A retired police sergeant in a New York suburb has been sentenced to six months in prison for repeatedly firing a Taser gun at a man suffering a health crisis. U.S.

Around 1 p.m. Thursday, they said anyone in the area of 400 blocks of West 7th Street, West 8th Street, and West 9th Street needs to evacuate and avoid the area.

Skagit County will get $1 million to reopen Big Rock Park near Mount Vernon, which has had no public access due to the private land around it. The county plans to acquire the surrounding land, some of ...