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A floating garden tended by someone who lives on a nearby sailboat has been getting lots of attention from passers by on the La Conner boardwalk....
Local history literally morphed into a current event at nearby Bowman Bay on Saturday. Visitors enjoying a rare free admission day to Deception Pass State Park plied bay waters aboard traditional-style dugout canoes – Puget Sound’s original form of mass transit – as part of the 10th annual Salish Sea Native American Cultural Celebration. The all-day gathering featured an array of singers, drummers, storytellers, and cedar crafters, all of whom helped weave together the unique f...
La Conner luminaries turned out in droves for the premiere of “La Conner PD: The Big Elvis File,” at the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon on Saturday. Parked in front of the theatre was the actual movie car, owned by producer Guy Vallee. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Due to low enrollment for the summer program, the La Conner Boys & Girls Club will close on Friday. According to Ron McHenry, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County, the clubs in Anacortes and Mount Vernon are seeing record summer enrollment, but in La Conner only about 15 kids signed up. “Some days there were only 9,” McHenry said. The cost of the summer program is $100 per week, but “we’re lowering the price to $75 for La Conner parents to help pick up the cost of gas and time to get to another club,” he said. Ken...
The La Conner High School Class of 2015....
The La Conner High School girls 4X100 Relay team finished second in state at the championship track meet held late last month at Eastern Washington University in Cheny. Here, clowning for a celebratory photo from left are Heather Hendrickson, Emma Lee, Kamea Pino and Sofie Thulen. – Photo by Debbie Thulen...
Raymond Robert Powers, a longtime resident of Shelter Bay, died peacefully on Friday, June 5, in Mount Vernon. Ray was born on March 20, 1924 on the family farm near Mauston, Wisconsin, the son of Edmund and Winifred Powers, the fourth of 11 children. When World War II was declared, he joined the Marine Corps at 17, where he rose to the rank of Technical Sergeant. He saw action in the South Pacific, where he survived two kamikaze attacks and participated in the invasion of Okinawa and the battle...
Monday June 1 10:25 a.m.: Morning snort – Two people were cited for drinking alcohol in public on a bench nearGilkey Square in La Conner. 11:11 a.m.: Theft – Somebody stole one of the new bollards the town put in to protect pedestrians at the south end of the La Conner boardwalk. 11:27 a.m.: Threatening – Somebody with a mental health issue near Pioneer Market in La Conner sparked a call to law enforcement. Tuesday June 2 6:26 a.m.: Roll-over – Somebody drove their vehicle too fast into a corner atFirIsland and Maupin ro...
