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Four young men file into the classroom of the Skagit County Juvenile Detention center across the way from the county court house in Mount Vernon on a Wednesday after Christmas. Matt Malyon, a chaplain with the jail and juvenile detention center through Tierra Nueva and creator of the Underground Writing program, sets up his handouts on tables. The four teens in bright orange sweatshirts and sweatpants pull out black notebooks with Underground Writing stickers on the front brought in by a young...
With 2016 in the past, new calendars pinned to kitchen walls, and a few business days into 2017, we’re looking back at a few of La Conner’s big stories of 2016, some of which will be impacting the new year as well. School funding woes In February, for the first time in local history, voters rejected the La Conner School District’s bid for renewed levies to replace expiring funds: one was for maintenance and operations, and another for technology. The levies would have included $1.5 million of funding for the schools for 2017 and 2018. The s...
Though short-handed, it was La Conner’s Braves who enjoyed the upper hand in terms of roster depth in an emotional rematch victory over Nooksack Valley in Port Townsend on Friday. The La Conner bench played a big role in a hard-fought 45-37 win over the Pioneers on the second and final day of the 10th annual Crush in the Slush Invitational Tournament. Minus two starters – including leading scorer Budda Luna – who had played in a previous home loss to Nooksack, La Conner head coach Scott Novak revamped his lineup and was rewarded w...
Skagit Co. Sheriff’s Office Tuesday Dec 27 5:11 p.m.: Stranded – A woman staying ata La Conner hotel was upset after her husband took off and left her there. They had been in an argument and the husband left town on a boat. Deputies assisted in getting her back home toOlympia. Wednesday Dec 28 9:15 a.m.: Dinged dinghy – A dinghy was damaged while tied to the back of a sailboat docked in La Conner Marina. Unknown cause. Thursday Dec 29 3:18 p.m.: Happy cows – Animal control was asked to check on livestock inConway. There w...
