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They’re perfect in league play thus far. That’s the good news for the La Conner High girls’ basketball team. The better news is the Lady Braves continue to improve. “Our defense and rebounding are really getting better,” insisted La Conner head coach Scott Novak, whose team was 12-2 overall and 6-0 in NW2B action going into Tuesday’s late conference date at Concrete. This after La Conner defeated league rivals Shoreline Christian and Friday Harbor and 1A South Whidbey in succession last week....
Monday Jan 9 2:46 p.m.: Hit and run – A vehicle was parked in the Drug Store parking lot in La Conner, and struck by another car. The attack car fled the scene. Tuesday Jan 10 10:58 a.m.: Noises! – An 18-year-old woman was home alone and heard what she thought to be prowlers walking around her home onMorris Street in La Conner. They were gone before deputies arrived. 5:17 p.m.: Shh! – Noise complaint at the 900 Block onMaple Avenue, in La Conner. The report was for loud voices coming from a neighboring apartment, the noise...
Snee-oosh Beach offers a beautiful waterside view, but also carries a lingering threat of occasional flooding. In March 2016, a section of Chilberg Avenue on the Swinomish Reservation was overtaken by Skagit Bay’s tidal waters. The water flowed onto several homeowners’ yards on McGlinn Drive, damaging the properties. Five homeowners decided to build a 250- to 300-foot-long “garden wall,” spanning across their yards in hopes of preventing a repeat occurrence. However, the project has not gone sm...
The La Conner School District has recently experienced a six-fold increase in migrant student enrollment, jumping from 18 to 118. The new number accounts for about 20 percent of the district’s current 575 enrollment, giving La Conner the highest percentage of migrant students in the county. Because La Conner’s migrant student population has typically hovered in the lower numbers — fewer than 20 — the climbing numbers surprised school officials, prompting them to look into gov...
Eulalia “Lala” Ruiz, 82 of Mount Vernon, died peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, January 12. She was born on June 16, 1934 in Lyford, Texas to Isidro Reina and Trinidad Rodriguez. She attended school in San Perlita, Texas. On September 3, 1948, she married Antonio “Tony” Ruiz and began their family together. They settled in La Conner, where she worked at the Lighthouse Inn for many years and later moved to Mount Vernon. Lala had a contagious smile and laugh. She enjoyed being with he...
