Mount Vernon News

Derek Thomas was not some tennis prodigy who grew up swinging a racket while being tutored by some retired pro.

A Mount Vernon woman was arrested at the Lynden border crossing Monday, Nov. 23, on suspicion of attempting to smuggle about 1,200 Ecstasy pills into the United States from Canada.

The Defense Department says a Fort Bragg, N.C., soldier from Marysville, Wash., was one of two soldiers killed Thursday by a suicide car bomber in Zabul province, Afghanistan.

The Mount Vernon School Board will hear reports Monday from the district's facilities advisory committee.

The first train to stop at the Amtrak Cascades' newly christened Stanwood station was brimming with eager passengers Saturday morning.

Francis Road, a popular rural route between Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley, was reopened today at 1 p.m., more than a day after water on the roadway forced county crews to close it.

Gov. Chris Gregoire opposes state schools chief Randy Dorn's proposal to delay the requirement for students to pass state math and science tests to graduate, because the economy depends on Washington students leaving high school well trained in both subjects.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash.: A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a Washington state shooting rampage last year has pleaded guilty.

The accused gunman in the Skagit County shooting spree has changed his plea to guilty on 18 charges including murder, attempted murder and burglary.

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The Skagit County prosecuting attorney's announcement of his decision on whether or not to seek the death penalty in the case of multiple-murder defendant Isaac L. Zamora was postponed Monday.

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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - Skagit County prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges in superior court in the death of a celebrity dog trainer whose body has yet to be found.

A man was arrested about a block away from the Rite Aid on Commercial Avenue just before 2:30 p.m. Thursday after he allegedly walked into the pharmacy, claimed he had a bomb and demanded drugs, according to the Anacortes Police.

The city of Mount Vernon has received enough money to go start with construction of a floodwall that will eventually provide flood protection for the downtown area.

Rain is falling now, but city officials will be looking ahead to next summer tonight when they plan for a new splash park.

The Defense Department reports two Fort Lewis soldiers were killed Thursday when their Stryker vehicle went over a buried explosive in Afghanistan.

Library borrowing agreements, next year's budget, a 1 percent tax increase, city building codes and changes to the plan used to manage the community forest will be discussed tonight at the City Council meeting.

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

After spending years on the shelves at the King County medical examiner's office, the unclaimed ashes of 28 veterans were laid to rest Wednesday at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.