(MOUNT VERNON)— Skagit County commissioners unanimously approved an agreement with four area cities Thursday morning to build a new county jail.  Anacortes, Burlington, Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley councils have all unanimously approved the provisional agreement within the past two weeks.  Read more at goskagit.com.

(SKAGIT COUNTY)- Two men were arrested Tuesday morning after a months-long drug investigation that involved multiple purchases of cocaine and heroin.

The Skagit County Interlocal Drug Task Force, the Northwest Regional Drug task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office and the Sedro-Woolley Police Department collaborated on the …

(MOUNT VERNON)— In what Superior Court Judge Michael Rickert called “the last page of the last chapter” of the “Barefoot Bandit” case, Colton Harris-Moore pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary and was sentenced to three months in jail.  Wednesday morning’s hearing capped off an epilogue to the 22-year-old Camano Island man’s …

(MOUNT VERNON)— Three downtown antique shops have been burglarized or robbed since Sunday morning, with this latest occurring Tuesday afternoon, according to Mount Vernon police.

One burglary was in the 300 block of South First Street and the second was in the 100 block of Freeway Drive. In both cases, someone …

(ANACORTES)— No one was injured in an early-morning blaze that destroyed a single-family home Tuesday and caused an estimated $230,000 damage.  The Anacortes Police and Fire departments were dispatched to the 4000 block of L Avenue at 4:16 a.m.  Police arrived to find flames coming from the front of the …