A sprint car drifts around a corner on opening night of the Skagit Speedway on Saturday, May 6. Sprint cars can reach speeds of up to 120 miles per hour. //Klipsun Magazine
Being a drag queen is not easy, it can take up to three hours to prepare hair, makeup and clothing in order to perform on the local circuit. //Skagit Valley Herald.
Steve Beitler and his father Harold discuss the results of the first race of the night on Saturday, May 6 at the Skagit Speedway. Harold drove in the first-ever race at Skagit Speedway in 1954 when the grounds were only a fraction of their current size. //Klipsun Magazine
Every day trains full of highly combustible oil make their way from the Bakken Oil Fields of North Dakota to oil refineries in Northwest Washington, and many residents of these vulnerable coastal communities are furious about it. //Planet Magazine
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Two police crash into one another in downtown Seattle. // The Seattle Times
Aaron Cohen stands in front of one of several derelict vehicles left by the previous tenents of his new farm just outside of Sedro-Woolley. //Klipsun Magazine
The Sterling Motor Inn in Burlington, Washington was forced to shut down and condemned due to multiple rooms having severe methamphetamine contamination. // Skagit Valley Herald
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A Sedro-Woolley player goes up for a layup against Ferndale. //Skagit Valley Herald
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Silas Maddox, a resident of Sedro Woolley, operates his power hammer at Forge & Nail on Friday, January 27 in Sedro Woolley, Washington. //Skagit Valley Herald
A Burlington-Edison player goes up for a layup. //Skagit Valley Herald
A Conway player goes up for a rebound against Ferndale. //Skagit Valley Herald
A Friday Harbor player goes up for a layup against Sedro-Woolley. //Skagit Valley Herald
Members of the Green Crab Defense Team practice how to search for the invasive species at the Padilla Bay Reserve. //Skagit Valley Herald.
Before the sun rises, the Western Women's Crew Team is pulling boats out of the shed and preparing to cut through the glassy water of Lake Samish. //Klipsun Magazine
The family of Nathan Nakis, a soldier from Sedro-Woolley who was killed in Iraq in 2003, watch as a climbing wall dedicated to Nakis is inaugurated. //Skagit Valley Herald
Culinary students at Skagit College learn to make sausage from scratch. //Skagit Valley Herald
Local painters turned out to paint the fully bloomed tulip fields in Mount Vernon. //Skagit Valley Herald.
La Connor's baseball team, which has several players who have not played since grade school, has build an impressive resume during a season with little expectation. //Skagit Valley Herald
A Sedro-Woolley striker prepares to shoot against the Blaine Borderites. //Skagit Valley Herald.
Participants in the Skagit Homeschool Science Fair control a robot created for competition by Skagit students. //Skagit Valley Herald
Volunteers work to plant crops that will eventually be donated to the Sedro-Woolley Food Bank. //Skagit Valley Herald
A police officer and citizen discuss politics in front of a protest sign before a town hall meeting held by Suzan DelBene in Mount Vernon. //Skagit Valley Herald.
