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Bill Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took iconic 'Earthrise' photo, dies in plane crash
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAstronaut Bill Anders, who orbited the moon aboard Apollo 8 in 1968, has died in a plane crash off...
Burn Ban for Skagit County goes into effect June 15
KIRO via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"Due to current and forecasted weather conditions, a modified burn ban for all residential and land clearing fires in unincorporated Skagit County will...
Skagit County holds inaugural wildfire preparedness briefing
Anacortes American· 4 days agoOn May 30, the Skagit County Commissioner’s Office held the county’s first wildfire preparedness...
San Juan Islands plane crash pilot identified: Who is William Anders?
FOX 13 Seattle· 3 days agoRetired American astronaut William Anders, who was a member of the Apollo 8 crew, has been...
Business Briefly
Anacortes American· 7 days agoBusiness notes from Skagit County
Skagit Count event to be held to recycle aging boats
Anacortes American· 7 days agoThose looking to do away with boats that may become derelict can do so at the Skagit County Vessel Turn-in Recycling Day at the end of July.
Fuzzy caterpillars all over Houston have many worried about their trees
KHOU 11 Houston· 6 days agoMany viewers have reached out asking about furry caterpillars they're seeing in their areas around...
Horror film ‘Skagit,’ partially shot in Bellingham, now available on streaming services
The Bellingham Herald· 3 days agoNick Thompson didn’t set out to write a film about the Skagit Valley when he started working on his first feature film, 2021’s “Skagit.” “I’d originally ...
Apollo astronaut who showed Earth to humanity killed in plane crash near B.C.
Houston Today· 7 hours agoA former Apollo 8 astronaut who took one of the most famous photos of Earth died in a Washington...
Portion of Skagit River to open for sockeye fishing
Anacortes American· 4 days agoThe Skagit River from the Highway 536 bridge in Mount Vernon to the Dalles Bridge in Concrete will be open to sockeye salmon fishing from June 16 to July 15.