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Barb Sleeper and Vanessa Miewald cut the ribbon at the new Mays Pond Playground celebration on Saturday, March 14, 2026.

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Childhood dream playground becomes reality in Bothell

After years of fundraising and persistence, Vanessa Miewald’s Mays Pond Playground celebrated an upgrade.

The Edmonds School District building on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Edmonds, Northshore, Everett to hold levy info sessions

Northshore School District voters see three ballot measures in the Feb. 10 election. Edmonds voters will decide on…

The Edmonds School District building on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Edmonds, Northshore place school levies on February ballot

Voters in the Edmonds School District will vote on one levy. Northshore voters will see two levies and…

Outside of North Creek High School on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025 in Bothell, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Bothell principal steps away after Charlie Kirk post, investigation underway

About 50 North Creek High School students participated in a demonstration Tuesday in support of Principal Eric McDowell.

The bond funded new track and field at Northshore Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 in Bothell, Washington. (Courtesy of Northshore School District)

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Northshore School District bond improvements underway

The $425 million bond is funding new track and field complexes, playgrounds and phase one of two school…

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3 Bothell restaurant ideas for a soul-warming meal

Now’s the time to go to Bothell for some steamy soups.

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Nanny accused of abusing Bothell baby, causing brain bleed

Doctors diagnosed a five-month-old baby with cerebral palsy due to injuries suffered in Amber Rath’s care, charges say.

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Stanwood man charged in crash that killed genealogical society head

Joseph Checkeye is accused of driving 85 mph before hitting Ronald Sailer on Fire Trail Road in 2022.

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Bothell murder suspect hoped to dedicate himself to charity after rescue

On Thursday, Michael Knapinski was charged with murder. Four years earlier, he’d recovered after getting lost at Mount…

A state Department of Transportation traffic camera from Highway 527 shows the aftermath of a school bus crash Wednesday afternoon on I-405. (Photo provided by the state Department of Transportation)

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I-405 reopens after school bus crash blocked lanes in Bothell

The bus was carrying a girls soccer team from La Conner. No one on the bus was reported…

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Man, 28, dies after crashing into tree off I-405 in Bothell

Clayton McAuliffe was driving north near milepost 28 when he left the road and crashed into a tree,…

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Man killed in apparent Bothell drug robbery identified

The deceased was identified Wednesday as Jason Martinell, of Granite Falls. He was 42.

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Police: Man killed in Bothell drug robbery

Investigators arrested a Woodinville man for investigation of second-degree murder.

From left to right, April Berg and Sam Sim.

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Education policy a top issue in House race

Incumbent state Rep. April Berg, D-Mill Creek, is running for re-election against Sam Sim, a Republican from Bothell.

In a team publicity photo, Nora Hayd, a Boise State University sophomore and beach volleyball player. “I just wanted to look as much like myself as I could,” Hayd said of the goth-look team photos that made her an online sensation. (Boise State Athletics via The New York Times)

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Bothell High grad goes viral as Boise State’s goth volleyball player

Nora Hayd said she was actually toning things down in her team photo shoot.

People walk past the new J.sweets storefront in Alderwood Mall on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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25 new Seattle-area restaurants to try

The list includes establishments in Edmonds, Lynnwood and Bothell, as well as a big-name noodle house down south.

Gavin Doyle talks about the issues he ran into when he started looking into having a flashing light crosswalk installed along Lockwood Road in front of Lockwood Elementary School over 10 years ago on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Bothell, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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10 years later, a safer crosswalk near a Bothell-area school

Parents at Lockwood Elementary spent 10 years seeking a crosswalk safety upgrade. Snohomish County employees finally installed it…

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Clark Wood, right, starts repairs on a record player brought in to the Repair Cafe in 2023 in Mountlake Terrace.

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Bothell to host 12th annual Sustainamania

The event on Sept. 28 aims to teach people how to live sustainably. It will include a repair…

Traffic moves along I-405 between Highway 522 and Highway 527 in 2021 in Bothell. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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More I-405 closures ahead near Bothell

Travelers should once again prepare themselves to avoid I-405 for the weekend.

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Bothell man, 23, arrested in assault of child, 11

Detectives credit help from Bailey Farm apartment complex management for quickly identifying the suspect.