Clear Lake News

Jill Dodge, an employee at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op in Mount Vernon, makes use of the bulk foods section of the store to custom-build gift containers of tea and baking goods.

A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison.Isaac Zamora entered the pleas to 18 charges, including aggravated murder, attempted murder and burglary, after prosecutor Rich Weyrich agreed he ...

Richard J. Louden of Friday Harbor, Wash., went to the Lord on Nov. 7, 2009. He was 84.

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.