The Skagit Valley lies in the northwestern corner of the state of Washington , United States. Its defining feature is the Skagit River , which snakes through local communities which include the seat of Skagit County , Mount Vernon , as well as Sedro-Woolley , Concrete , Lyman - Hamilton , and Burlington .
5-515: The local newspaper is Skagit Valley Herald , published in Mount Vernon, Washington . Between 1967 and 1983, there was a plan by Puget Sound Power and Light Co. to build two nuclear power plants in Skagit Valley, but due to controversy, these plans were shelved. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is a spring festival attended by thousands of visitors. Several local musical groups, including
10-456: A weekly newspaper . In 1913, it was renamed Mount Vernon Herald and transitioned to daily circulation in 1922. It has been known as Skagit Valley Herald since 1956. In 1964, the paper was sold to the newly created Skagit Valley Publishing Co., which was affiliated with Scripps League Newspapers and had controlling interest of Pioneer News Group . In 2017, Pioneer sold its papers to Adams Publishing Group . Starting March 1, 2023,
15-421: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Skagit Valley Herald The Skagit Valley Herald is a daily newspaper serving Skagit County , Washington . It has a circulation of 8,774. Skagit Valley Publishing also publishes the weekly Anacortes American , Fidalgo This Week , The Argus , Stanwood Camano News , and Courier-Times . The paper was founded in 1884 as The Skagit News ,
20-654: The Fidalgo Youth Symphony and the Skagit Valley Chorale, bring together local amateur musicians from across the Skagit Valley. In 2020, the Skagit Valley Chorale made international headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States when an infected person attended a choir rehearsal, before COVID-19 was known to be spreading in the local community. As one of the clearest superspreading events early in
25-488: The pandemic – choir members were able to tell researchers who stood next to whom throughout most of the evening – it was carefully studied by researchers, which resulted in recommendations used worldwide about how to avoid transmitting the virus. [REDACTED] Media related to Skagit Valley at Wikimedia Commons 48°30′N 122°02′W / 48.500°N 122.033°W / 48.500; -122.033 This Skagit County, Washington state location article
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