Skagit County

Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Murder in Elderly Man’s Death
Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Murder in Elderly Man’s Death
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...
High Court Declines to Hear Skagit County Water Rights Case
High Court Declines to Hear Skagit County Water Rights Case
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...