MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Navy has announced plans to monitor jet noise around Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state and a base in California.

STANWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state driver was arrested on drunken driving charges after authorities accuse him of crashing into a tree, killing the passenger, deputies said.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Department of Agriculture started hunting for Asian giant hornets after two confirmed sightings of the predator.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Annual snow-clearing is scheduled to begin this month along a highway in northern Washington state, transportation officials said.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Potato farmers in a Washington county suffered big losses after they were unable to harvest some of their crops due to early and heavy rainfall.

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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An 18-year-old man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder as a 16-year-old in 2018 has had his case returned to Skagit County Superior Court.

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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An advocacy group in Washington state has asked a federal judge to require the Navy to reduce the number of Growler aircraft flights at a military airport until a...

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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Four nonprofits filed a joint lawsuit Tuesday against the state Department of Fish & Wildlife for issuing a permit for steelhead farms in the marine waters of Skagit and...

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A workplace conduct investigation into former Democratic Rep. Jeff Morris found that he likely violated the Washington House's policy against harassment and intimidation and...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 24-year-old Mount Vernon man was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in prison for his role in a 2017 shooting death.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 24-year-old Mount Vernon man pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder for his role in the 2017 shooting death of another man.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 37-year-old Anacortes man was found not guilty Monday of a charge that could have landed him in prison for the rest of his life.

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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 29-year-old Mount Vernon man was sentenced Wednesday to more than eight years in prison for selling the drugs that killed two people in April 2018.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — County planning officials in Washington state have opposed changes to restrictions on using rain as a primary water source for an island community.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — County commissioners in Washington state have settled a legal battle with an oil refinery and environmental groups arguing against plans to produce xylenes for shipment...

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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A 19-year-old man accused in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man in Burlington last week has been arrested.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports Christian Flores...

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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Landowners in northwest Washington are harvesting elk at a faster pace than last year to reduce damage to farmland, according to a state Fish and Wildlife...

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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.