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Bones, of the performing canine group Puget Sound Dockdogs, had a jump recorded at 23 feet, 9 inches during the Skagit River Salmon Festival held last weekend at the Swinomish Casino. – Photo by Don Coyote...
With taxpayers on the east side of Swinomish Channel already circulating petitions seeking to break away from Fire District 13 to join Fire District 2, Skagit County officials had to hit the books to figure out what the process entails. Residents detaching from a tax supported district in Skagit County hasn’t been done in so long nobody can remember it happening before. And according to one state lawmaker, doing so could take an act of the Legislature to make it possible. Skagit County Elections Supervisor David Cunningham had to do special r...
A Fish and Game Enforcement officer for the Swinomish Tribe was arrested and charged with theft and wire fraud in federal court this month. Robert Scott Miller, 44, was employed by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community when he allegedly used a tribal Key Bank credit card to purchase boat parts, fuel, a chainsaw and rifle bags that were never delivered to or used by the tribe’s Fish and Game Department. Since Key Bank’s headquarters is Fargo, North Dakota, according to court documents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that transmitting the inf...
For generations La Conner’s volunteer firefighters had been called to action by an old 1950s civil defense “air raid” siren. In 2011, bending to the will of some lodging proprietors, the Town Council voted to eliminate the howling siren during weekdays, when the fire station was manned 24 hours per day. Several weeks ago, the last volunteer to man the station round-the-clock left, but the siren wasn’t turned back on. Maybe few have noticed the five-cycle warble has been missing for awhile, but come Oct. 1, people will notice its return....
Officers from the Swinomish Police Department led a multi-agency team that took down a large illegal drug operation at a home on Second Street in Swinomish Village. Police Chief Rick Balam said that because serving the search warrant on that house was considered a “high risk entry,” agents from the FBI, U.S. Marshal’s Office, federal and state corrections departments, Skagit County Sheriff’s and the U.S. Border Patrol drug canine all assisted. Officers found very large amounts of heroin as well as methamphetamine, prescription narcoti...
The La Conner Braves were true road warriors on Friday. La Conner crossed the Cascades as part of a long trip to Kittitas, but the Braves saved their peak effort for the gridiron, romping past Colfax 47-16 to remain unbeaten in two starts on the young campaign. The mountain passes were nearly eclipsed by those of La Conner quarterback James Hulbert, who completed 12 of 16 tosses for 185 yards and a pair of touchdowns. “James had another solid game at quarterback,” Braves head coach Johnny Lee said afterward. “His decision-making is conti...
A tough league soccer opener at Friday Harbor proved Taylor-made for a thrilling Lady Braves finish. Taylor Reimland scored twice, including an unassisted goal during a frenetic second half, to give La Conner a hard-fought 2-1 triumph last Thursday. The narrow victory was essential in terms of La Conner’s NW2B title hopes, veteran Lady Braves head coach Amy Freeto said going in. “I couldn’t think of a more fitting way to start the season,” she noted beforehand, than by, “jumping into our toughest competition and (doing so) on the road.” It...
For the La Conner High volleyball team, it’s a simple matter of reward outweighing risk. Putting themselves on the line — and at the net — against larger school foes in non-league matches runs the risk of suffering deflating early losses. But the reward of character-building tests — win or lose — is just too great for Lady Braves head coach Suzanne Marble to pass up. “We like to push our girls by playing a tough non-league schedule,” she said Sunday. By then, the Lady Braves had swept both 4A Woodinville and 3A Squal...
Mary Scott Fayé Ballantine Reinhardt, following a stroke died, peacefully at her home in La Conner on Monday, August 24, 2015. She was 88 years old. Mary was born February 10, 1927 in Makaweli, Kauai to parents Lindsay Anton and Gertrude Leilani Scott Fayé. A descendant of missionary and sugar industry families, Mary attended Punahou School in Honolulu until World War II broke out, and she was sent to school in the San Francisco Bay area, returning to Waimea to finish high school...
Monday, September 7 10:52 a.m.: Speeding – A vehicle onFir Island Road inConway coming from the north fork end of theSkagitRiver was reported to be speeding. 12:19 p.m.: Car in the way – Somebody parked their vehicle blocking a clearly-marked driveway onMorris Street in La Conner, blocking in out-of-town parked in the driveway who needed to leave. Deputies could not find contact information for the vehicle’s owner, so it was both ticketed and towed. Tuesday, September 8 5:54 p.m.: Inappropriate email – An ex sent an email t...
Willie Montoya cooked hundreds of salmon dinners at the festival that celebrated the food’s namesake over the weekend. – Photo by Don Coyote...
