Clear Lake News

A city-county board charged with running the Skagit County solid-waste system voted 5 to 1 Wednesday to raise the fee charged at the transfer station to cities, commercial garbage haulers and individuals.

Skagit County commissioners Tuesday approved sweeping cuts to county services and staff to close a $2.9 million gap in the county's $49 million general fund budget.

Wriggling and splashing, a rainbow trout escaped 3-year-old Ella Simpson's hook.

Sedro-Woolley parents and teachers didn't like what they heard Monday night about budget cuts for the school district.

The Clear Lake Triathlon will be held this summer, despite early indications that it would be canceled due to a lack of funds in the county Parks and Recreation Department.

Skagit County's budget problems could take a lot of the fun out of this summer. The county will eliminate 29 positions in the next month, including 21 through layoffs, to balance the budget, county officials announced Wednesday.

A sheet hangs from the ceiling of a Skagit Motel room in Sedro-Woolley, separating 20-year-old Matthew Reyes and his girlfriend from Reyes' grandparents, who are living in the room with them.

Get the Flash Player to see this player. Frank Varga Tulip ambassador Veronica Pratt looks out a helicopter window Monday at tulip fields west of Mount Vernon.

A 33-year-old man was arrested Monday night after he assaulted his mother and sister, then went after a deputy with knife and a hay hook, according to the Skagit County Sheriff's Office.

If a wrestler couldn't afford a letter jacket, if the buildings at Clear Lake beach needed painting or if the city needed a senior center or park, Donald "Spud" Walley found a way to make it happen.

The Skagit County fire marshal today determined the causes of two fires that occurred Saturday night in homes just a few blocks from each other.

Two house fires within two blocks of each other were reported 6 minutes apart in this lakeside town Saturday night, one ending in a total loss and burn injuries to an occupant.

A fire that started in a duplex's garage on South 22nd Place sent up a column of smoke today that could be seen from Burlington.

Until Wednesday, Avery Postera wasn't sure how many old phone books were sitting in her garage.

Pomona Grange officers Richard Waits , Betty Whited, Michael Custance, Vernon Egbers and Earl Whited stand on the landing of the recently installed wheelchair ramp at the Fredonia Grange west of Burlington.

A well-known Sedro-Woolley businesswoman died in a car accident Friday night on Highway 9. Allison D. Clark, 45, was driving a 2005 Ford Excursion near Bassett Road when she failed to negotiate a curve in the ...

Mount Vernon Boy Scout Kenton Summers surrounds himself with books he acquired last month during a book drive he held for Clear Lake Elementary School.

Melanie Rose Clark and Cory John Kollmeyer were married during an afternoon outdoor ceremony Saturday, Sept.

Fall colors lingered longer than usual in 2008's unseasonably warm weather. Brilliant reds, yellows and oranges from the leaves are reflected on the still surface of Clear Lake on an October afternoon.

A 49-year-old Mount Vernon man was arrested Wednesday night for investigation of assault after he reportedly broke the nose of the 47-year-old woman he lives with, according to the Skagit County Sheriff's ...