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With a New Year, comes a new commander at La Conner’s Sheriff’s station. Effective this week, Skagit County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kelly Howell takes the reins from Sgt. Jenny Sheahan-Lee, who has been in charge of La Conner’s police protection for the past three years. Sheahan-Lee will become the detective sergeant for the county’s law enforcement agency. La Conner contracts with the Sheriff’s Office for the town’s police protection. Besides being in charge of the La Conner detachment, Howell will a...
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...
La Conner School District officials have scheduled meetings with voters to answer questions about two proposed school levies that will appear on ballots to be mailed soon. The first meeting is today, Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Maple Hall in La Conner. Another meeting is scheduled at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, Jan. 13. The school district is hoping that voters will approve the levies totaling nearly $1.5 million to replace voter-approved funding that expires at the end of this year. A proposed maintenance and operations...
Monday Dec 28 11:02 a.m.: Puppy care – A caller was worried about the condition of someone’s dogs onMorris Street in La Conner. 8:59 p.m.: Evening drama – Verbal argument on 4th Street in La Conner. Tuesday Dec 29 3:18 p.m.: Honey I’m home! – An intoxicated person thought they arrived at home, but in fact they arrived at the library in La Conner. Literature can’t even explain this… this is not a joke. 7:22 p.m.: Booze snooze – An intoxicated person was transported to the hospital fromMorris Street in La Conne...
