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Comment: Miller’s immigrant-free utopia is fact-free fantasy

Undocumented immigrants aren’t crowding our ERs and classrooms. Those problems have tougher solutions.

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Comment: The flash-flood era is here and we’re not ready for it

Our infrastructure isn’t strong enough, too few of our homes are insured and FEMA is being dismantled.

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Comment: Trump wants to sanitize parks’ history for your protection

Park visitors are being asked us QR codes to tattle on exhibits that ‘disparage’ Americans. There’s a better…

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The Buzz: Can we please stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein?

Yeah, I didn’t think so. It’s hard to brand something as a hoax when you won’t stop talking…

Sports

Caitlin Clark to miss WNBA All-Star Game after injury

Caitlin Clark is sitting out of the WNBA All-Star Game festivities.

Sports

Chiefs’ Rice sentenced in 2024 crash, NFL suspension looms

Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice has been sentenced to five years of probation and 30 days in…

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, July 17

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Stores offer savings to those who spend enough

Here are some hoops you have to jump through to get the savings at the grocery and other…

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White House must provide clarity on Epstein controversy

Am I the only one who finds it odd that a group so willing to believe that Democrats…

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Comment: There’s no vaccine that assures concern for community

As vaccination rates drop we’re losing the ‘herd immunity’ that protects those who can’t receive vaccines.

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Comment: Texas paying the price for handouts to oil, gas industry

The tax money it gives the fossil fuel industry might be better spent on readying Texans for climate…

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Comment: Epstein matter places MAGA, Democrats on common ground

MAGA wants release of the files. Democrats are happy to exploit the division between Trump and his base.

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Angelina Godoy, director of the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, speaks to reporters alongside advocates outside Boeing Field in Seattle on Tuesday.

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Deportation flights at WA airport up dramatically this year, advocates say

Activists also say King County officials aren’t being transparent enough about the flights in and out of Boeing…

Smoke shrouds the hilltops as the Bolt Creek Fire burns through thick forest in 2022 on U.S. Highway 2 near Index. Members of the public can now view video feeds from artificial-intelligence-assisted cameras placed in 21 high-risk wildfire locations around Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Online feeds from WA’s wildfire detection cameras are now available

Members of the public can now view video feeds from artificial-intelligence-assisted cameras placed in 21 high-risk wildfire locations…

2024 Presidential Election Day Symbolic Elements.

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Editorial: Elect Hem, Rhyne, Burbano to Everett council seats

The Aug. 5 primary will determine the top two candidates for Council Districts 1, 2 and 4.

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Golden Bough performs at City Park in Edmonds on Sunday as part of the Edmonds Summer Concert Series.

Local News

Coming Events in Snohomish County

Send calendar submissions for print and online to features@heraldnet.com. To ensure your item is seen by an editor,…

Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori (3) practices at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on May 20, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Edwin Hooper / Seattle Seahawks)

Sports

Seahawks draft pick at the center of NFL contract intrigue

Nick Emmanwori is poised to be dynamic. Right away. He’s on his way to being a new piece…

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the NBA's board of governors at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens / Las Vegas Review-Journal / Tribune News Services)

Sports

NBA to conduct ‘in-depth analysis’ of possible expansion

The owners do not have timetable for potential return of Sonics

Kyle Schwarber (12) of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts after hitting three home runs in the swing-off to decide the MLB All-Star Game at Truist Park on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/TNS)

Sports

MLB All-Star Game features a first-of-its-kind finish

ATLANTA — Technically, by the time the clock hit midnight here in Cobb County and Philadelphia Phillies slugger…

July 14, 2025: New FAA Chief

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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, July 16

A sketchy look at the news of the day.