Emma Fletcher-Frazer

The Skagit County Board of Commissioners passed Monday the county's 2025 budget. After the vote, the commissioners thanked staff for their work in preparing the budget.

The city of Mount Vernon put online last month an interactive map of the city’s trails and parks.

LA CONNER — The La Conner Town Council approved Tuesday the town's 2025 budget and its emergency management plan.

MOUNT VERNON — Community Action of Skagit County is working to build a 48-unit housing complex for families at risk of homelessness on property next to LaVenture Middle School in Mount Vernon.

Skagit County can expect to see exceptionally high tides, or what are known as king tides, Sunday through Tuesday.

ROCKPORT — About 25 visitors flocked to Howard Miller Steelhead Park on Saturday to meet a bald eagle named Einstein.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife will add 15 acres to the Milltown Island Unit of the Skagit Wildlife Area through a donation from a private landowner.

Skagit County is in the process of making road improvements in an area west of Lake Erie on Fidalgo Island.

Skagit County is in the process of labeling 12 county roads as primitive. The designation would reduce the county's responsibility and liability for the roads.

MOUNT VERNON — About 60 community members gathered at Skagit Riverwalk Park on the winter solstice Saturday night to mourn the homeless who died in 2024.