Washington’s Skagit Valley bursts into color each spring as millions of tulips blanket the countryside in a painterly patchwork of pinks, purples, yellows, and reds. What began as a humble farming ...

If it’s true, as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, that earth laughs in flowers, Washington state’s Skagit Valley is a side-splitter. Skagit Valley isn’t the only place in Washington with stunning shows of ...

Rockport, Wash. — AS we nudge the raft out into the surging current of the Skagit River, our guide, Jerry Michalec, challenges his six passengers to be the first to spot an eagle. “Sit anywhere on the ...

The U.S. National Weather Service is predicting historic flooding for Skagit County. Upriver communities, including Rockport, Hamilton, Marblemount, and Concrete, are recommended to evacuate to high ...

MOUNT VERNON — Kids splashed through muddy puddles in their rain boots, families stopped to smell the flowers, and friends posed for photos among vast blankets of tulips and daffodils — just another ...

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Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Skagit County, an area which may ...