Skagit County did not yet exist when the first issue of The Bellingham Bay Mail rolled of the presses in June 1873. The paper became the Puget Sound Mail after its 1878 move to La Conner.

La Conner rightly claims the crown as the place where a newspaper has been published weekly for the longest continuous time in Washington.

You might say the Weekly News is genuine. Newspapers are a Skagit County original – five years older than the county’s formation. This one proudly continues the Mail’s heritage. Now the La Conner Weekly News carries the mark of “Genuine Skagit Valley.” Tha...