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A local builders’ group hired Eisenberg to determine whether homes built here generate enough of an economic benefit to counter what local governments spend servicing them. The answer is yes, according to a study of 100 homes built this year. On average,...
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Wash. — A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison. Isaac Zamora entered the pleas to 18 charges,...
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A new law, which went into effect Sept. 1, ushers in a set of standards for home inspectors that many in the industry feel have been lacking, especially in more rural counties. The call for regulation came from the housing industry, not government, said...
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The fund benefited more than 1,600 families in the county last year, including 4,500 children. This is the 60th year for the fund, a community-wide effort aimed at helping Skagit families. The gifts are the product of hundreds of volunteers and thousands...
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More families in need will be helped this year due to a long-running program that recently expanded to Skagit County. The Forgotten Children’s Fund, which started in Seattle in 1976, is now in its second year in Skagit County. Dick Nord, who has volunteered...
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The man accused of killing six people in Skagit County swore at the prosecutor who questioned his mental competency during a court hearing in Mount Vernon today. The man accused of killing six people in Skagit County swore at the prosecutor who questioned...
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A Skagit County dispatcher says a small plane has gone down about 10 miles west of Concrete, Wash., and there are reports of injuries. The dispatch supervisor, who declined to give her full name, said early reports indicated "at least two people" were...
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Authorities in Skagit County have responded to a report of a plane crash near Bald Mountain, east of Arlington...This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Jefferson County residents who want a locally owned and operated electric utility have submitted petitions calling for a vote on the idea this November, and Island County residents are close to doing the same. In Skagit County, meanwhile, a public utility...
Police continued Monday to seek the man who fatally stabbed a 20-year-old Skagit County man in what investigators described as a chance encounter. David Datskiy of Bow died Sunday afternoon after a friend drove him to St...Initial police reports indicating...
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