Concrete News

Ongoing ballot counts are proving it was a rough year for incumbents on the Mount Vernon, Burlington, La Conner and Sedro-Woolley city councils.

The Concrete School Board race is neck-and-neck after a third round of vote counting.

The race for the Concrete School Board, Pos. 4 race tightened after a second round of vote counts.

Medical Reserve Corps volunteers Carol Bergner and her husband Don Bergner help Concrete resident Karen White on Friday at the Skagit County Health Department.

Mount Vernon School Board members appear poised to place two levy issues on the spring ballot they say would not increase property taxes.

It's been 71 years since the famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast ... and the panic that overtook a little Skagit County town.

Skagit County is under a flood watch Thursday afternoon through late Friday night, according to the National Weather Service.

More than 10 percent of the nearly 66,000 Skagit County voters eligible to participate in the Nov.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for small streams and urban flooding for western Skagit and Island counties until 3:15 p.m. today.

About 65,000 ballots are heading to Skagit County voters. They are due back by mail or ballot drop box by Nov.

Fall is here, and yet many people have to wonder: Where have are all those brilliant gold, yellow and orange leaves been? Local botanists agree that the leaves are a little late in turning this year.

It's wide, level, mostly tree-lined and often opens up to great views of Skagit Valley farmland, the river and mountains.

This is a great weekend to visit Skagit County, just a short hop from Bellingham and less than two hours north of Seattle.

Shoppers peruse stands at the Mount Vernon Farmers Market in September. Valley residents are invited to celebrate autumn from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday during the Mount Vernon Fall Fest.

The launch party for Heather Davis's first published young adult book Never Cry Werewolf , at Queen Anne Books on Friday was a huge hit! The first-time author and three-year Queen Anne resident did a reading from her novel, released September 1, signed copies to fans, held a Q&A and entertained attendees with themed snacks.

CONCRETE, WA - Former Muncie resident, Philip Laurence Brown, 65, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2009.

In response to my letter about bikes, a reader commented "the repercussions of your generation polluting the world - we have to stop what our ancestors set in motion." Last summer we took a day trip by car, of course.

Washington State Transportation Commission, WSTC, held a public meeting on-board an inter-island ferry Monday, Aug.

While the movie crew pushed away the local newspaper reporter during filming of "The Details" Tuesday on the Dalles Bridge near Concrete, several residents told the Skagit Valley Herald Tobey Maguire took the time to talk to and take pictures with fans in Concrete after he finished his day of filming.

A 65-year-old Concrete man scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday morning to killing two people in a drunk driving accident last October, took his own life just hours before the hearing, according to the Skagit County Coroner's Office.