3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (460+ words) Washington State University Skagit County Extension Director Don Mc Moran speaks on June 20, 2025, with Schuh Farms owner Jennifer Schuh during the Strawberry Fields Forever tour. The coming years could be good for the vegetable seed industry in Skagit County. Washington…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (484+ words) Two juvenile barred owls are seen perched just above a trail in the Anacortes Community Forest Lands in 2023. The Island County Multi-Purpose Center on Camano Island was full of owl enthusiasts during the monthly Camano Wildlife Habitat Project program on…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (343+ words) As the longest night of the year began, about 200 people gathered Sunday, Dec. 21, at Washington Park in Anacortes for the Salish Sea School's third-annual Winter Solstice Luminaria Walk. Participants, young and old, paraded through the park with their crafty creations…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (134+ words) Germany Zoo'go Skagit - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) A Hamadryas baboon watches at the zoo in Cologne, Germany, on a warm and sunny Thursday, April 9, 2026. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (436+ words) Skagit Valley College Environmental Conservation Club President Sam Young worked on creating art of fish during Friday's conference. Participants chatted throughout the day at booths of sponsors and those involved with the conference. Leaders of one conference lesson talked about…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (418+ words) Pass Lake during a previous closure because of high levels of toxic algae. The state Department of Ecology released Friday its draft funding proposal for its aquatic invasive plant and algae control programs. If the state legislative budget passes this…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1841+ words) A great blue heron on March Point in April 2024. Anne Winkes has been fascinated by great blue herons since she first saw one standing perfectly still, waiting for a vole to pop out of its hole, in a field outside…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (347+ words) Lanny Bergner hangs a painting Monday at the Depot Arts Center in Anacortes ahead of the Skagit Valley Bird Show. A beloved Edison art show all about birds was nearly grounded for good last November when Smith & Vallee Gallery announced…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (654+ words) A beloved Edison art show all about birds was nearly grounded for good last November when Smith & Vallee Gallery announced it would close at the end of 2025. Instead, the gallery's annual Bird Invitational landed in Anacortes thanks to quick thinking…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (155+ words) A selection of works that will be on display Feb. 7-15 during the Skagit Valley Bird Show at the Depot Arts Center in Anacortes. This piece by artist Philip Carrico, titled "Nectar of the Gods,"will be on display during the…...