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A honeybee was putting in overtime in a La Conner garden over the weekend. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Candidates trying to file for November’s General Election hit a major snag on Tuesday morning. The state Secretary of State’s election website experienced a major outage, possibly due to “utilization spikes.” Gabrielle Clay with the elections division of the Skagit County Auditors Office said her department couldn’t even access local information on the administrative end. The problem was resolved early in the afternoon, and candidate filing week resumed. In La Conner, Mayor Ramon Hayes announced last week that he will seek another term, and...
While teachers in school districts across Washington were staging one-day walkouts to demonstrate their frustration with the level of state funding for education, La Conner educators took a different path. Instead of giving kids a day off and disrupting family schedules, the La Conner teachers took their message directly to the legislators, who might be able to do something about their concerns. Shortly after school was out on Friday afternoon, teachers and a scattering of students and community members gathered in the high school library,...
Timing in life is everything. And there was little time to waste on Friday for the La Conner High softball team, which made fast work of Orcas in a key doubleheader that got a late start due to a delayed ferry schedule. The Lady Braves improved to 6-1 in NW2B action and 10-5 overall with a convincing sweep of the home twinbill. La Conner, despite a shaky start, defeated Orcas 7-3 in the opener behind an eight-strikeout effort from junior hurler Olivia Hedlund. The hosts followed up with a 9-1 triumph in the nightcap as Elizabeth Tripp singled...
Monday May 4 11:29 a.m.: Drug problem – A student was found to be in possession of marijuana and alcohol at La Conner High School. 11:38 a.m.: Vandalism – Postal employees refused to let someone get into another patron’s post office box, and the person who tried to get the mail damaged one of the boxes at La Conner Post Office trying to gain entry. 2:46 p.m.: More vandalism – Somebody cut the fuel line on a truck parked behind Pioneer Market in La Conner. Tuesday May 5 1:54 a.m.: Argument – Someone reported a fight outsi...
Dunlap Towing tug Port Gardner pulls a load past La Conner, a typical sunny workday along the Swinomish Channel. – Photo by Don CoyoteDunlap Towing tug Port Gardner pulls a load past La Conner, a typical sunny workday along the Swinomish Channel. – Photo by Don Coyote...
