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The Boeing factory worker strike that has stretched nearly two months, halting airplane manufacturing at plants around the Northwest, ended Monday after thousands of union members voted to approve a new contract offer from the aerospace giant. While the deal will not bring back a defined benefit pension program that many striking workers had hoped to revive, it does include a 38% wage increase over the contract’s four-year span that would push average pay for the workers to just shy of $120,000 a year. Workers will also receive a $12,000 ratifi...
Willard Cox, La Conner Yacht Club Commadore, hands Mayor Marna Hanneman a check for $500 at the Jordan Street Park on North First Street Oct. 10 to support the capital campaign to develop the park. The club has given close to $2,000 to the capital campaign, as the yacht club recognizes a waterfront park close to the La Conner Marina will be a wonderful asset to town residents and visiting boaters....
TOWN OF LA CONNER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of La Conner will hold two (2) Public Hearings on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, to consider each of the following: 1. 2025 Preliminary Budget. 2. 2025 Property Tax Levy. The Public Hearings will be held during the 6:00 PM regular Town Council Meeting located at 204 Commercial Street (Upper Maple Center). The Public Hearings shall be for the purpose of receiving public comments, written or oral. Written comments are to be submitted to Town Hall or by email to financedi...
Use a thick winter squash for this recipe. You can use a carnival squash, or Hubbard, banana or butternut. You can also use this recipe with pumpkin. Ingredients Baked squash, cooled, 3 cups Evaporated milk, 1 can Eggs, 2 White sugar, 1 cup Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon Cloves, 3/4 teaspoon Vanilla, 1 teaspoon Unbaked pie shell Preparation Mix all ingredients in blender or food processor. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 325 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes. Test pie for doneness by sliding tip of...
HEADS UP Free veterans appreciation dinner, 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at Camano Chapel, 867 W. Camano Drive, Camano Island. Keynote speaker Mary Pilkington will share POW/wartime experiences of her late husband, Col. Fred Pilkington. RSVP to 206-550-4409 or email [email protected]. Indicate your choice of salmon or prime rib. LEND A HAND Pioneer Park ivy removal: Join a volunteer work party to remove invasive English ivy at Pioneer Park, 9-11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 9. Info: [email protected]. LIBRARIES La Conner Swinomish Library. 520...
Island County Commissioner Janet St. Clair’s lead has shrunk to 61 votes against State Sen. Ron Muzzall's (R-Oak Harbor) after Wednesday’s vote counts were announced. She leads 50% to 49.9% but there are still some 135,500 ballots to count. An estimated 64.5% of ballots in the three county district have been counted by totals posted by the county election offices. St. Clair leads by 808 votes in Skagit County and by 3,008 votes in Island County, while Muzzall leads by 3,755 votes in Snohomish County. About 52% of district residents live in Isla...
State Sen. Ron Muzzall's (R-Oak Harbor) has taken an 574 vote lead after 58,567 ballots were counted Thursday in Island, Skagit and Snohomish counties Thursday, the counties included in Washinton’s 10th state legislative district. He now leads Island County Commissioner Janet St. Clair 50.4% to 49.5%, 32,603 votes 32,029 votes. Other LD 10 and Skagit County commissioner incumbents continue to hold comfortable leads for their offices, ranging from 53.7% to 64.5%. Of the 80,400 estimated ballots to count in Island, Skagit and Snohomish c...
State Sen. Ron Muzzall's (R-Oak Harbor) leads by almost two percent, 50.9% to 49%, and 1,458 votes in the race for his state legislative district 10 seat against Island County Commissioner Janet St. Clair after the first week of counting ballots in the 2024 general election. He gained an additional 884 votes after 12,161 ballots were tallied Friday and Saturday (only Skagit County staff worked a shift Nov. 9) in the district, which also includes part of Snohomish County and all of Island County. There are an estimated 32,500 ballots to count...
