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Everett Mayor: Murphy best fit to lead city

The election for Everett Mayor is vital to moving forward as a community. As elected leaders who represent…

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Court of Appeals: Tam Bui best choice for judge

I just read the voters pamphlet for the general election on Nov. 4, specifically the Court of Appeals…

A helicopter conducts bucket drops over the Bear Gulch Fire. (Olympic National Forest)

Northwest

WA officials take stock as wildfire season winds down

With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season.

Josh Naylor (12) of the Seattle Mariners celebrates with Julio Rodríguez (44) after hitting a two-run home run in the seventh inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 2 of the American League Championship Series at Rogers Centre on Monday, October 13, 2025 in Toronto. (Daniel Shirey / Getty Images / The Athletic)

Sports

Seattle sluggers suddenly dominate ALCS in Toronto

Julio Rodríguez, Jorge Polanco, Josh Naylor go deep as M’s take commanding 2-0 series lead.

George Kirby of the Seattle Mariners warms up prior to Game One of the American League Championship Series between the Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Sunday, October 12, 2025 in Toronto. (Photo by Colton Hall / Getty Images / The Athletic)

Sports

Mariners tab Kirby, Castillo to start Games 3 and 4 of ALCS

TORONTO — The Seattle Mariners are built around starting pitching, with depth that gives them strong choices no…

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (29) hits a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025 at the Roger Centre. (The Athletic)

Sports

Cal Raleigh does it all for Mariners

TORONTO — The ballots were cast before the playoffs started. Nothing Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh does in…

Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (11) and quarterback Sam Darnold celebrate during a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (The Athletic)

Sports

Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba spark another Seahawks road victory

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — By now, you know what a Seattle Seahawks win on the road looks like. It…

Opinion

Stanwood seniors worried by GOP’s health care cuts

“What’s going to happen to me with these cuts to Medicaid and increases in health insurance? I’m really…

Opinion

Comment: The cases for and against a Nobel for President Trump

It wasn’t a realistic expectation this year. Trump can best make his case by not making a case…

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Opinion

Comment: Charts’ trend lines give lie to climate deniers’ claims

Some recent charts show unmistakable and drastic increases in global temperatures in recent years.

Opinion

Dangerous to end tracking reports on hunger in U.S.

Regarding recent letters to the editor about cuts to SNAP and health care benefits and the 2024 U.S.…

Opinion

Comment: Wealth taxes didn’t work in Nostradamus’ time; and don’t now

Regardless of where used, they are hard to implement and don’t raise the revenue that’s seen as necessary.

Opinion

Don’t put conditions on FEMA disaster preparation grants

As Washington braces for another season of floods and wildfires, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has quietly halted…

Opinion

Humans caused climate crisis, and they can stop it

Our weather is changing before our eyes. Our planet is heating up 10 times as fast as average…

Opinion

WM brings recycling basics to class

School is back in session, and so is the environmental education and eco-citizenship collaboration between Snohomish County and…

Opinion

Everett council, Dist. 2: Rhyne delivers for district, city

My wife and I have lived in the Lowell neighborhood of Everett for the last three years and…

Opinion

Charlie Kirk was opposite of hater

We thank Nate Nehring for his recent commentary (“Thoughts on prayers and their role in policy, change,” The…

The marble statue depicting “The Authority of Law” is visible outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. President Donald Trump’s policies will have an even more central role in the Supreme Court term that begins on Monday. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

Opinion

Comment: Supreme Court poised to expand the president’s powers

The current term could see the overturn of precedents that provided a check against a unitary executive.

Mariners Luke Raley, right, runs out to celebrate with Jorge Polanco after Polanco’s single wins the game as the Detroit Tigers take on the Seattle Mariners in Game 5 of the ALDS at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington on Friday, October 10, 2025. Mariners win, 3-2, 15 innings. (Robin Buckson / The Detroit News / Tribune News Services)

Sports

Mariners win ALDS: Polanco’s walk-off single in 15th sends M’s to ALCS

SEATTLE — Decades from now, an entire city — an entire Pacific Northwest region — will remember where…

Opinion

Comment: State’s new digital ad tax complicated, sloppy and iffy

The untested tax, rushed to passage to fill a state revenue hole, is being challenged in court.