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In order to replace an ageing water main and keep La Conner’s clean, fresh tap water flowing, the Town Council has been asked to hike residents’ utility bills. The biggest increase will be in the water portion of the town bills, which also include charges for sewer and storm drain services. According to town Engineer Evan Henke, the water bill should go up 10 percent this year and by another 5 percent in each of the next two years to pay for necessary repairs and maintenance. Meanwhile, the town’s sewer bill has an automatic increase, accor...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Chairman Brian Cladoosby and his wife, Nina, were guests of the President and First Lady at a White House State Dinner last week. They joined President and Mrs. Obama and 350 other world leaders and celebrities at a dinner honoring His Excellency President Francois Hollande of France on Feb. 11. Cladoosby is the President of the National Congress of American Indians, a powerful organization that advocates on behalf of Native American tribal governments and...
It’s been a long season, but La Conner High wrestlers can’t wait to go to the mat one more time. Only now, it’ll be on the big stage. Five La Conner grapplers have advanced to Mat Classic XXVI at the Tacoma Dome this Friday and Saturday, after having survived recent Regional trials in Darrington and Burlington. Josh Summers, Ben Harper, Riley Morgan, and Sid Lease are Mat Classic qualifiers, after having placed at the boys’ 2B Regional Meet in Darrington. Frances Ziemantz returns a second straight year to Tacoma, after reaching the finals...
La Conner’s quest for a District boys’ hoop crown was anything but carved in stone early in the Braves’ title matchup with Concrete at home Friday night. But while Concrete rocked in the first quarter, building an early 11-4 lead, the Braves eventually rolled to a convincing 66-38 triumph before a large crowd at Landy James Gym. The upset-minded Lions were ultimately buried by a landslide of deep treys launched by La Conner three-point specialist Skylar Krueger, who led all scorers with 22 po...
You might say the Lady Braves literally stole the District hoop title from Orcas Friday night. La Conner head coach Scott Novak would rather term it a case of his club taking care of business late in regulation and in overtime to cash in on a hard-fought, 62-59 blue-collar victory. La Conner trailed by 10 points midway through the fourth quarter before forcing a series of Orcas turnovers, the last of which was a steal and layup by Lauren Reynolds with 19 seconds left that tied the score at 57-57...
Monday Feb 10 3:30 p.m.: Suspicious – A resident ofCaledonia Street in La Conner received a phone call that sounded suspicious. Tuesday Feb. 11 7:50 p.m.: Lost phone – Someone left their cell phone on a coffee table at the La Conner Country Inn and when they came back for it, the phone was gone and nobody had turned it in. 9:32 p.m.: Alarm – An alarm went off at the La Conner School District. Nothing was amiss and it is thought the wind set it off. Wednesday Feb 12 9:39 a.m.: Worried friend – Deputies tracked down a...
Well-known Northwest artists Ed Kamuda and Gregg Laananen were out during a storm to paint the surf from a wet and rocky spot at Rosario Beach the other day. – Photo by Don Coyote...
