose President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the March 12 presidential primary. With all but some 1,000 votes counted Monday for Skagit County, Biden has 87.8% among five...
Public Works starts flood barrier removal
The high tide of saltwater flood season has passed. Town Administrator Scott Thomas said the final king tide on Swinomish Channel until next fall will allow removal of flood barriers that have lined the La Conner waterfront for months. “If you w...
Fire district preps for March 30 windstorm exercise
You play how you practice. That was the mantra shared last Thursday by Skagit County Fire District 13 Commission chair Bruce Shellhamer, a former Sedro-Woolley High School sports standout. He wasn’t alluding to athletics. He was talking about the f...
Speeding up news delivery to 98273 ZIP code
For the 170 or so La Conner Weekly News subscribers who have a Mount Vernon ZIP code, we’ll get our news to you a few days quicker now. Skagit Publishing in Mount Vernon prints the Weekly News every Tuesday night and delivers addressed bundles to t...
Give feedback on SKAT service
Skagit Transit wants citizen feedback on a comprehensive service analysis it’s conducting to optimize public transportation for residents across Skagit County. This analysis will play a role in SKAT’s Long-Range Transit Plan, reflecting the age...
Oh, so good! Student wins art award
A La Conner fourth grader has learning down to an art form. Halley Oh received a statewide Award of Excellence for Visual Arts, ranking second in her age group (grades 3-5) in the Washington State...
Historical Museum signs Mortenson for exhibit
Inside Mortenson Signs on the corner of Avon Allen Road and Bennett Road is an explosion of colorful signs and art. This hints at the body of work Bob Mortenson has made since he opened the shop in...
Far out, man!
GREEN WAS THE NIGHT'S COLOR – The La Conner Firefighters Association held its annual St. Patrick's Day Dance fundraiser at Maple Hall Saturday with music by DJ Vonn. It was their first year without B...
Enrollment slump continues for La Conner
La Conner Schools officials are bracing for fewer students again this fall. School district financial chief David Cram is projecting 460 full-time K-12 enrolled students in 2024-25, 30 fewer than this year. “That’s the number we’ll use as we build...
It's a very breezy Pet Parade
A cold wind ripped up the Swinomish Channel, swirled around Gilkey Square on Saturday and undid plans for the La Conner Pet Parade's red-carpet walk. Still, around 50 registrants and a small crowd of...
Citizens see Moore-Clark building dangers
Earth, wind and fire. It's not just a famous 1970s soul band. The three elements also represent threats to the vacant and dilapidated Moore-Clark warehouse and areas around the former industrial hub,...
Zero-emission school buses on the horizon
School districts will be required to transition to zero emission school buses under a law recently approved by the state House and Senate. The bill received numerous amendments after districts voiced...
Town still focusing on First St. parking and traffic solutions
Town officials say they heard plenty of valued input during the recent community mingle addressing First Street parking and traffic issues, but there’s still plenty of time to get the last word in. “We haven’t taken anything off the table,” Town As...
La Conner will mull options for Jenson property development
Town officials over the next few months will begin examining potential options for the Jenson property located south of Channel Cove near the Maple Avenue approach to Pioneer Park. The Jenson family sold the land to the town at a reduced price – a...
Town leaders mourn death of key advisor
New La Conner Emergency Management Commission chair Jerry George had sad news to share when the panel met March 5 at Maple Hall. George had the unenviable task of announcing the death of commission charter member Duane Carpenter, 64, whose expertise...
King tide season ends this week
The last king tides of this winter season are this week on the Swinomish Channel. The USHarbors.com tide table predicted 11-foot-plus tides Monday-Wednesday mornings and a 10.9-foot tide March 16 at 8:27 a.m. The last 10.9-foot tide is scheduled for...
Signs of springtime
GETTING DAFFODILS TO THE STORE – Local fields are yellow with flowers now, but farmworkers have been working in the fields since February. Monday, they were doing the hard work of getting flowers r...
Shelter Bay board to be questioned in court case
The five Shelter Bay Community board directors sued by former community resident Jan Henrie almost a year ago are making another attempt to dismiss Henrie’s Skagit County Superior Court civil complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duty and m...
Another Shelter Bay Community director resigns board position
Shelter Bay Board of Director Dan McCaughan resigned in late February. An email to residents from the Shelter Bay Community announced his resignation Feb. 28 and broadcast the “immediate board position opening” seeking applicants to replace him. The...
