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Free car seat checkups kick off Child Passenger Safety Week

About eight of 10 car seats are installed incorrectly, according to Safe Kids Snohomish County.

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Stanwood schools website hacked, homophobic slur posted

STANWOOD — On Thursday evening, someone posted an inappropriate message on the Stanwood Camano School District website.

Leaping and reaching out, Braelyn Maus, 5, high fives her father Brad as they play in the pool during the Grand Opening of the Stanwood-Camano YMCA on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 in Stanwood, Wa. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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Stanwood-Camano YMCA celebrates its first year

STANWOOD — A celebration is planned to mark the end of the Stanwood-Camano YMCA’s first full year.

Dog wash raises over $6,400 for CASA

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Dog wash raises over $6,400 for CASA

The Camano Animal Shelter Association’s annual dog wash fundraiser raised over $6,400, a record amount. The event, held…

Public may soon have access to Camano’s Barnum Point Park

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Public may soon have access to Camano’s Barnum Point Park

CAMANO ISLAND — The vision for a new 129-acre park at Triangle Cove, complete with several miles of…

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Highway 532 culvert work expected to wrap up this weekend

STANWOOD — Construction crews are wrapping up work on a large fish culvert under Highway 532 and hope…

Historic Stanwood barn burned down to make way for park

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Historic Stanwood barn burned down to make way for park

STANWOOD — The crumbling barn stood against a blue sky as fire trucks pulled up Friday morning.

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Work begins on Stanwood’s memorial to military veterans

STANWOOD — On a downtown street where local history is celebrated, work has begun to honor those who…

A Camano Animal Shelter fundraiser was a big ‘doga’ party

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A Camano Animal Shelter fundraiser was a big ‘doga’ party

CAMANO ISLAND — Person and pooch became one as they stretched on mats in a grassy circle.

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Agencies hope to simplify the maze of recreational fees

OLYMPIA — Representatives from state and federal agencies, outdoor recreation groups and nonprofits are working on plans that…

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Part of Highway 532 to close for fish culvert replacement

STANWOOD — For the second summer in a row, a stretch of Highway 532 is closing to replace…

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Stanwood man, Camano pair arrested in home invasion case

CAMANO ISLAND — Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a recent Camano Island home invasion robbery.

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Police seek man suspected of armed robbery at Camano home

CAMANO ISLAND — Police are searching for a man suspected of invading a couple’s Camano Island home at…

Cama Beach Quilters show features 60 bed-size quilts on the beach

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Cama Beach Quilters show features 60 bed-size quilts on the beach

Sunsets over Saratoga Passage, hikes in the forest above the beach and the handmade bed quilts — all…

Project on Leque Island in Stanwood all for salmon, wildlife

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Project on Leque Island in Stanwood all for salmon, wildlife

STANWOOD — Several hundred flood-prone acres that were used as farmland for more than a century are being…

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Plan for sewage treatment plant prompts Stanwood to update rules

STANWOOD — City leaders are updating local rules after a proposal to build a privately operated waste treatment…

YMCA honors volunteers

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YMCA honors volunteers

The YMCA of Snohomish County honored its outstanding policy, program, youth and financial development volunteers at a special…

Tidelands Church members make it a mission to help in community

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Tidelands Church members make it a mission to help in community

STANWOOD — It was a day to wear tennis shoes, sunscreen and gardening gloves to church.

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Stanwood-Camano derby drivers race to win

The 10th annual Windermere Stanwood Camano Island Soap Box Derby was held June 17. Fifty-one racers competed to…

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Camano Island to start work on long-delayed government offices

CAMANO ISLAND — Island County commissioners have given planners the go-ahead to move forward with cost estimates and…