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La Conner volunteers are being trained as civilian emergency responders, and now the community is working to put equipment in place to help cope with possible disasters or other threats to the town. The town has received an $8,500 grant from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation for a new emergency response trailer, being equipped with support from the volunteers trained as the Community Emergency Response Team. The team not part of but will work in cooperation with the fire department and other professional emergency crews. The new trailer will...
Closing in on two years in the making, the latest and most powerful addition to Dunlap Towing Company’s tugboat fleet is setting sail soon. La Conner-based Dunlap Towing is putting the finishing touches on the Gretchen Dunlap, a new tractor tug scheduled to be in operation by the end of February. The new tugboat is 101 feet long with a beam of 42 feet and a fuel capacity of 80,000 gallons. Designed for ship assist, the Gretchen will continue Dunlap Towing Company’s work assisting ships into ber...
