r/skagit

Hi r/skagit ,

I am your neighbor here in the Salish Sea region and I've been thinking about this problem for a long time. In our communities you can live for years, care deeply about something. A craft, a cause, a niche corner of music or science or making things. But still not know who else around you cares about it too. The people are here. You just don't cross paths. The shared interest stays invisible.

It's a pattern that shows up all around the Salish Sea: in the islands, in the small towns along the water, in the communities tucked into the folds of this region. Smaller places make it especially visible, but the underlying problem isn't really about size. It's that the tools we use to connect online are built around who you already know or around broadcasting to strangers. Neither one does much for the quieter work of finding the handful of people nearby who share the interests that you care about.

That's what I've spent the last several years building li-nk to address. It's organized around interests and community rather than follower counts or feeds. The idea is simple: develop your interests, find your community. Built with an experience living in the Salish communities in mind, designed to work anywhere the same problem shows up.

I care about this region and the communities in it, and I'd really value feedback from folks around here as I launch. I'd be elated if you were to check out the li-nk platform.

Demo (no signup required): http://demo.li-nk.social

http://li-nk.social

I'd really value feedback from folks around here as I launch. Thanks for your consideration r/skagit !!

Hello skagit people! I have a 2017 Subaru Impreza which needs diagnostics ran. My center console screen started glitching out a few months back, and I’m looking for someone local who can help me figure out what’s wrong. The screen works when I put the vehicle in reverse, but is static any other time (turns off and on randomly and cannot be turned off at all).

I called Subaru and they charge over $230 just for diagnostics :(

Any recommendations on a local shop who has some better pricing ? Thank you in advance for suggestions

Where can I find the best cookies (and hopefully coffee too)? Anywhere between Sedro and Smokey Point would be ideal as long as it's not far off I5.

Thanks in advance!

Im writing this because a friend of mine has been mistreated, misrepesented, violations of their rights, constitutional and amendment rights. There has been year and half delays, or push plea bargains. public defenders office and the judge violating, rights being one sided or the defender doesn't defend them. We have contacted the bar association, but been issues too not sure if they will do any good or not. hiring a regular attorney they wont take the case cause gone on a to long. THERE WAS NO CRIME COMMITED WAS ALL LIES.

I just have a question for locals, has anyone ever been chased in Skagit, whatcom or Snohomish by a fat black truck that reads "I take" but spelt funny?

What place in Mt Vernon, Burlington or Sedro-Woolley has the best tres leches cakes & why do you like them best? I’ll be getting one for a party in June, so just curious what else is out there besides the quick & simple Safeway option. 🎂

Hi there, there been eratic activity off Robinson rd near the river. One pf the residents is putting a recording cam up, plus thiers been speeders too. Also left off that road Second property, thiers Ben drug activities be careful. Just letting people know.

Anybody got a line on a decent landscaper or contractor that has experience with adding drainage systems to a residential property? Hopefully without completely destroying my savings?

If you travel between Burlington and Bellingham on I-5, plan ahead for the next week and a half. Both directions of I-5 near Lake Samish Rd have been reduced to a single lane for 12 days until Friday, May 22, while crews install a new fish-passable structure beneath the northbound lanes.

To create enough room for crews to excavate beneath northbound I-5, northbound traffic will temporarily shift onto the southbound side of the freeway using a crossover road. Northbound and southbound traffic will be separated by concrete barriers.

Let's get into the details of what to expect during these lane reductions:

Through 2 p.m. Friday, May 22

• Northbound and southbound I-5 each will be reduced to one lane near Lake Samish Road (exit 240)
• Northbound traffic will temporarily shift onto the southbound side of the freeway through the work zone
• Speed limits will be reduced to 60 mph in the area

Important note: The Lake Samish/Alger on-ramp to northbound I-5 closed May 3 and will remain closed for 28 days. A signed detour routes drivers to the Nulle Rd on-ramp at exit 242.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR DRIVERS:

Traffic will be funneled into a single lane in each direction through a long-term work zone, which means backups and slower travel times are likely throughout the corridor, especially during peak travel periods and weekends. Drivers should expect congestion to build quickly approaching the crossover area, with delays potentially extending well beyond the immediate work zone during busier times of day.

Travel between Burlington and Bellingham will likely be slower and less predictable throughout the closure. Commercial trucks may want to consider using SR 9, while passenger vehicles can use SR 9 or SR 11/Chuckanut Drive as alternate routes.

If possible, travel earlier or later, consider alternate routes and check real-time traffic conditions before heading out.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR DRIVERS:

This project will remove 12 fish barriers along tributaries to Friday Creek and reconnect approximately 4.2 miles of habitat for coho, steelhead, resident trout and sea-run cutthroat.

The work is part of WSDOT’s statewide fish passage program and ongoing efforts to comply with a federal court injunction requiring the state to correct culverts that block salmon and steelhead migration in western Washington.

Once this northbound work is complete, major daytime and long-term lane reductions will pause during the regional World Cup match period (June 12–July 8) before construction resumes later this summer on the southbound side of I-5.