Harrington News

A meeting to discuss traffic issues relating to Highway 20 had many South Fidalgo residents wanting to put the brakes on current projects.

Taking over Deaconess Medical Center will be a big task, even for Community Health Systems Inc., a deep-pocketed corporation admired for its management skills and profitability.

' Partner's Pub, 21 S.William St., will host a comedy show fundraiser for area comedian Mike Irwin, who is undergoing treatment for cancer.

Anton P. Nikulin, of Mead, and Tatyana M. Mitina, of Spokane Valley. Dan A. Knight and Trisha S. Whitney, both of Spokane.

A Champaign-based partnership has purchased the former Walgreen's pharmacy on Main Street and plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use commercial building with a new apartment ??complex for Bradley University ...

“The district received over 50 applications which were screened down to 10 exceptional candidates”

Perkins returns to Anacortes district as assistant principal Anacortes Middle School's new assistant principal is a former Fidalgo Elementary School teacher best-known for taking students to the historic ... via Anacortes American

“The motorcyclist went through Colfax and then crashed on the south end of town. He had minor injuries but was arrested for felony eluding”

This weekend was busy for Washington State Patrol troopers and tragic for a 24-year-old Harrington motorcycle rider, who was killed Sunday when he apparently failed to yield at an intersection and was struck by ... via The Spokesman-Review

“By moving the program to the high school we can serve 16 students seven periods a day”

Lease proposal goes before port commission A formal proposal to lease land in the south end of the Cap Sante Boat Haven for a marine skills center was expected to land in the Port of Anacortes' hands Tuesday, ... via Anacortes American

“People were saying K we have to do something, we have to figure this out for our community”

Call to Action The Our Kids: Our Business campaign ends today with publication of the final Call to Action pledge form on Page . via The Spokesman-Review

“He's not the normal guy on the street, but crazy? No. He's not crazy”

Harrington, Wash. "That door," he says with dramatic pause. " That door weighs 4,000 pounds. via KCPQ

Perry Technical Institute has hired Jason Lidke to teach its Electrical Technology Program. via Yakima Herald-Republic

Police in western Georgia have determined that a father whose body was found in a wooded field next to those of his three children shot them and himself. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The FBI says a man and his three children have been found dead in Georgia near the Alabama line nearly two weeks after he fled with the boy and twin girls. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Banking: Jim Linardos was named business banking manager for the Washington business-development team at Wells Fargo. via The Seattle Times

AIA Seattle hired Janet Stephenson as program director. SkB Architects hired Jim Brown as senior architect and Todd Jacobsen as a senior designer and business development strategist. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“A lady came in day before yesterday, she looked around, and at first she didn't say anything”

Name: Lamplighter and Mercantile Trading Company Address: 521 E. Main St. Telephone: 733-7120 Hours of operation: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily Owners: Larry and Kathleen Harrington For those antiques ... via Visalia Times-Delta

“That gives you a picture of the potential we have for flooding”

Higher weekend temperatures could cause flooding in region Motorists edge past Vickie Harrington and her husband, Bill, high-centered on a Second Avenue snow berm in Spokane on Thursday. via The Spokesman-Review

E. Wash./N. Idaho - Right now there are a few road closures you should know about. via KNDU.com

“We try to keep close to the sho sound -- its musical details of very slight variations”

Videos provide a visual complement to the futuristic sounds of Tokyo's Laptop Orchestra. via The Washington Post

“We could see some significant snowfall in the Spokane area from that one”

Area law enforcement are having a slow morning after responding to hundreds of collisions since the big snow hit Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. via The Spokesman-Review