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Articles from the August 25, 2023 edition


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  • Packwood's 'Hammock Head' has done it again, this time with a chair

    Isabel Vander Stoep, The Reflector|Updated Aug 25, 2023

    One member of Packwood's abundant elk herd, dubbed "Hammock Head" by locals, earned regional notoriety for getting himself caught in a hammock late last year and spending the winter and early spring proudly wearing his furniture crown. It seems the elk enjoyed his fame. Or he's a prodigy fashionista. Or, he's just outraged by lawn furniture. In any case, Hammock Head struck again. On July 30, he collected a lawn chair from a resident's garage. After trying to locate the elk...

  • Can Skagit County farmlands and ag businesses coexist?

    Julia Lerner, Cascadia Daily News|Updated Aug 25, 2023

    MOUNT VERNON - When a brand-new wedding venue opened up next door to longtime cattle rancher Terry Sapp's place, he saw the potential for serious, perhaps literal, rain-on-parade incidents. Farming chores the Skagit County farmer used to do anytime he needed - pumping manure or moving cows from pasture to pasture - created a range of problems for wedding guests and the occasional bridal couple, even though the land they stood on had long been designated for farmers....

  • Peninsula guides a doggone 'miracle': Woman kayaks out to rescue missing Doberman

    Patrick Webb, Chinook Observer|Updated Aug 25, 2023

    Operation Doberman sounds like a military code-name, but it was a remarkable instance where the peninsula displayed its collective concern. When Arlington visitor Stacy Day's pet ran off, she was distraught for 18 days before a combination of sightings, diligent searching and patience allowed her to reunite with her Doberman. Now she wants to thank the community for helping. "It's amazing," she said. "It's hard to believe. It wasn't the way I was going to spend my August, but...