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Skagit Transit Launches New Features – Never Miss a Bus Again Skagit Transit is introducing a new features to make riding the bus more convenient.  Riders now get real time bus arrival information on all of Skagit Transit’s bus routes. No longer do bus riders need to wonder when their bus will arrive. Riders can…

Familiar Faces Moving into Port of Skagit Restaurant The restaurant at Skagit Regional Airport is reopening with new operators, but they are not new to the Skagit Valley. Spinach Bus Ventures, the team who owns Tulip Town, Skagit Acres and the Fairhaven Mill is moving into the restaurant space at the Port of Skagit, bringing…

2021 Artists’ Studio Tour on San Juan Island The Artists’ Studio Tour on San Juan Island We will return on June 5th and 6th 2021! We are excited to be including both returning and new island artists with this year’s tour. We want to celebrate with our island residents, and thank them for their support…

Representative Rick Larsen Tours Port of Skagit Projects U.S. Representative Rick Larsen visited the Port of Skagit on March 5th to see projects underway in maritime manufacturing, aviation expansion and value-added agriculture. The day included tours and conversations with representatives from Island Grown Farmers’ Cooperative, Corporate Air Center, Systima Technologies, Dyberg Aviation and Mavrik Marine. …

Daylight saving time: perfect time to make homes safe Red Cross offering FREE virtual appointments with home fire specialists   NORTHWEST REGION, MARCH 11, 2021 — As people turn their clocks forward for daylight saving time this Sunday, the Northwest Region of the American Red Cross encourages everyone to also make their homes safer from…

Online Registration is Open for Goodwill Classes

Community Action Helps People Keep their Homes Community Action of Skagit County will launch a second round of their Eviction Prevention Program beginning March 8, slated to run through the end of 2021. The intention of this emergency funding is to prevent eviction for households who have been financially impacted by the COVID pandemic. Based…

Express Employment Professionals is Hiring Express Employment Professionals is hiring for a Residential Director! We have partnered with a well-established non-profit that specializes in providing social and human services to local youth. This organization offers top-notch, trauma-informed and people-first treatment to the youth in their programs. Staff work tirelessly, but with passion, to provide a…

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County Present Rise ‘N Shine Skagit! Each year, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County host an Annual Breakfast to celebrate donors, share stories from the Clubs, and connect as a community. With the limitations of Covid-19, the Annual Breakfast is going virtual and bringing you a…

Skagit Valley College South Asian Student Club and Black Students Union continue to offer free Mindful Meditation sessions via Zoom Skagit Valley College’s South Asian Student Club, in collaboration with the Black Students Union, warmly invites everyone to participate in Mindful Meditation, a continuing weekly series of free events presented by Delhi’s well known and…