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Skagit County

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Mad Medicine: Why Are So Many People in Pierce and Skagit Counties Trying to Commit Suicide?

    A section of this week's feature story about Pierce County's experiment with privatized mental health raises questions about the increases in both suicides and suicide attempts in the Tacoma region. And the first question that comes to mind is this: Why have so many south Sound citizens been trying ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    'The Dog Whisperer' Murder: If Michiel Oakes Loses Legal Appeal, Will He Reveal Accomplice?

    Even if he loses his murder-conviction appeal, Michiel Oakes could still end up with a shorter sentence. With a prison release date of 2035 for killing dog trainer Mark Stover, Oakes is hoping for a new trial based on a juror's tweets and other challenges. But if he's turned down, would he seek a s ... More >>

  • News

    May 16, 2012

    Michiel Oakes' Twitter Defense

    A famous dog trainer's murderer hopes a juror's tweets will spring him from jail.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Michiel Oakes Seeks Reversal of 'Dog Whisperer' Murder Conviction Based on One Juror's Tweets

    As a member of the jury hearing the 2010 headline-making murder trial of Michiel Oakes - accused of shooting dog-trainer-to-the-stars Mark Stover in a love/hate triangle - teenager Caleb Chase sent out a tweet from his smartphone: "Wow. Sitting in the jury duty room listening to people casually havi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Alaskan Militia Leader Schaeffer Cox Goes to Trial While Other Sovereigns Here Go to Prison

    Young Schaeffer Cox has already been acquitted of trying to kill a federal judge, an IRS agent and an Alaska state trooper. The jury might have been partial, however, being they were his

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Separatists, Patriots and Hate Groups Expand and Unify Against an Obama U.S. Government

    Sovereign citizen Timothy Garrison of Mount Vernon went to federal prison for 42 months a few weeks back for filing false tax returns and threatening to arrest Skagit County officials for arresting him. His basic problem was that the government had a jail and he didn't. Nonetheless, his side is winn ... More >>

  • News

    March 7, 2012

    The High Road

    An initiative to legalize marijuana has drawn the ire of some pro-pot advocates, who oppose a provision that treats stoned drivers like drunks.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    African E-mail Scammers Now Demanding Ransom for People's Missing Loved Ones

    Patti Kreiger​The African e-mail-scammer industry is not without innovation. Take this latest e-mail pitch developed out of the fraud thinktanks of Ghana.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Robert Gates, Chancellor; Ex-Defense Secretary Forgoes Retirement With Wife in Skagit County

    The Gateses in Agra.​The suspicion was that former U.S.Secretary of Defense Robert Gates would retire for good at his Big Lake home in Skagit County once he departed D.C. in June. Skagit is where his wife of 43 years, Becky, prefers to live year-round in their home of 17 years, catching up wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Patty Murray's Afghan Question to Robert Gates: What About the Human Cost of War?

    Barrett​Most of the testimony on defense spending yesterday at the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing in D.C. focused on Barack Obama's planned 2012 Afghanistan war drawdown, particularly the timing and politics of ending a war we can't win. For some, withdrawal can't come too ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Navy 'Bull Frog' Eric Olson, Tacoma-born Head of U.S. SpecOps, Oversaw Bin Laden Takedown

    Olson​The U.S. plot to kill Osama bin Laden was successfully brought off thanks in part to Navy Adm. Eric Olson, a Tacoma native and son of a former city council member there. The 59-year-old Stadium High grad and now leader of the U.S. Special Operations Command was at the side of CIA Direct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Skagit County Taxman Claims He's Too Broke to Collect Taxes

    Don Munks' county is too broke to get un-broke.​No matter how broke the federal government is, there's always enough money to do two things: collect taxes and bomb Muslim countries. The tax-collecting part can usually also be said about local county and state governments as well. But apparentl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    Alden Mason

    Don Munks' county is too broke to get un-broke.​No matter how broke the federal government is, there's always enough money to do two things: collect taxes and bomb Muslim countries. The tax-collecting part can usually also be said about local county and state governments as well. But apparentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Terrance Irby's Murder Conviction Reversed by State Supreme Court Because of E-Mail Snafu

    ​Accused murderer Terrance Irby wasn't around on Jan. 2, 2007, when prosecutors and his attorney began selecting jurors in Skagit County Superior Court in Mount Vernon. Both the state and the defense agreed he didn't have to be there: Prospective jurors were merely to fill out a questionnaire ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    Knut Bell & The Blue Collars

    ​Accused murderer Terrance Irby wasn't around on Jan. 2, 2007, when prosecutors and his attorney began selecting jurors in Skagit County Superior Court in Mount Vernon. Both the state and the defense agreed he didn't have to be there: Prospective jurors were merely to fill out a questionnaire ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2010

    Knut Bell & The Blue Collars

    ​Accused murderer Terrance Irby wasn't around on Jan. 2, 2007, when prosecutors and his attorney began selecting jurors in Skagit County Superior Court in Mount Vernon. Both the state and the defense agreed he didn't have to be there: Prospective jurors were merely to fill out a questionnaire ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Hiker Patty Krieger Still Missing While Son Says Her Boyfriend Is Partying

    ​Its been nearly two weeks since Patty Krieger went missing while hiking on Sauk Mountain. But Krieger's son says the man who should be helping lead the search is partying instead. He says when a Skagit County deputy tried to evict boyfriend Larry Pressley from the trailer he shared with Krieg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Jeff Woods, Idiot on Meth, Claims Police Brutality (VIDEO)

    ​Jeff Woods is living proof that meth is not good for your memory, nor your criminal record. High out of his mind and terrified that a pack of imaginary dogs were attacking him, Woods attracted police attention when he tried to squeeze his body through the service window of a Skagit County mot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    The Mysterious Letters That Could Help Solve a 23-Year-Old Cold Case

    ​Jay Cook was running an errand for his dad when he disappeared. It was November of 1987, and Cook, 20, and his girlfriend Tanya Van Cuylenberg, 19, had traveled all the way from British Columbia to Seattle to pick up a part for a furnace. They took the ferry from Bremerton, crashed in their v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Lawsuit Challenges New Law Allowing State to Put Mental Hospital Patients Who Have Committed Crimes in Prison

    Isaac Zamora is believed to be the motivation behind the new law.​In September 2008, a mentally-disturbed 29-year-old named Isaac Zamora went on a shooting spree in Skagit County, killing a sherriff's deputy and five others. He later pled guilty to multiple murder counts, but in the killing of ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2010

    Flight Risk

    Isaac Zamora is believed to be the motivation behind the new law.​In September 2008, a mentally-disturbed 29-year-old named Isaac Zamora went on a shooting spree in Skagit County, killing a sherriff's deputy and five others. He later pled guilty to multiple murder counts, but in the killing of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Skagit County Security Officer Scores One for the Rent-a-Cops

    Take it from Bull: using handcuffs when transporting your prisoners is always a good idea​As any private security guard will tell you, working the front entrance at a county courthouse is a tough and thankless gig. Case in point, John Lallas, who after what we can assume was a day filled wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Glenn Beck's Golden Shower Temporarily Suspended

    The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    Skagit Brothers: Glenn Beck, Ed Murrow

    As Mount Vernon honors the former, we compare the two broadcasters.

  • News

    May 6, 2009

    Seattle’s Late Slumlord Millionaire

    Seattle’s prince of litigation and squalor left a surprisingly lucrative legacy for his would-be heirs to fight over.

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    The Kids Are Alright

    A previous year's Mayor's Scholars, wearing their jackets.If you're looking for a little uplift, you could do worse than yesterday's announcement of the 26 Mayor's Scholars, "middle school students in good standing who are 'unsung heroes,' who have overcome obstacles or met challenges in their lives ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Beer, the Magic Skagit, and Tom Robbins

    Over the past year, I've been moonlighting as a first-time author, researching and writing a book about local dive bars, which will be released in April. Turns out the great Skagit County novelist Tom Robbins is putting the finishing touches on a book about beer as well. His book comes out in April ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    No Retirement For Pentagon's Gates?

    Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Weeklong Vacation Review: Island Eats

    Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    The Mayo Clinic

    Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    Weekend Review: Lollapalooza, Jousting, and Little Penguins

    Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    How to Smoke Pot in Your Friend's Car and Not Get Busted

    Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

  • Music

    February 27, 2008

    Seattle, You Love Your Mainstream Country Music

    You just won't admit it.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Rumblings From the Indie Film Scene

    You just won't admit it.

  • News

    October 24, 2007

    Blow or No?

    You just won't admit it.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2007

    Murrows All Around

    You just won't admit it.

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Jack-Pot

    Federal law lets the cops pocket anything seized in a drug bust—cars, boats, cash—and use it to fund the war on drugs. But when Jane Gerth found a half-million dollars in the Okanogan woods, the rules got more complicated.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    Discovery's Creation

    "It's unlikely that any U.S. public-school student is not aware (in a land known for fundamentalist zeal) of creationist alternatives to Darwinism."

  • Food

    April 6, 2005

    April 6, 2005

    "It's unlikely that any U.S. public-school student is not aware (in a land known for fundamentalist zeal) of creationist alternatives to Darwinism."

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Rick Anderson's 2004

    It was the year of the Rainier Bear, the flu-vaccine 'shortage,' Ichiro, Bill O'Reilly's 'falafel thing,' and, of course, the re-recount.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    HIV: Criminal Intent

    Anthony Whitfield was recently convicted in Olympia in one of the nation's worst HIV assault cases. But his prosecution raises serious questions about who is being charged with spreading the AIDS virus and reveals the problems of trying to police private behavior for the public good.

  • Film

    February 25, 2004

    Gory, Gory Hallelujah

    Never mind the sermons, Mel Gibson's Christ movie is long on blood, short on theology.

  • News

    April 30, 2003

    Big Gamble

    Should we plug the states budget hole by expanding casino gambling beyond the reservations? A proposal in Olympia is tempting legislatorsand teachersto do just that.

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    Love Against the Odds

    Five Valentine's Day tales of love that has defied time, cliché, and convention.

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    Creek found, mall delayed

    Five Valentine's Day tales of love that has defied time, cliché, and convention.

  • Arts

    November 3, 1999

    Farmtasia

    Turning the family farm into a theme park

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    Rough treatment

    The imbroglio surrounding the desecration of a Native American burial ground may jump-start sensible development on Washington's northwest coast.

  • News

    August 25, 1999

    695 surprises

    The imbroglio surrounding the desecration of a Native American burial ground may jump-start sensible development on Washington's northwest coast.

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Blooming Hell

    LaConner to tulip maniacs: "Give us back our town!"

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