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  1. Minnerly, Kellerman win Big Sky scholar-athlete awardRead the original story

    Thursday Jun 13 | Cheney Free Press

    ... year. Minnerly is a 2008 graduate of Ferris High School in Spokane, and Kellerman graduated the same year from La Conner High School. The Scholar-Athlete Award honors the "best of the best" of the conference's more than 3,000 student-athletes. One ...

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  2. Navy announces plans for runway maintenanceRead the original story

    Thursday Jun 13 | Whidbey News-Times

    ... more likely to use a landing approach and departure that brings them over the western Skagit County/Mount Vernon/La Conner area, northern Island County and Lopez Island more often than normal. Additionally, from August 5 through September 20, Runway ...

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  3. The new face of island manufacturing; stories of successRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Jun 13 | Journal of the San Juans

    ... publicize the customer's identity. Marsaudon, a woodworker since age 14, started making windows by himself in La Conner in 1977. An early contract from San Juan Island alerted him to the high-end construction market here, so he brought his saws and ...

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  4. A new, light-filled art museum for Bainbridge and West SoundRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Jun 11 | Seattle Times

    ... job. Local arts-scene followers will know him as the former executive director of the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Skagit County. But he got his master's degree in public administration and spent his early career in hospital planning in New ...

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  5. Washington Art Consortium donates over 200 Safeco Art Collection artworks to museumsRead the original story

    Monday Jun 3 | Art Daily

    ... artworks originally from the Safeco Art Collection to the permanent collections of the Museum of Northwest Art (La Conner) and Museum of Glass (Tacoma). In 2010, Safeco Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, made a historic gift of over 800 ...

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  6. Skagit County businesses say 'It's worth the drive'Read the original story

    Friday May 31 | KING-TV Seattle

    ... 5, tourism officials are promoting local businesses so the closure doesn't affect their bottom line. Officials in La Conner are also reminding Seattle drivers that it doesn't take a detour to get to local businesses. To help travelers pass the ...

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  7. Locals shine at feeder doubleheaderRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday May 31 | Bellingham Herald

    ... struck out 16 in the 13 innings while giving up only six hits and three walks. The other all-state nominees were La Conner's Tyler Howlett, Christian Johnson and Tanner Cyr, South Whidbey's Aaron Curfman and Cedar Park's Peter Tissell. Nominees were ...

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  8. Museum of Glass hauls a heap of art donationsRead the original story

    Tuesday May 28 | Bellingham Herald

    ... museum association has announced. The consortium also is donating pieces to the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner. The total gift amounts to more than 200 works of art that the Safeco Insurance group originally donated to the consortium in 2010 ...

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  9. A tale of two detours: Dodging the fallen Skagit bridgeRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday May 28 | Seattle Times

    ... getting on to Fir Island Road at Conway and a two-mile, 40-minute backup getting on to westbound Highway 20 from La Conner-Whitney Road. The worst traffic we saw Friday was going in the opposite (southbound) direction across Fir Island, with about a ...

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  10. Orcas Kings football team on to the playoffsRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 24, 2011 | Islands' Sounder

    ... morning the Orcas Kings departed for what could have been their last football game of the season. Facing the La Conner Braves, they were fighting for a post season spot. Upon winning the coin toss the Kings opted to kick off and come out with their ...

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  11. Surface Design presents art, fiber showRead the original story w/Photo

    May 17, 2013 | South Whidbey Record

    ... continue its show schedule at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Museum, Tillamook, Ore., Sept. 2 to Nov. 3, and the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum, January through March 2014. Visit whidbeyislandsda.wordpress.com for updates and artist profiles. ...

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  12. Derby anglers to celebrate life of 'Iceshark'Read the original story

    May 16, 2013 | HeraldNet

    ... Point/Salmon Bank) at 11.5 per pound. State Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Mark O'Toole in the agency's La Conner office, said the average recreational boat fishes 3.5 pots (4 is the maximum) and carries 3.3 fishers on board. Lingcod Fair to ...

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  13. Derby anglers to celebrate life of 'Iceshark'Read the original story

    May 16, 2013 | HeraldNet

    ... Point/Salmon Bank) at 11.5 per pound. State Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Mark O'Toole in the agency's La Conner office, said the average recreational boat fishes 3.5 pots (4 is the maximum) and carries 3.3 fishers on board. Lingcod Fair to ...

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  14. Day trip: La ConnerRead the original story w/Photo

    May 9, 2013 | Seattle Times

    ... Channel is a good base for exploring the rich and scenic farmland of the Skagit Valley, an hour north of Seattle. La Conner is a compact town with galleries and interesting shops, ranging from The Wood Merchant's locally made wooden furniture to a ...

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  15. 'Moody, broody' beauty - Fri, 10 May 2013 PSTRead the original story

    May 10, 2013 | The Spokesman-Review

    ... to launch the exhibit and create the book. "Rattlebone" heads next to exhibition spaces in Pendleton, Ore.; La Conner, Wash.; and Santa Fe, N.M., before a two-month show at the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University starting in January 2015. At the ...

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  16. Fish collector could boost Baker Lake summer sockeye numbersRead the original story w/Photo

    May 4, 2013 | Seattle Times

    ... great thing for the (Baker-Skagit river) system," said Brett Barkdull, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist in La Conner. The huge floating barge has netting that draws migrating juvenile salmon into a funnel where they're held in tanks and ...

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  17. Council sweetens deal to revitalize Ladner waterfrontRead the original story

    May 3, 2013 | South Delta Leader

    ... to a public hearing. Coun. Scott Hamilton said he's heard comparisons made between Ladner's waterfront plan and La Conner, Wash., which features two-storey buildings on their waterfront. But Hamilton said La Conner was built a long time ago and ...

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  18. 3 fisheries will keep Puget Sound busy this weekendRead the original story

    May 2, 2013 | HeraldNet

    ... each week until June 1. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shrimp manager Mark O'Toole in the agency's La Conner office said Hood Canal will probably once again show the highest spot shrimp catch rates, followed by the San Juan Islands. ...

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  19. Three fisheries will keep Puget Sound busyRead the original story

    May 2, 2013 | HeraldNet

    ... each week until June 1. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shrimp manager Mark O'Toole in the agency's La Conner office said Hood Canal will probably once again show the highest spot shrimp catch rates, followed by the San Juan Islands. ...

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  20. Giving each other lipRead the original story

    Apr 26, 2013 | HeraldNet

    ... on Wednesday evening at Arlington included videos by Everett , Henry M. Jackson , Arlington , Burlington-Edison, La Conner , Mount Vernon , Sedro-Woolle y and Shorecrest high schools Student leader Hailey Brooker, her team of Everett High Seagulls ...

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