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Full Life Care employee will miss friendships with staff, clients

I have worked at Full Life Care in Everett for 17 years (“I’ll lose everything’: Snohomish County’s only…

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Keep power on in extreme heat to save lives

Summer is almost here, and with it will come deadly heat waves supercharged by the climate crisis. Yet…

Opinion

Hazen’s commentary was a needed message of hope

A recent Herald Forum commentary by Dan Hazen, was absolutely refreshing (“Holding on to hope, even as the…

Opinion

When will Congress stand up to Trump?

Waste, fraud, and abuse? Look no further than the White House.

Travis Decker is suspected of killing his 3 daughters Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia. (Courtesy GoFundMe)

Northwest

Manhunt expands for state dad accused of killing his 3 daughters

The bodies of the three Wenatchee girls were found June 2 near the father’s abandoned pickup.

Opinion

Comment: Proposed stadium is an investment in Everett’s future

A methodical process has outlined a multipurpose facility that can be built without new taxes.

Opinion

Comment: Some DEI programs ensured protection of veterans’ health

Cut as a cost-saving measure, such programs helped ensure services for women and minorities.

Opinion

Forum: Nonprofits and communities face an existential crisis

When missions, and not just methods, are questioned, how do groups reweave to remain vital and valued?

Beginning on July 1, 2026, those living in Washington who qualify can begin accessing the long-term care benefit, which has a lifetime cap of $36,500, adjusted over time for inflation. Eligible beneficiaries living out of state can tap into benefits starting July 1, 2030. (Washington State Department of Social & Health Services)

Local News

Washington’s long-term care program nears liftoff

It’s been criticized, revised and survived a ballot box challenge. Now, the first-in-nation benefit is on track for…

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Opinion

Editorial cartoons for Saturday, June 7

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies during a budget hearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Al Drago/The New York Times)

Opinion

Editorial: Ending Job Corps a short-sighted move by White House

If it’s jobs the Trump administration hopes to bring back to the U.S., it will need workers to…

Opinion

Comment: We can’t manage what we refuse to measure

The Trump administration’s war against climate science will compound the devastation from disasters.

Sports

Revisiting Washington’s 2000 upset over mighty Miami

It’s impossible to find two power-conference college football programs farther apart geographically than Miami and Washington.

Tyrese Haliburton hit a last-second shot to take down favored Oklahoma City in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. (Yong Kim / Tribune News Services)

Sports

Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton stuns Thunder to open NBA Finals

OKLAHOMA CITY — Tyrese Haliburton raced up the court, paused for a moment to survey the crowded landscape…

Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold (14) participates in a workout during day six of OTAs at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Edwin Hooper / Seattle Seahawks)

Sports

Seahawks QB Sam Darnold finishes strong to cap uneven week

RENTON, Wash. — As is the case across the league, the Seattle Seahawks’ organized team activities are voluntary…

Opinion

Is church engaged in ‘worship warfare’?

Imagine; Snohomish’s very own Russell Johnson, pastor of the Pursuit Church, quoted in the Seattle Times, calling for…

Opinion

Christians’ civic engagement is a right and duty

Recent calls for Christians to avoid political involvement in the name of humility may sound spiritual, but they…

Opinion

Ensure due process to all threatened with deportation

I am writing to express my concerns regarding immigrants, migrants and students who are being wrongfully detained, imprisoned…

Opinion

Goldberg: Musk’s leaves legacy of disease, starvation and death

DOGE may only break even, and at the cost of some 300,000 deaths from the end of USAID.

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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, center, speaks to reporters alongside Solicitor General Noah Purcell, left, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Legal Director Matt Adams, right, outside a Seattle courthouse where federal appeals court judges heard arguments over President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship on Wednesday.

Local News

Trump’s birthright citizenship order lands in Seattle appeals court

The U.S. Supreme Court, meanwhile, hasn’t ruled whether a decision from one judge can block a president’s executive…