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SEATTLE (AP) — Federal investigators say a 17-year-old Bellingham boy knew that counterfeit painkillers he bought from a drug dealer last month were likely tainted with fentanyl, so he rationed...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult in connection with a shooting in Washington state.

The Skagit Valley Herald reported that Luis Eduardo Martinez has...

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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife rehabilitation facilities are seeing an increase in owls being hit by vehicles north of Seattle.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports the increase is...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say one person died after a fire ripped through a mobile home in south Mount Vernon.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports the Mount Vernon Fire Department...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An apparent natural gas leak caused a large explosion that shook a Mount Vernon neighborhood and caused a large home fire.

BURLINGTON, Washington (AP) — Police are investigating after two men were shot in the northern Washington town of Burlington and taken to the hospital.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Officials from a spill response team have announced that cleanup of refinery oil in Washington state was completed Sunday.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Skagit County officials are considering selling the county fairgrounds in Mount Vernon and working with the city to open the property for new housing...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state judge sentenced a man to 20 years and four months after he was convicted of beheading his girlfriend.

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (AP) — Police say burned human remains found two years ago in rural southern Illinois are those of a woman who vanished in 2010.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Eighty volunteers showed up to an ocean shoreline in northern Washington to plant trees that will enhance salmon habitat.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has honored communities across the state for their historical preservation efforts.

Among the projects are the restoration of the 1851 Woodward Opera House in...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death and decapitating her as their 3-year-old daughter watched has been convicted of murder in a stipulated...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 47-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting Mount Vernon police officer Michael "Mick" McClaughry in December 2016.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Orange, yellow, white and purple carrots of all shapes and sizes were harvested this week as part of a research trial to test carrots' genetic resistance to...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state land officials have approved a land transfer to help conservation groups protect recreation areas on Blanchard Mountain.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A city in Washington state has passed an ordinance allowing overnight parking by homeless people on the properties of religious organizations.

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has summoned a retired judge to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Fifth District Appellate Court.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A man charged with controlled substance homicide after an Anacortes man died of an overdose of counterfeit drugs has pleaded not guilty in Skagit County Superior...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A jury has found a 47-year-old man guilty in the 2016 shooting of a Mount Vernon police officer.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports Ernesto Rivas was found guilty of...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state ecologists have discussed developing regulation for multiple wastewater treatment plants across the state.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A potentially toxic algae that thrives in warm weather is being seen in Big Lake, Washington.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports Skagit County Public Health urges...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 23-year-old Friday Harbor man has been charged with controlled substance homicide after an Anacortes man died of an overdose of counterfeit drugs.

MT. VERNON, Ky. (AP) — A fire department in Kentucky says a collision between a commercial truck and a Greyhound bus has left at least 17 people injured.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The trial for a man accused of shooting a Mount Vernon police officer has started in Skagit County Superior Court.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Officials near Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are at odds over Washington state's lawsuit against the Navy in its plans to expand jet operations there.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man accused of shooting a police officer has been found competent to stand trial.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports the trial of 47-year-old...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 32-year-old Concrete, Washington, man was charged in Skagit County Superior Court with attempted murder after a shooting in Hamilton.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State man has been convicted on multiple charges related to a drive-by shooting.

The Skagit-Valley Herald reported Thursday that 51-year-old Keith...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A man facing assault charges has been involuntarily committed to a Washington state hospital.

The Skagit-Valley Herald reports that Esteban Joel Flores was found...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An engineering firm has found severe structural problems that would put a nearly 100-year-old courthouse in Washington state at risk if an earthquake hit.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Salmon Recovery Funding Board and Puget Sound Partnership have awarded more than $4 million to salmon recovery projects in northwest Washington state.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state woman who pleaded guilty to causing an overdose death has asked the court to withdraw her plea, claiming she had ineffective counsel.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is planning to remove flood protection standards from downtown Mount Vernon.

BURNS HARBOR, Ind. (AP) — The Ports of Indiana have become the nation's first inland waterway system to secure a national designation that honors the adoption of environmental best...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The growing elk population in the Skagit County is costing farmers $1.4 million a year, according to a new estimate.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A new trial date has been set for the man accused of shooting a Mount Vernon police officer in 2016.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports that 46-year-old Ernesto Lee...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A woman has died while in custody in a Washington state jail.

The Skagit Valley Herald reported Thursday that the 50-year-old woman complained of chest pain and...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A Bay View man charged with animal cruelty after more than 70 dead cattle were found on his property is now facing two more charges.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Tom DeGoede, who owned Tulip Town with his wife Jeannette and helped start the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, died Sunday at 85.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state officials are working to revise regulations that aim to keep oil refinery workers safe.

The Skagit Valley Herald reported Sunday that the state...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The trial of a man charged with shooting and blinding a Washington state police officer has been delayed by up to two to three months.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The trial is scheduled to begin this week of a man accused of shooting a police officer in northwestern Washington state.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Wildfire responders in Western Washington — including Skagit County — are preparing for a particularly bad wildfire season.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Skagit County Sheriff's Office and the state Liquor and Cannabis Board say they have shut down an unlicensed marijuana shop operating near Mount Vernon in Clear...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state and an electric utility have reached an agreement that provides an uninterrupted water supply to hundreds of homes affected by regulations protecting...