Skagit Transit offers free bus rides to people needing warm place to stay during cold snap

Finding a safe, warm place to stay during the cold snap is not easy for those who don’t have their own transportation. Skagit Transit has a solution: offering free bus rides for those who need it.

16-year-old suspect dead after armed teens break into Mount Vernon home, attack residents

Mount Vernon Police are investigating after a violent home invasion carried out by teenagers early Saturday morning. One of the young suspects died after residents fought back.

WSDOT worker injured after reckless driver crashes into maintenance truck

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is urging drivers to be cautious when traveling through construction work zones after a reckless driver crashed into a maintenance truck – resulting in injuries to both the driver and a road worker.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival honors University of Idaho victim Ethan Chapin

The annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival kicks off this weekend, running through the entire month of April. This year, a special bloom will honor one of the four University of Idaho students killed in an off-campus apartment last November. 

Maintenance man helps save woman hit in Mount Vernon double shooting

A woman ran to get help from a maintenance worker who was outside a steakhouse after she was shot Monday night.  The shooting happened just before 10 p.m.in the driveway of a mobile home park, a couple of hundred feet from the restaurant in Mount Vernon. 

Dogs now allowed at Tulip Town

Good news for dog owners-- you can finally bring your furry friend to see the iconic tulips in Skagit County!

Coroner confirms 4 University of Idaho students died from stabbing

Autopsies have been completed on four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed to death inside a rental house near campus, and the results have been forwarded to law enforcement, the Spokane County Medical Examiner said Thursday.

Court overturns Mount Vernon woman’s conviction for soliciting to kill ex husband

Vanessa Valdiglesias LaValle had been found guilty in 2021 for trying to persuade her son to kill his father with rat poison. Valdiglesias LaValle was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the conviction, which will now be sent back to trial court.

Owner reunited with puppy left in Mount Vernon Walmart during shooting

Mount Vernon Police are looking for the owner of a puppy found in a shopping cart inside Walmart on Sunday after a shooting. Police have not released a description of the dog.