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Everett will still bloom as helpers take on flower program
City layoffs include a horticulturist, the “heart and soul” of the plant program.
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Sirens, lights, wishes and hopes for boy with rare disease
Make-A-Wish and South County Fire staged a first-responder parade past the 3-year-old’s Lynnwood home.
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Mount St. Helens ‘changed my life,’ says Camano filmmaker
Forty years ago, at age 20, Michael Lienau was trapped with a camera crew days after the mountain…
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Spring cleaning during shutdown? Goodwill taking donations
Cars lined up to give away stuff in Lynnwood. In masks and gloves, the nonprofit’s workers were on…
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New mom, virus survivor both feel blessed this Mother’s Day
During birth center closure at Swedish Edmonds, Providence in Everett saw a springtime baby boom.
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Bears, other critters at PAWS in Lynnwood need human help
A mother bear’s den was accidentally disturbed before the rescue of two cubs. Bigger bears will soon be…
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The waters await, but some boat launches are already open
At the Port of Everett, ramps didn’t close despite coronavirus. Many around the state open next week.
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United Way leader leaving after 3 years at agency’s helm
Allison Warren-Barbour focused on family poverty. She’ll soon take a position with Premera Blue Cross.
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An open-pit mine that wasn’t: Ridge near Glacier Peak spared
A book by professor from Marysville chronicles the 1960s environmental battle over a planned copper mine.
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Homeless people, tents cleared at Everett park, memorial
Free meals are no longer available at the downtown park honoring child abuse victim Matthew Parsons.
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Out of their classrooms, kids and teachers are both learning
As technology and creativity fill in the gaps for students, parents say teaching at home is hard.
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111 students from around globe stuck in Everett dorms
Many EvCC and Edmonds College students are from farflung countries and can’t “stay home.” No visitors allowed.
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Edmonds College is the new name as school drops ‘Community’
The availability of bachelor of applied science degrees is the reason for the change, its president says.
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Homes become houses of worship for Easter, Passover 2020
“I’m not kneeling in front of a computer. I’m kneeling in front of God,” an Everett man said…
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Bear hunts and encouraging words are signs of COVID-19 times
Neighbors are putting stuffed animals in windows so children can spot them during weeks out of school.
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He’s playing Taps, nightly, for ‘however long I stay at home’
Everett’s Kevin McKay is a guitarist in rock bands, but COVID-19 pandemic has him learning the bugle.
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Final farewells continue, but few are allowed to say goodbye
Rules for funerals limit attendees to immediate family. In Darrington, a memorial tradition is on hold.
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Home just in time, they served abroad in S. America, Africa
She caught last plane out of Peru, while her friend in Peace Corps had to leave post in…
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It’s not Rosie, but Everett’s Forest Park has a new pachyderm
Sculpture, part of playground renovations, is a reminder of elephant that lived and died in zoo here.
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Peter Jackson, writer and Scoop’s son, dies of cancer at 53
Former Herald editorial page editor, he “opened our world” as champion of environment, human rights.