Skagit County

According to the state Department of Ecology, drought conditions continue in central Washington and may be developing in the northern and even western parts of the state.  And the recent Water Supply Availability Committee meeting indicated existing drought conditions are likely to persist through the summer, and in some areas, conditions may worsen. T...

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ANACORTES (AP) — Authorities say a 64-year-old woman has been arrested after the body of an elderly man was found at a home northwest of Seattle near Anacortes. The Skagit Valley Herald reports deputies were called to the home Tuesday for a welfare check on an 84-year-old man who the caller said had not been seen in about a week...

MOUNT VERNON (AP) — The state Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a Skagit County water rights case. The county denied Richard and Marnie Fox a building permit in 2014 because the couple's water source, a well, would have violated a state rule requiring water be left in streams to protect fish...