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La Conner Schools officials plan to schedule public workshops on the upcoming school budget before voters decide the fate of a pared-down, second-try levy request. School Finance Director Bonnie Haley said voters will be asked to approve a one-year levy of $995,000. Ballots will be mailed to registered voters on April 8 and counted on April 26. The new levy vote comes before the budget is set in July for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year, but the district wants community participation in the budget process before the election. Public budget...
La Conner resident and Swinomish Indian Tribal Com-munity member Clayton Charles Day “Gul gs ka dub II,” died at age 27 on Wednesday, February 24. Clayton was born and raised on the Swinomish Reservation. He was born on March 28, 1988 to Marlene Stone and Jackson Day. He attended La Conner Schools, and he loved to play basketball, canoe racing and hanging with his family and friends. Clayton was a member of the Catholic Church, the Smokehouse and a commercial fisherman. Clayton begin fis...
Tuesday Feb 23 12:28 p.m.: Please check – A woman inYakima was having trouble contacting a friend who lives onFirIsland road in Conway and asked deputies to check on her. There was no problem. The deputy asked theConway resident to call her worried friend. 10:39 p.m.: Boat alarm – An alarm was going off on a boat moored at La Conner Marina. The alarm stopped sounding, and deputies couldn’t locate a boat with trouble aboard. Thursday Feb 25 1:02 p.m.: Junk heap – A farmer onFirIsland asked to have an old beater left on their p...