Swinomish buys fitness center

Records filed last week with the Skagit County Auditor show that the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community purchased the property where Bayside Fitness has operated for the last 10 years.

“We’re going to be selling off all our equipment and moving on,” said co-owner Darren Wightman.

He said he was hoping that whomever bought the building “would lease it back to me. These guys swooped in and decided they would turn it into a drug rehab facility.”

The newspaper has reached out to officials at the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community for confirmation of plans for the new purchase but did not hear back o...