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Julio Rodríguez (44) of the Seattle Mariners yells while running the bases after hitting his 100th career home run during the third inning against the Texas Ranger at T-Mobile Park on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Seattle. (Olivia Vanni / Getty Images / Tribune News Services)

Sports

Mariners tag Rangers’ deGrom with three homers

SEATTLE — Something is amiss with Jacob deGrom.

Sports

Late shooting woes cost the Storm against Fever

Seattle’s fourth-quarter rally came up short due to five key misses.

Shortstop Colt Emerson fields a ground ball with the Everett AquaSox during a 3-2 win against the Spokane Indians at Funko Field on July 26, 2025. The Mariners promoted both Emerson and switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje to Double-A Arkansas on Aug. 3, 2025. (Joe Pohoryles / The Herald)

Sports

M’s promote two top AquaSox prospects to Double-A Arkansas

Colt Emerson and Jurrangelo Cijntje depart Everett following series in Eugene.

Opinion

Snohomish PUD should object to BPA’s market plan

Thank you to The Herald for the recently published informative piece about poor decisions by the Bonneville Power…

Opinion

Trump order will make things worse on homelessness

Trump’s executive order on homelessness is a slap in the face to all those who have struggled to…

Opinion

What’s become of our country?

I’ve been looking for my country, the one held dear since I was a child growing up in…

Opinion

Thanks to brave teen who rescued Silver Lake swimmer

I want to thank The Herald for a recent front-page article (“’Courageous’ teen dives into Silver Lake to…

Opinion

Forum essay provides hope for the future

I recently read an essay published in The Herald’s Forum page by Matthew Leger (“Amid tumult and hard…

Opinion

Does law allow new ways to cheat on taxes?

Two bits on Trump’s Big Awful Lie:

3D printed parts of WSU Everett’s cybersecurity board on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 in Everett, Washington. WSU Everett is participating in a cybersecurity research program, partnered with a Swedish institute and funded by a three-year, $450,000 grant. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

$450,000 grant will send Washington State University Everett students to Sweden

The three-year initiative will send 21 students from across WSU campuses to research cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

Sports

Storm falls to LA in double overtime, drops to 16-12

Nneka Ogwumike’s 37 points weren’t enough to earn Seattle a thrilling win.

Washington Climbers Coalition workers move a large rock to act as a new trail barrier. (Photo provided by the Washington Climbers Coalition)

Local News

Washington rock climbers work to improve trails near Index

The Washington Climbers Coalition aims to improve two parcels of land it owns before donating them to the…

Six areas of climate impacts expected for Snohomish County.
(Snohomish County Climate Resiliency Plan)

Opinion

Editorial: Building climate resiliency with or without the EPA

Abdication of federal efforts on the climate crisis leaves a duty at the local and state levels.

Opinion

Comment: Court decision cements secrecy in state’s labor talks

A recent state Supreme Court decision allows talks and details to remain closed off from taxpayers.

Opinion

Forum: County’s wetland mitigation project hides other losses

The Little Bear Creek project is a fig leaf that allows wetland destruction elsewhere in the county.

The “Risk of Repeal” map created by staff at the Clean & Prosperous Institute shows projects paid for with Climate Commitment Act money. Over 90 Snohomish County projects received funding from the policy. (Clean & Prosperous Institute)

Local News

Clean & Prosperous updates map to search Climate Commitment Act projects

The map shows an estimate 2,700 projects supported by $4.74 in state funding.

Cars drive along Cathcart Way next to the site of the proposed Eastview Village development that borders Little Cedars Elementary on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 in unincorporated Snohomish, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Community members file land use appeal of Eastview Village

The appeal is the latest move in a long controversy over the development slated just west of Highway…

Josh Thiel, left, places a nail into a dust pan while Rey Wall continues digging in a sectioned off piece of land at Japanese Gulch on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Archaeology students excavate local history in Mukilteo’s Japanese Gulch

Through July, the Edmonds College field camp uncovered artifacts from the early 1900s when Japanese immigrants were instrumental…

Glass recycling at Airport Road Recycling & Transfer Station on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

WSU will host a sustainable community steward course this fall

The course will cover environmental sustainability and climate change solutions with a focus on waste reduction and recycling.

AquaSox pitching coach Matt Carasiti high-fives players before the start of a game on Thursday, July 24, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Sports

Matt Carasiti bridges analytics, experience with AquaSox pitchers

One year after his playing career ended, the Everett pitching coach finds his footing.