Susan Cole learned how to grow luscious tomatoes at the 2012 Country Living Expo & Cattlemen’s Winter School Saturday.
She was also a vendor at the winter school exhibition, offering information about her Camano Canine Resort along with her daughter-in-law, Sue Cole, who took a class on horse teeth. Full Story
Senator Mary Margaret Haugen announced her decision to support the rights of gay and lesbian couples to marry.
Governor Chris Gregoire had announced her change of heart on the issue a week earlier and another conservative Democrat, Jim Kastama, from Puyallup also changed his mind and said he’d vote for it. Full Story
Harris-Moore gets 6 ½ years in federal sentence
Friday, Colton Harris-Moore was sentenced to 78 months in prison for seven federal crimes, as part of his multi-jurisdiction plea bargain.
He stood straighter than his last court appearance, and looked around the room rather than at the floor. He was not handcuffed, and wore khaki. Full Story
Off-duty firefighter dies in crash
Matthew Roodzant, 38, of Camano Island, died at Providence Medical Center’s Colby Campus on Wednesday night, after driving his 2003 Dodge pickup through a guardrail and impacting a tree.
Roodzant was a firefighter in Woodinville.
His passenger, a 35-year-old man also from Camano Island, was uninjured. Full Story