Local News: Vernon, CA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Advertisment

Skagit County News Editors

RoboBlogger

I edit this news page on Topix when no humans are available to help.

People just like you make Skagit County News on Topix better every day. If you're interested in becoming an editor, apply today!

Edits History | Editor Blog

RSS icon mobile icon

Skagit County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Saturday | The Seattle Times

Communities celebrate Day of Dead

Bernadina Luna remembers growing up in Southern Mexico, where she celebrated the Day of the Dead by visiting the cemetery where her great grandparents and other loved ones were buried.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day of the dead, Mount Vernon, WA, Burlington, WA, Halloween

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Bellingham Herald

Skagit County man pleads guilty to federal cocaine-dealing charges

A man who arranged the April sale of two kilograms of cocaine worth $55,000 to an undercover detective in Bellingham pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle Tuesday, Nov.

Comment?

Related Topix: Bellingham Metro, Bellingham, WA, Federal Prisons, Prison

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KIRO-TV Seattle

Skagit Police Believe Missing Dog Trainer Was Murdered

Police in Anacortes said they suspect a well known dog trainer was murdered, but the man's body has not been found, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Comment?

Related Topix: Anacortes, WA, Richland Metro, Kennewick, WA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KING5 Seattle News

Murder mystery in Skagit County

A police helicopter searched the woods surrounding the home and business of Mark Stover.

Comment?

Related Topix: Seattle, WA

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Anacortes American

Skagit Publishing will publish premier newcomers and visitors guide

Skagit Publishing has launched a new annual publication showcasing all of Skagit County that will be distributed around the region beginning in March.

Comment?

Related Topix: Anacortes, WA

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Business Pulse of Skagit County

County facing swine flu vaccine shortage

Volunteer Mike Naylor of Mount Vernon processed intake forms for 500 patients receiving H1N1 immunizations Tuesday at the Skagit County Health Department.

Comment?

Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Mount Vernon, WA

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Anacortes American

Corp and McCullough to Publish Skagit County Guide

Guy D. Corp, owner of Mount Vernon based grafixCORP, and Jeremy McCullough, VP Commercial Lending of Business Bank, recently announced that they have begun efforts to publish a Skagit County regional Tourism and Residents Guide, to be known as the I Love Skagit County Visitors' & Newcomers' Guide.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mount Vernon, WA

Anacortes American

Flood watch issued for Skagit County

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

Comment?

Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Weather, Seattle Metro, Mount Vernon, WA

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Bellingham Herald

Bellingham forum to protest loss of position that assists parolees

The Whatcom Re-Entry Coalition is sponsoring a forum Tuesday, Oct. 27, to protest the state Department of Corrections cutting its 26 re-entry specialists, who work with recently released prison inmates.

Comment?

Related Topix: Bellingham Metro, Bellingham, WA, Whatcom County, WA, Island County, WA

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Anacortes American

Election ballots trickling in

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

Comment?

Related Topix: Anacortes, WA, Burlington, WA, Concrete, WA, La Conner, WA, Mount Vernon, WA

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Western Skagit, Island counties under flood advisory

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Weather

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Anacortes American

Errors in Skagit County Votersa Pamphlet

The Ward 2 City Council race between incumbent Councilman John Cheney and Gary Molenaar is mislabeled in the Skagit County Voters' Pamphlet.

Comment?

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Business Pulse of Skagit County

County gets small shipment of injectable swine flu vaccine

The Skagit County Department of Health received a small batch of injectable H1N1 vaccine Friday to be used with a limited population.

Comment?

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Anacortes American

Brothers charged in fatal shooting

Two brothers arrested Tuesday in the June killing of 18-year-old Edgar Reyes-Bravo were charged in Skagit County District Court late Thursday afternoon with first-degree premeditated murder and drive-by shooting.

Comment?

Related Topix: Violent Crime, Mount Vernon, WA

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Seattle Times

Red tide found in much of N. Puget Sound

The Washington Department of Health has closed much of northern Puget Sound to recreational shellfish gathering after finding dangerous levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning.

Comment?

Related Topix: Whatcom County, WA, San Juan County, WA, Clallam County, WA, Jefferson County, WA

KING5 Seattle News

Pilot killed in Burlington plane crash

A 69-year-old pilot from Bow, Wash. was killed today in a plane crash near the Skagit Regional Airport.

Comment?

Related Topix: Air Accidents, Burlington, WA, Bow, WA, Seattle, WA

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Anacortes American

Not much change in Skagit County's unemployment rate

Total unemployment in the county hovers at an unadjusted rate of 9.2 percent, or 5,550 people out of work.

Comment?

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Anacortes American

Two Skagit clean-energy companies get stimulus funding

Two Skagit County-based businesses will receive part of an initial $20 million in stimulus funds to promote energy-efficient and renewable-energy projects across the state.

Comment?

Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Lynden, WA, Whatcom County, WA

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Associated Content

Skagit Valley Farms in Washington - Supporting the Economy

This weekend my husband and our boys visited several local farms for the Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms .

Comment?

Related Topix: Washington, Valley, WA, Agriculture, Science, Mount Vernon, WA, La Conner, WA

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Q13.com KCPQ TV

Emergency Crews Respond To Plane Crash In Skagit County, One Person Killed

Q13 FOX News has learned that a small plane has crashed in Skagit County. The crash happened at the Skagit County Regional Airport near Burlington.

Comment?

Related Topix: Air Accidents, Burlington, WA, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

Also on Topix

Sponsored links

Find a Contractor

Get Skagit County, WA contractors estimates Fast quotes from pre-screened contractors

Find a Local Lawyer

Find a local Lawyer through Lawyers.com