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The $995,000 La Conner Schools levy was headed for a big win on Tuesday, with the initial ballot count showing nearly 61 percent “yes” votes. This was the second try this year for La Conner School District to receive voter approval for an operating levy. In February voters rejected a pair of school levies that would have imposed nearly $1.5 million in property taxes homeowners. On Tuesday only ballots on hand before the election boxes closed at 8 p.m. were counted and there were already hundreds more ballots cast than in the February election....
La Conner School District’s months-long wrangling over workmanship with the contractor hired to build the new middle school has finally landed in court. Since last summer, at the district’s monthly board meet-ings, project manager Bryan Young has been bringing up various “punch list” items that he was working to get Babbit Neuman Construction Company to address. The upshot is that the school district has still not accepted the new La Conner Middle School building, which opened Sept. 2, as a completed project. That’s because the district...
The Washington State Auditor’s office reported on Monday that it issued two “findings” against La Conner School District after examining some financial records. While most of the areas checked in the district’s yearly audit had no problems, the auditor issued findings — which are formal, documented criticisms — over two errors the district had caught and remedied long before the audit was conducted. The auditor’s office found that the district over-reported children on tribal land in its application for federal impact aid and that...
Monday April 18 10:24 a.m.: Missing something? – A tourist called to report losing his passport somewhere on the waterfront board walk in La Conner. 6:42 p.m.: Suspicious vehicle – There was a report of a suspicious vehicle onDodge Valley Road east of La Conner. The caller thought it looked like someone was stealing mail. When deputies stopped the vehicle, the driver turned out to be an elderly woman who was lost. 8:49 p.m.: Pooch walkabout – A black and grey German shepherd mix dog was found onS. Fourth Street in La Conner....
