Three years ago Meyer Sign & Advertising Company launched a blog series dedicated to “telling the stories of the people, places and things that make the Skagit Valley a magical place to live.” The Mount Vernon business called this “Tales of the Magic Skagit.”

Some 80 episodes later, not counting many other stories that make up the “Behind the Sign” section of their website (www.meyersign/articles), “Tales of the Magic Skagit” has attracted a respectable and highly engaged audience that not only enjoys reading stories of their community’s past and present, but also enjoys...