Anastacia "Staci" Baird

The Skagit County town of La Conner bucks a national trend when it comes to local journalism.

A new La Conner newspaper launched in March, following the closing of one of the state's oldest weeklies

In a remarkable turnaround, a Skagit Valley town that lost its local newspaper in December received its first copies of a new paper last week.

Group hopes to print first edition of La Conner Community News in March.