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Healthy relationships the topic at Y’s prayer breakfast

Empathy. It’s a one-word answer to a sometimes thorny question: What makes a good relationship?

Silvia Muro-Escalante, a 2014 Arlington High School graduate, was badly injured in a car accident during her freshman year at Washington State University.

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Opportunity Scholarship keeps her dream alive

Silvia Muro-Escalante was on her way. She graduated from Arlington High School in 2014 with the dream of…

“Someday,” the sculpture of a paper airplane thrower outside the Aero Apartments on Rucker Ave. in Everett, was installed in October.

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Everett’s ‘Someday’ art fits Aero Apartments aviation theme

The sculpture is called “Someday.” A jaunty, childlike character in an aviator cap and goggles looks ready to…

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It’s about living, not about a restroom

Laura Herman is an attorney with a state agency. Law school brought a midlife career shift for the…

Bridget Clawson, former human resources director for Snohomish County, is writing a book titled “The Widow Lessons.”

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Edmonds woman will share path of widowhood in her new book

It’s been nearly seven years, but Bridget Clawson is still learning to be a widow.

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Everett street people gather to bid farewell to a good friend

EVERETT — They gathered on a raw afternoon to say goodbye to a friend from the streets, a…

Betty Williams (left) and her 19-month-old son, Kayden, play with a makeshift sandbox, which has cornmeal instead of sand. Parent educator Adrienne Matthias (right), supervisor of ChildStrive’s Parents as Teachers program, brought the activity to Williams’ Everett apartment Wednesday as part of her regular home visit. The family cat, Max, kept his distance.

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Everett nonprofit mentors parents to be teachers

Kayden Williams grabbed a red plastic shovel. Holding it in his chubby toddler hand, he dug into a…

These puppies will be among those being shown for adoption at the Everett Animal Shelter’s fundraising “Shakaroo” concert on Feb. 13 at the Everett Performing Arts Center.

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Find your next best friend at fundraising event

Here’s a recipe for one wild evening: Blend together beloved local troubadour Jason Webley, avante-garde rock star and…

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I-405 toll lane made trip east a breeze

For months I steered clear. I didn’t need to make the Lynnwood-to-Bellevue drive when I-405 express toll lanes…

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Snohomish County has a split personality over fireworks

Here are things people used to do without a second thought:

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Unlike Flint, our water is safe to drink, thanks to regulations

Everett isn’t Flint, far from it. Still, coverage of the Michigan city’s lead-in-the-water disaster reminds me of a…

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Everett library hosts Pulitzer winner, other authors

“Empire Falls” won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction with its downtrodden mill town and everyman hero.

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A Mukilteo man’s dying wish will warm up some homeless folks

Time is short. Mukilteo’s Richard Meury has late-stage cancer.

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Knowing, and not knowing, a Catholic pedophile

A day after my husband died in 1998, Sister Dolores Crosby showed up on my doorstep. She handed…

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Historic Weyerhaeuser house to be moved to new waterfront park

Sturdy and well-traveled at 93, an Everett landmark is about to make one more move. The handsome Weyerhaeuser…

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Remembering Capt. James Heg, who upheld a legacy of service

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

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Bookies will be betting on this bowl game

Hey sport, here is something to do before watching today’s Rose Bowl: Fill out your bracket for the…

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Farewell to an old friend: Cedar succumbs to storm

We lived in the forest. That’s how it felt, although my house is on one of Everett’s busier…

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‘Larryville’ at the Everett Mall is a Christmas gift to all

A train rounds the bend, approaching a sign that says “You are now in Bedford Falls.” Near the…

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Salvation Army program helped Everett shop owner kick cocaine habit

Bryan McClimans calls his Everett shop Second Chance Secondhand. The name describes his merchandise and his life.