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All decked out for fall, this friendly looking scarecrow stands before Hedlin Farm’s iconic barn with Ika Island in the background. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Friday night another truck and boat trailer slid into the Swinomish Channel and sunk. By morning it had drifted from the town of La Conner’s public boat launch on Sherman Street and wound up just south of the Rainbow Bridge, offering this view to motorists. The accident was reported right around low tide on Friday night. In June a Mount Vernon man suffered the same mishap when he attempted to launch a tiny fishing boat at low tide. – Photo by Pete Caple...
La Conner property owners packed Maple Hall Thursday to hear their local representatives give them the dire news: There is no quick cure for the tax disparity that has hit La Conner harder than any other community in the state following the so-called Great Wolf Lodge decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Some 100 people missed the second half of the Seahawks game against the 49ers to hear what their school, county and town officials had to say during the meeting arranged by Mayor Ramon Hayes. For more than a year, the...
They rolled out the red carpet at Whittaker Field on Friday. Not for the visiting Bellingham football team, but for the La Conner High Homecoming Court. Yet crowning achievements weren’t limited to special coronation festivities at halftime. The Braves saw to that with a 24-7 royal beating of Bellingham, a key non-league triumph that gives La Conner added momentum going into a two-game stretch drive opposite NW2B rivals Friday Harbor and Orcas that wraps up the regular season. The hosts c...
Our wonderful Dennis died on Sunday, October 18, at age 77 after his fourth courageous battle with cancer. He was described by his incredible Dr. Kotal as “larger than life.” Dennis never knew a stranger, loved to tell stories, was so very generous and always ready to help anyone. He truly loved life, his wife, family, friends, church and appreciated all that had been given him. Dennis was born in Yakima, on May 20, 1938 and attended Holy Rosary School. In 1956 Dennis moved to Seattle and went t...
Monday Oct 19 10:17 a.m.: Broken window – A boat owner reported a broken window. Tuesday Oct 20 8:31 a.m.: Theft – Somebody broke into the coin machine in the Port Laundromat at La Conner Marina. 5:12 p.m.: Fender bender – Someone wanted to report a hit and run in the parking lot, 900 blockMaple Ave., La Conner. The damaged vehicle had been parked, unable to move for several months and deputies determined that the damage could not have been caused by another vehicle striking it due to the way it was parked. 6:52 p.m.: Skaters...
During halftime at Friday’s football game, the homecoming court was presented. From left is Sophomore Princess and Prince Emma Lee and Bryce Bolsinger; Senior Princess and Prince Rachel Hastings and Harrison Orkney: Homecoming Queen Nicole Henricksen and Homecoming King Logan James; Junior Princess and Prince Chloe Fullington and Michael Page; Freshman Princess and Prince Cheyenne Weatherby and Erik Nelson. – Photo by Amylynn Richards...
