Rockport News

The Seattle Police Department is going ahead with a racial-awareness training program that some local Muslims object to - not because of its content, but because of its sponsor, the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center.

A report of a rock slide on state Highway 530 between Rockport and Darrington turned out to be a false report, the state Department of Transportation said this afternoon.

Get the Flash Player to see this player. Aaron Burkhalter The state Department of Transportation plans to have the North Cascades Highway open by May 1, but that date could be delayed with more snow and avalanches affecting the passes.

A program aimed to help residents stay warm during cold weather has been in high demand in east Skagit County this winter.

The annual Upper Skagit Bald Eagle Festival this weekend will offer visitors a chance to learn about the eagles that migrate to the Skagit River each winter from Alaska and British Columbia to feed on spawned ...

Arlington Senior center brings back Sunday chicken dinner While the Stillaguamish Senior Center's main hall was closed for repairs in the fall, the center's popular monthly Old Fashioned Chicken Dinner was ...

After flooding and mudslides last week made a number of upriver roads inaccessible, some residents are beginning to ask town officials when help will come.

Potelco worker George Bellos rigs a replacement power pole Monday at the scene of last week's mudslides that covered Highway 20 east of Concrete.

A dozen homes in the Skagit County town of Concrete are at the epicenter of a landslide disaster triggered by our January rains.

Ron Uyano, an employee with W.D. Foods, shovels sand and grit away from the front entry of the store Friday along Chuckanut Drive as floodwaters recede.

The state Department of Transportation announced that Highway 20 is now open to traffic between Sedro-Woolley and Concrete.

Multiple mudslides have spilled across Highway 20 near Concrete, tearing out concrete barrier, guardrail, and power poles and leaving a half-mile of mud and debris in its wake, according to the state Department ...

People in town are preparing for more snow. Neighbors are out helping each other clear driveways and parking lots.

The National Weather Service is predicting up to 5 inches of snow in Skagit and Island counties Saturday evening through Sunday morning.

Winds, snow, ice and cold temperatures have brought salmon and steelhead fishing to a near standstill, and the outlook is miserable until weather changes.