14+ hour, 37+ min ago   (316+ words) The city of Anacortes plans to sell a warehouse to Lopez Island Creamery for $2.2 million and then lease back space for Fire Station No. 3, which has called the building home since 2007. The city and the ice cream company announced the…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (334+ words) SEDRO-WOOLLEY — Walk for Recovery, an event highlighting National Recovery Month, begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the old car lot at 115 West Ferry St. in Sedro-Woolley. The event, which is free and open to the public, has a theme of “Recovery…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (852+ words) Marie Maue (right) works on a piece depicting the Skagit Valley in pastels while in Phoebe Smith's art studio in Clear Lake. Differing colors and shades of pastels await use by the artists. Cheryl Lockhart carefully adds the finishing touches…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (389+ words) Island Health CEO Elise Cutter talks with U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen about Affordable Care Act subsidies and looming changes to Medicaid on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Anacortes. ANACORTES — The CEO of Island Health has decided to “step away” after nearly five years…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (389+ words) Island Health CEO Elise Cutter talks with U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen about Affordable Care Act subsidies and looming changes to Medicaid on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Anacortes. ANACORTES — The CEO of Island Health has decided to “step away” after nearly five years…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (96+ words) goSkagit - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) FILE - Portraits of Presidents Donald Trump and Theodore Roosevelt hang above the Department of Labor in Washington, July 7, 2026. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (129+ words) In today's Skagit Valley Herald, reporter Ava Ronning gives readers an update on the financial struggles of the Burlington-Edison School District. Ronning reports that with a projected $1.4 million negative fund balance expected by the end of the school year, the…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (287+ words) LA CONNER — In a La Conner School Board meeting Tuesday, board members and district staff shared budget updates and goals for the new school year. The teacher’s union decided to extend its contract into the 2026-27 school year. The contract is…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (109+ words) goSkagit - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) People walk through the Empty Sky 9/11 Memorial as the Tribute in Light is tested over the lower Manhattan skyline, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Jersey City, NJ. There was a problem…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (153+ words) Helping Hands Chief Development Officer Mandi Rothman shows Impact Luncheon attendees the nonprofit’s new mobile food truck. Helping Hands Chief Development Officer Mandi Rothman (left) and Helping Hands CEO Rebecca Skrinde at the nonprofit’s Impact Luncheon on Wednesday at McIntyre…...