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Staff at the Skagit County Assessor’s Office worked through the holiday weekend to come up with the new levy rates for property taxes in the La Conner area. Under the state’s property tax calendar schedule, the levies were to be finished and provided to the County Treasurer by last Thursday, Jan. 15. But they weren’t. Removing 931 parcels from the tax rolls in the La Conner School District threw a big wrench into the system, and the Assessor’s Office had to stretch the deadline. On Tuesday, “I think we’re real close,” said County Assessor Dave...
A Fir Island couple checks out the neighborhood from a perch near the North Fork bridge. This eagle pair tends a large nest along the Skagit River. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Some people come here just to look at the snow geese. For others, it’s time to stock the freezer. This was the scene the other day north of La Conner Marina. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Former La Conner resident Robert J. Crim died on Wednesday, January 7 at the age of 92. Born in Yakima, to Walter and Kathryn Crim, on August 12, 1922, Bob was the third youngest of four brothers. Growing up his family lived in Yakima, Deep River, Alberta, Canada, Seattle and Mount Vernon. He graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1940. Bob attended business school until he enlisted in the Army in 1942. He was stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska serving in communications at the outposts of...
Sunday Jan 11 3:53 p.m.: Seemed odd – A census worker was asking a La Conner resident about a neighboring home. Monday Jan 12 1:51 p.m.: Reported theft – A resident of North 1st St. in La Conner reported a wallet missing from a purse. Tuesday Jan 13 4:11 a.m.: Double crunch – There was a rollover accident near theNorth ForkBridge onFir Island Road near Rexville. Then a vehicle stopping to assist struck the guardrail. Wednesday Jan 14 9:37 p.m.: Theft – The father of aConway woman’s child took several credit cards while s...
After years of lobbying by town officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to fund a study aimed at building a dike to protect La Conner from flooding from the Skagit River. Under the Corp’ dike proposal, if the study proves the project to be feasible, it would be built in 2018. And the agency is ready to fund $100,000 for the feasibility study, which will begin this year. If the engineering study costs exceed that first chunk of money, the town would kick in for half the overage. Should the plan move forward, a new levy would be bu...
