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Volunteers plant trees along Portage Creek

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Volunteers plant trees along Portage Creek

Twenty-five volunteers on April 29 planted over 100 trees and shrubs along Portage Creek at the Stillaguamish Valley…

For $585,000, county settles John Koster’s free-speech suit

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For $585,000, county settles John Koster’s free-speech suit

EVERETT — The Snohomish County Council on Monday authorized settling a federal free-speech lawsuit brought by John Koster…

DECA students back from Anaheim

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DECA students back from Anaheim

Several local schools sent teams to the DECA International Career Development Conference, held April 25-30 in Anaheim, Calif.…

Arlington’s semi-pro football players all have day jobs

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Arlington’s semi-pro football players all have day jobs

Mark Knapp has been involved in semipro football, both as a player and a coach, since the 1990s.…

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Woman again accused of attacking driver, trying to take car

EVERETT — An Arlington woman accused of asking a passerby for a ride, choking and hitting the driver,…

Karen Coragiulo: You seek the good in others

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Karen Coragiulo: You seek the good in others

We asked readers to tell us what they love about their moms. Kids from 17 to well over…

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Arlington officer’s ‘deja vu’ moment leads to car prowl arrests

ARLINGTON — Arrests aren’t always made accompanied by lights and sirens.

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Kitchen fire damages Arlington apartment; no injuries reported

ARLINGTON — A kitchen fire that broke out in an Arlington apartment Wednesday caused $30,000 worth of damage.

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Itchy mustache quite the tickler as car crashes into trees

ARLINGTON — A 70-year-old Blaine man faulted an itchy mustache for his car crashing into a patch of…

Brothers Matthew Irish, 15 (left), and Noah, 11, follow their older brother, Jacob, 16, as they walk to their car from the baseball field at Lakewood Middle School on Thursday after games were canceled by lightning. Jacob, who was born with life-threatening Hurler syndrome, is playing on a baseball team for the first time. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Program allows children with disabilities to play baseball

Matthew Irish plays third base with Lakewood High School’s Cougars. Noah, his 11-year-old brother, is a second baseman…

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Up to 75 Arlington students possibly exposed to mumps

ARLINGTON — Some 75 Arlington School District students have been potentially exposed to mumps, part of an ongoing…

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Convicted murderer loses bid to have high court hear case

EVERETT — The man convicted of fatally stabbing Patti Berry in a 1995 ambush attack failed this week…

5 arrested after large stash of drugs, guns found

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5 arrested after large stash of drugs, guns found

ARLINGTON — A large stash of guns, cash and drugs was found in an Arlington-area home last month,…

PUD art and photo contest winners

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PUD art and photo contest winners

The Snohomish County PUD named 17 winners in its 2017 art and photography competitions. The contests are designed…

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Next stop NASA as Arlington grad rockets to top of her field

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Next stop NASA as Arlington grad rockets to top of her field

ARLINGTON — Jennifer Domanowski remembers her high school astronomy teacher suggesting she work at NASA.

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7 Arlington high-schoolers say they ingested edibles before prom

ARLINGTON — The Arlington School District disciplined seven students who reportedly ingested marijuana edibles before going to prom…

Robotics teams return from world competition in Houston

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Robotics teams return from world competition in Houston

The Arlington High School NeoBots Team 2903 was a subdivision winner in the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, held…

Lions Club volunteer Roy Johnson (center) gets some help tightening spring mounting bolts on a play structure from Ray Drake (right), who is with Arlington Maintenance and Operations, earlier this week. Other Lions volunteers Maxine Jenft (green), local Lions President Joan Flesher (back left) and 40-year member Donna Knight tidy up the bark as they near completion of their work on a new children’s playground at Terrace Park in Arlington. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Lions Club members put in 2 pieces of play equipment at park

ARLINGTON — Volunteers with the local Lions Club spent a day last week with rakes and wrenches, bolts…

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Hands Together honored with Arlington Mayor’s Volunteer Award

Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert recently honored Hands Together with the Mayor’s Volunteer Award. Hands Together operates the city’s…