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Man with previous DUI arrests suspected of vehicular assault

The man, 51, is suspected of drinking before a crash with a motorcycle on Highway 99 in Lynnwood.

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Missing boy’s body found in Skykomish River

The 4-year-old went missing Monday. As of Tuseday, a medical examiner had not announced the boy’s identity.

Todd Smith (Meadow Adams)

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For Todd Smith, 18, ‘No one in his world was a stranger’

Friends and family recently gathered in Arlington to celebrate the slain high school senior’s life.

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Everett pimp sentenced to 21 years for human trafficking

Bernard Gordon, 33, has a long history of sexual violence against women, here and in King County.

A Marysville Pilchuck football player sports a spear on his helmet as the Tomahawks took on Snohomish in the Wesco 3A Championship Friday evening at Quil Ceda Stadium on November 1, 2019. School district leaders will soon need to drop Marysville Pilchuck High School’s mascot, the Tomahawks. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Native American mascots to be discontinued in Marysville

A new state law, which bans the use of Native American mascots by schools, takes effect July 25.

Junelle Lewis becomes emotional while performing a dance with her children during the Justice to Jubilee Juneteenth Celebration at Skykomish River Park on Saturday, June 19, 2021 in Monroe, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Justice to Jubilee: ‘No one is free till everyone is free’

People gathered Saturday in a Monroe park to celebrate Juneteenth, a new federal holiday that commemorates the end…

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Man gets 31½ years for shooting Everett motel guest 12 times

Harry Lee Jones Jr., 27, beat and then shot a Farwest Motel guest in 2018 while two accomplices…

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Arlington-area man arrested in fatal machete attack

The suspect, 31, claimed self-defense. It was an argument over a wheelbarrow, a sheriff’s deputy wrote.

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Arlington-area woman, 23, identified in stabbing death

Madison King died of sharp-force injuries. Detectives believe she was killed by her husband.

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Arlington man claims he ‘lost control,’ stabbed wife to death

Police said Homero Osuna Gonzalez, 25, stole his wife’s phone and pretended to be her as he fled…

Officers surrounded a Motel 6 near Everett Tuesday morning after a reported rape. A man tried to flee but was subdued and arrested. (Ellen Dennis / The Herald) 20210615

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Man arrested after standoff at motel over reported rape

Surrounded by a SWAT team near Everett, the man tried to flee but was subdued with pepper balls.

Claiming a man pointed a gun at him, Kevin Rodriguez testifies in court at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Everett, Washington. Rodriguez was convicted of manslaughter for killing Evodio Garcia Martinez.  (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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Jury convicts Monroe man of manslaughter in grisly stabbing

Kevin Rodriguez, 30, went on trial for murder in a 2019 knife attack. He stabbed three roommates.

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Teen killed Saturday was due to graduate from Arlington High

Todd Smith, 18, was shot twice by a homeowner who later told police the young man was an…

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Monroe man arrested in ‘sophisticated’ ID theft scheme

The suspect, 35, is accused of rerouting a man’s mail to a fake PO Box to help him…

Enzo, a roughly two-year-old pit bull, was euthanized after it bit off an elderly woman's ear in 2018. (contributed photo)

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Landlords not liable for Arlington dog attack on missionary

A Jehovah’s Witness missionary lost an appeal to the state Supreme Court after a tenant’s pit bull mauled…

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State panel upholds suspension of Monroe prison doctor

Dr. Julia Barnett was fired for unprofessional conduct after prisoner deaths and “unnecessary suffering.”

Jamel Alexander is sentenced to 28 years for the first-degree murder Thursday afternoon at Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett on May 27, 2021.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Everett man gets nearly 30 years for stomping woman to death

“You took her life in the most demeaning and savage way you could manage,” a judge told the…

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Lake Stevens man identified in fatal shooting

Terrance Moore, 35, was shot to death Monday. His roommate, the alleged shooter, was a Monroe prison guard.

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Lake Stevens homicide suspect worked at Monroe prison

Emmanuel Perez, 44, is accused of shooting his roommate to death at an apartment in Lake Stevens.

Christopher Blackwell on his wedding day, Sept. 18, 2020, at the Monroe Correctional Complex. (Mark Miller)

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As virus wanes, Monroe prisoners still isolated by new rules

Christopher Blackwell asserts prisons have “weaponized” the pandemic. He writes from behind bars for The Washington Post.