Clear Lake News

Photo courtesy of Industrial Resources Inc. [enlarge] Crews from Clear Lake-based Industrial Resources Inc.

An expanded Bumping Lake northwest of Yakima -- often studied and always rejected for decades -- is one of the key elements of a developing plan to meet future water needs for fish, farmers and communities.

A resilient brush fire destroyed an abandoned farm house and shut down a highway near Big Lake during the weekend, and a second fire near La Conner caused damage to a residence.

Gemma, a chihuahua owned by Gloria Hurst of Clear Lake, won the costume contest for a chicken get-up on Saturday at the 9th annual Dog's Life Festival in Mount Vernon.

You see lakes choked with it all the time. It's that stuff below the surface. It's called milfoil.

You see lakes choked with it all the time. It's that stuff below the surface. It's called milfoil.

You see lakes choked with it all the time. It's that stuff below the surface. It's called milfoil.

At some point during the annual two-day, 84-mile cycling event, nearly every rider finds one moment to reflect on the meaning behind all the hours of peddling.

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.