Did you miss your news last week? Here’s a selection of the week’s top news items from across Snohomish County as they appeared in The Herald. For the full stories, go to www.heraldnet.com.
Sunday, Oct. 15
Trail’s serenity shattered: On July 11, a hiker made a gruesome discovery: the bodies of Mary Cooper, 56, and Susanna Stodden, 27.
The Seattle women, mother and daughter, were found dead alongside the Pinnacle Lake Trail. Both had been shot in the head.
For many hikers in the Northwest, sacred space has been violated.
“It’s really a kind of desecration,” said Nick O’Connell, the Seattle-based author of “On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature.”
“The wilderness, really, for a lot of people, is a place of refuge where you go to get away from all the problems and – in some cases – the evils of society,” he said. “It’s also a place where the darker side of human culture can show itself.”
Jackson Holtz
Monday, Oct. 16
Trees giving way to cars: A small forest hemmed into the I-5 median in south Everett is set to be cut down today.
The 15 acres of second-generation trees need to be clear-cut to make room for a $41 million Sound Transit park-and-ride and direct access I-5 interchange just north of the 112th Street SE overpass.
Lukas Velush
Tuesday, Oct. 17
Fatal hunting accident stuns community: Gray, thick clouds hung in the sky Monday, letting soft rain descend onto the Tualco Valley south of Monroe. At the Frohning farm, people hugged each other, sobbed and smiled.
The whole valley is crying, Tim and Sandra Frohning said. Their son Dan Frohning died in an accident Saturday evening while hunting with friends in the valley. He was 19.
Yoshiaki Nohara
Wednesday, Oct. 18
New 747 to battle Airbus jumbo: The Boeing Co. will soon find out how much an additional 7 feet of aircraft is worth.
By stretching the latest 747 to accommodate 17 more seats, Boeing officials aim to pick up orders for a passenger jet that has been passed over.
And some analysts believe the move will place the new model in more direct competition with rival Airbus’ A380 – a superjumbo jet plagued with production problems.
Michelle Dunlop
Thursday, Oct. 19
Major riverfront development in works: The same Everett riverfront property that helped define the region’s brawny past is being primed for its brainy future.
The first details of a proposed multimillion-dollar development on a former mill site and city dump call for up to 1,500 houses and apartments, 1.2 million square feet of commercial space and a 150,000-square-foot hotel.
David Chircop
Friday, Oct. 20
Kidnapped children found: Three Marysville foundry workers found two children in a van that had been abandoned by a man who had carjacked the vehicle from the children’s mother.
“It was like reading the winning lottery ticket,” Jeff Sevey said of recognizing the vehicle’s license plate from a story in The Herald.
The children were not injured and were returned to their mother. Police continued their search for the kidnapping suspect.
Scott Pesznecker
Saturday, Oct. 21
Cat trapping leads to spat: A cat named Turbo is setting off an emotionally charged debate in Edmonds.
The cat recently was trapped by neighbors who claim it has killed quail that they keep in their yard.
The city of Edmonds is now looking at adding provisions to its animal control law to protect trapped animals.
Bill Sheets
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