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Everett Rotary pledges $100,000 to college-readiness program
Cascade High School senior Mercedes Flenoy wants to be a pediatric surgeon. The goal for Cameron Smith, an…
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Every national tragedy is someone’s personal grief
Karen Van Horn was already working at The Herald when I arrived as an intern in 1978.
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Volunteers turn out for United Way’s Day of Caring
It was a day of reading, painting and building. On United Way’s annual Day of Caring, volunteers all…
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Snohomish County Sea Hawkers support several local charities
They came in old-school Seahawks jerseys, T-shirts with the team logo, and the Hawks’ bright new “Action Green,”…
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A baby girl’s story continues after her life is complete
In just one year, Marysville’s Stephanie and Jeff Reid tasted life’s greatest joy and endured its cruelest loss.
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3 years after Edmonds teen’s death, a reason to celebrate
This Sunday, which would have been her son Matthew’s 20th birthday, Melinda Truax is missing the young man…
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Everett Recovery Cafe helps people deal with addiction
Jance Groff lost his job. He lost his apartment. Alcohol and drug abuse took a punishing toll, but…
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Gold Bar boy’s photo chosen for Down syndrome society video
Three-year-old Braeden Hurley lives in Gold Bar, but Saturday his smiling face will shine down from a big…
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Edmonds cousin of 9/11 victim vows to never forget
Dennis Buckley. When Patricia Mackey read that name to a gathering of thousands in 2012, it was painful…
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Snohomish High class of ’42 celebrates lifelong friendships
Clyde Glenn Fields took a weeklong deer hunting trip and was kicked off Snohomish High School’s football team.…
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Closed at 8 p.m.? Everett park hours come as a surprise
As this summer of Pokemon Go winds down, I see fewer phone-toting players on my nighttime walks. What…
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DNA test and the web uncover tawdry story of missing dad
Bette Hults grew up without a father and with a mystery.
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Cocoon House leaders camp outside to honor agency’s 25th anniversary
At 26, Tanya Ocampo is the picture of accomplishment. She’s a medical assistant for an orthopedic surgeon in…
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Trump, Clinton supporters practice politics at the fair
Cellphones in hand, they lined up to snap selfies and snag items that will someday be pieces of…
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Care and community were Wally Walsh’s passions
Living life.” That has long been a motto at the Delta Rehabilitation Center. Known locally as the Snohomish…
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Everett High takes center stage in Fruity Pebbles commercial
Back to school came early at Everett High on Wednesday, but it was all just pretend. Dozens of…
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Mariner grad vows to use D.C. fellowship to help next generation
Griselda Guevara-Cruz once felt lost in school. She didn’t speak English. She didn’t speak Spanish. She didn’t see…
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ALS diagnosis doesn’t stop determined sisters from Everett
For Leslie Mincks, life is divided into before and after. She was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or…
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Growing older has its rewards if you want to get away
It doesn’t seem so many summers ago that, jammed with my young family in a 1983 Nissan Sentra…