Photographed here is the YWCA’s Snohomish County team. Photo courtesy YWCA Seattle I King I Snohomish

Snohomish County Gives

Bridging the gap between homelessness and short-term housing

How YWCA is addressing Snohomish County’s urgent housing crisis

Opinion

Comment: Wiles and Trump allow truth to leak out of White House

Wiles’ Vanity Fair interviews and Trump’s attack of the Reiners remove all doubt about his unfitness.

Opinion

Comment: Australia banned kids from social media; and we wait?

Other countries are considering bans. Considering the harms we now understand, we must do so, too.

Opinion

We seem caught between a circus or parallel realities

First, growing up, I and many others looked forward to the arrival of the circus. The traveling Circus…

Opinion

Comment: In defending rule of law, Supreme Court jusices stumble

While District Court judges have held Trump to account, the high court’s majority has been less brave.

Opinion

Few recognize addiction’s link to poverty

Has it ever occurred to your many letter writers why, why is there so much demand for illegal…

Tyrone McMorris and Carrie deKubber show up together, serving meals, homework support and hope for children on Everett’s Casino Road.

Snohomish County Gives

Feeding futures: How Bob’s Burgers & Brew and Casino Road Kids Ministries serve Everett’s children

From warm meals to homework support and community events, Carrie and Tyrone are showing up for families on…

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George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart, center) is consoled by Mr. Martini after believing $8,000 of his company's money has been lost.

Opinion

Comment: Welcome to Pottersville, U.S.A.; Population: us

There are disturbing parallels between our times and that of the dystopian town in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’

Opinion

Book on Western Arctic shows what could be lost to drilling, mining

In his book “Wilderness and the American Mind” Roderick Nash asserts that “wilderness was the basic ingredient of…

Opinion

Medical freedom should be a right

The undercutting of public health has been going on for decades from within the medical industry itself, (“House…

Opinion

Trump’s immigration policy based on race

After graduating from Snohomish High School and then the UW I joined the Peace Corps in 1966 as…

A state Climate Commmitment Act map shows projects funded by the act's carbon auctions.

Opinion

Editorial: Climate Commitment Act a two-fer for Washington

Its emissions auctions put price on carbon and use that revenue for climate investments.

Opinion

Comment: State funding cuts would devastate long-term care

The Legislature should at least maintain Medicaid funding for nursing facilities at current levels.

Opinion

Comment: No trust due an administration that ended river pact

The White House killed a negotiated deal to save salmon. The rivers’ protectors must return to court.

Opinion

Comment: $20-an-hour pay for fast food workers will kill jobs

To protect employment, other states should avoid adopting California’s 2024 wage law.

Charles Adkins

Opinion

Forum: To make investments we need, wealthy can pay fair share

As state lawmakers consider budgets, they should reconsider proposals for more progressive taxes.

A6 Sportback E-Tron Quattro Looks Fast - And Is Fast. Photo provided by Audi Newsroom.

Life

2025 Audi A6 Sportback E-tron Deilvers Across-The-Board

All-Electric With Range, Fast-Charging And Storage Space

Seattle Seahawks tight end Eric Saubert is lifted up by his teammates after scoring the game-winning 2-point conversion against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Photo courtesy of the Seattle Seahawks)

Sports

Seahawks rally, stun Rams in OT for instant classic

Sam Darnold finds Eric Saubert as Seattle overcomes a 16-point deficit to win 38-37.

Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV celebrates after a play against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Photo courtesy of the Seattle Seahawks)

Sports

Seahawks: Rams were laughing at them before late comeback

The Rams were rampaging.

Opinion

Schwab: What best fits a diagnosis of derangement?

Could it be vile attacks on the victims of tragedy? Vilification of immigrants? Economic denial?