Newly certified teacher Shana Brown assists a student with a Zoom meeting, while overseeing a class of seven students, in the former warehouse space at Malicious Women Candles on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 in Snohomish, Washington. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Local News

For some Snohomish County kids, a warehouse is a schoolhouse

Employers made space for students to attend virtual classes on-site. But at least one learning pod had to…

Marysville Cares logo

Local News

Marysville provides financial help for utility bills

Those who have lost work due to the pandemic may be eligible to receive up to $200 for…

Volunteers await the next grouping a cars Friday morning at the Faith Food Bank at Faith Lutheran Church in Everett on October 9, 2020.   (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Local News

Friendly faces and free food at the Faith Food Bank

Friday food distributions at Faith Lutheran Church in Everett serve about 1,600 people each week.

Opinion

Comment: Fear of covid save lives when leaders fail us

Witness what happened in the White House when false bravado encouraged many to let down their guard.

Fifth grader Vivian Fisher get help setting up a ChromeBook from Jody Urban at Frank Wagoner Elementary on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 in Monroe, Wa. Students of Frank Wagoner Elementary School returned on Wednesday to collect computers and other supplies to finish up the rest of the school year at home. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Local News

Enrollment down in public schools amid persisting pandemic

Across the state and in Snohomish County, kindergarten is showing the sharpest decline.

Northwest

Washington eviction moratorium extended through Dec. 31

The moratorium, in place since March and extended a few times, was to expire next week.

President Donald Trump returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Opinion

Comment: It wasn’t Trump’s force of will that beat back covid

And more than 200,000 didn’t die because they feared the disease and allowed it to ‘dominate’ them.

Opinion

Comment: What stops Americans from trusting science on covid?

Uncertainty arises for many in the conflicting information they hear from politicians and the media.

Under UV light, CEO Robert Olson, right, and president Gregory Strand sit in a mockup of an airplane interior on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 in Everett, Washington. Waypoint Interiors, an Everett aerospace company, is developing an ultraviolet (UV) system to disinfect planes, trains and buses. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Business

Everett firm uses ultraviolet light to de-germ airplanes

WayPoint Interiors’ light-based system may be a serious contender in the battle against coronavirus.

Thursday morning at Gabriel's Fire in Mountlake Terrace on September 24, 2020.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

Cities pitch in to keep restaurants and bars in business

Snohomish County pubs and eateries offer takeout fare and street-side dining to survive.

Snohomish County COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 for 2-week rolling period (updated Mondays). (Snohomish County Health District)

Local News

Inslee loosens rules for bars, libraries and movie theaters

In Snohomish County, COVID cases are continuing to rise as leaders warn of a third wave.

Dean of Students Jeff Latta, center, helps a student through their online health questionnaire while Athletic Director Cassie Snell, left, checks a students temperature before the start of class at Archbishop Murphy on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Everett-area high school starts bringing some students back

Archbishop Murphy High School has welcomed freshmen and sophomores back to campus, in small numbers.

The White House is seen in Washington, early Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, the morning after President Donald Trump returned from the hospital where he was treated for COVID-19. Traffic moves along K Street NW as TV crews set up in Black Lives Matter Plaza. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nation-World

Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election

The president instead wants to focus on confirming his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.

University of Washington (Sue Misao / Herald file)

Northwest

Coronavirus cases in UW student outbreak top 200

It is still unknown if anyone was hospitalized or has experienced severe symptoms.

Opinion

Comment: Covid only latest threat to nation’s food workers

Considering the history of in-house medical care to some, covid clinics at factories are a bad idea.

This photo shows a sign at the headquarters for Washington state's Employment Security Department Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington state's rush to get unemployment benefits to residents who lost jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak left it vulnerable to criminals who made off with hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent claims. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Local News

State still sifting through thousands of unemployment claims

The recent Lost Wages Assistance program pumped an extra $625 million to Washington’s unemployed.

Michael O’Donnell, 82. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Life

Sunrise resident, 82, happily on house arrest, COVID-style

Quarantine began after he went on a fishing trip. “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the…

Opinion

Comment: Don’t let your covid guard down among friends, family

We have a blind spot when it comes to covid. We must turn our attention to informal gatherings.

Opinion

Comment: We could see a type of vaccine before election

It won’t be an active vaccine that most know, but a passive type that could offer some protection.

President Donald Trump waves to members of the media as he leaves the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for COVID-19, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nation-World

Trump headed to the hospital for ‘few days’ with ‘mild symptoms’

The president announced Thursday night that he and the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus.