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Monday Jan 11 7:16 p.m.: Can I get a lift? – Someone at Pioneer Market in La Conner was looking for a ride toMount Vernon. When deputies arrived, they were gone. Tuesday Jan 12 12:40 p.m.: That stinks. – A 47-year-old man was arrested near theMorris Street public restrooms in La Conner for outstanding warrants. Wednesday Jan 13 2:07 p.m.: Sassy Student – A La Conner High School student threatened a teacher. It was decided that the incident will be handled by the school. 6:37 p.m.: Plastered pedestrian – A woman was repor...
La Conner School District is in a historic situation — school officials are campaigning furi-ously to convince people to vote in two levies totaling nearly $1.5 million. For decades, La Conner residents have passed school bonds and levies in a landslide, with little more than a ballot question. Things are different this time, as ballots are mailed this week to some 3,500 voters. This time most of the voters are being asked to tax their neighbors, not themselves. After the locally infamous Great Wolf Lodge federal court decision, more...
Remember mindlessly dropping that junk mail into that blue bin in the lobby of the La Conner Post Office? Chances are you might have recently found yourself picking up that mail off the floor with the sudden disappearance of the post office recycle bin. Until last week, post office box renters could shed their unsolicited mail at the post office before taking their necessary mail home. Postal Service cutbacks put a stop to that. “Last year USPS stopped approving funding for recycling,” said La...
She came to La Conner in the 1980s to build upon the foundation laid here for girls athletics. Since then, Peg Seeling has helped raise the roof for all La Conner sports teams. Her work hasn’t gone unnoticed, either locally or around the state. Seeling, who has coached multiple sports while at La Conner Schools, was recently named District One Athletic Director of the Year and will be formally honored during ceremonies in Spokane in late April. District One is a sub-group of the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association and is composed o...
