Derek Williams, a 19-year police veteran who is six months from retirement and battling kidney failure, would have lost his ...

Skagit County prepares for potential flooding as Skagit River nears record levels, impacting Mount Vernon and surrounding ...

Mount Vernon’s emergency floodwall held fast Thursday night and into Friday morning as the rushing and debris-filled Skagit ...

Mount Vernon Mayor Peter Donovan stood before the city's 1.4-mile flood wall (a.k.a. The Wall) and declared it a game-changer ...

Communities along the Skagit River, from Sedro Woolley to Mount Vernon, are on high alert as two atmospheric rivers threaten ...

According to the National Weather Service, the river reached 37.73 feet at 12:15 a.m. at the monitoring gauge just east of ...

MOUNT VERNON — Residents strolled along the riverwalk in downtown on the morning of Dec. 13, coffee in one hand, dog leashes in the other. The bright blue sky contrasted the rolling brown waters of ...

Historical newspaper accounts archived by Skagit County trace flooding in the region back to the late 19th century, long ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Officials have issued Level 3 ‘Leave Now’ evacuations for certain residents in Mount Vernon due to ...

The Mount Vernon High School girls' basketball team notched a 51-30 nonconference victory Monday over North Kitsap.

Neighboring, sectional rival boys basketball programs Mt. Vernon (5-1) and Anderson (2-2) met Tuesday at Mt. Vernon High ...

A coalition of philanthropists, preservationists and state partners has raised more than $885,000 to rescue the historic 1872 ...