Sedro-Woolley News

A 700-pound cedar log stolen from the annual Loggerodeo chain saw carving contest in Sedro-Woolley has organizers stumped.

Firefighters extinguished a roof fire of an abandoned building northeast of Sedro-Woolley early Wednesday morning.

The food bank at 571 Pettit St. will not open as scheduled Tuesday. The Hamilton Food Bank is in a dispute over the lease on the Pettit Street building and is looking for a new location, said Marketa Vorel, an attorney for the food bank.

The Sedro-Woolley Chamber of Commerce has hired its new executive director from within.

Ricardo Mejia-Cruz was sentenced Friday to 34 years in prison for a handful of felonies, including the murder of 84-year-old Clara Thorp.

School is out for the summer, but children in many areas of the valley can still depend on balanced meals in the coming months.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's stimulus package has roadwork humming, but the nation's more enduring transportation funding source is about to go broke, federal officials are warning.

Mount Vernon resident Bill Thomas carefully washes lighter material out of his pan as he searches for small pieces of gold earlier this month in the South Fork Nooksack River.

The Lynden man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in 2006 and who led police to her remains more than a year later was ordered Thursday to Western State Hospital for another 180 days.

The state Department of Transportation is telling drivers to expect lane closures Monday through Wednesday on both directions of Interstate 5 near the Skagit-Whatcom county line.

A Bothell Boy Scout troop is taking on a tall task. When they found a woman living in deplorable conditions, they didn't repair her home.

Police are looking for two men, described as persons of interest, in the slaying of a 73-year-old Marysville woman.

An 18-year-old man accused of raping a woman and a teenage girl and trying to abduct two more women at gunpoint appeared in Skagit County Superior Court on Thursday, entering not guilty pleas to initial charges of assault and attempted kidnapping.

Skagit Valley College trustees voted unanimously Tuesday on a budget that includes a 7 percent tuition increase as well as enough cuts to handle a 10 percent reduction in state funding.

Prepare for closures at the Interstate 5 and Cook Road interchange this week. The state Department of Transportation warns drivers that the overpass, including on- and off-ramps in the north and southbound directions will be closed nightly from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday for paving.

City of Burlington and Fire District 6 officials are scheduled to continue negotiations Tuesday during a 9 a.m. meeting at Burlington City Hall.

In a bid to keep operating, Skagit Hill Recycling's owner came before the Skagit County commissioners to challenge a county order to shut down.

A program that reduces costs for people who owe money to the district or municipal courts has been extended through June.

Chelsea Genther, Michelle Kennedy, Alicia Shapiro and Kinsey Davis finished a 400-meter relay run good enough to win a state title.

While the Sedro-Woolley School District cuts programs for non-English speaking students, there is a possibility that in a few years, the district could see its first magnet school for students who are trying to learn English.