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Teens selected for summer WAS program

Washington Aerospace Scholars is a competitive program for high school juniors from across the state whose academic performance…

Volunteer firefighter Scott Murphy, of Federal Way, goes through a rig check in 2012 on Hat Island. The Hat Island fire department is entirely staffed by volunteers. The rigs in the fleet date back to the 1980s and earlier. Soon they are getting a 1991 model, formerly used in Machias. (Sara Weiser / The Herald)

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Lake Stevens donates surplus fire truck to Hat Island

HAT ISLAND — One of Snohomish County’s rural, all-volunteer fire departments is getting a “new” engine with the…

Two challenging Low for Snohomish County Council seat

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Two challenging Low for Snohomish County Council seat

EVERETT — Sam Low is eager to prove he’s listened to constituents with an open mind since he…

Snohomish County companies help make safer football helmet

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Snohomish County companies help make safer football helmet

MUKILTEO — Two Snohomish County companies are helping three college professors and a veteran of the medical technology…

Summer meal programs for low-income kids ready to start soon

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Summer meal programs for low-income kids ready to start soon

EVERETT — Tens of thousands of fruit cups, cracker packs, cheese sticks and cartons of milk were served…

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Lake Stevens man presumed to have drowned at coast

LAKE STEVENS — A 20-year-old man from Lake Stevens presumably drowned Sunday while swimming at Washaway Beach in…

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Teen scientists compete to Imagine Tomorrow

More than 100 high school teams from across the Pacific Northwest competed May 20 at the 2017 Imagine…

Lake Stevens High School seniors Isabelle Eelnurme (left) and Elise Gooding converted an old refrigerator to a hydroponic garden for their engineering design class. Their award-winning device is for growing healthy, nutritious produce in food deserts. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Lake Stevens High seniors convert fridge to hydroponic garden

LAKE STEVENS — Isabelle Eelnurme and Elise Gooding salvaged the small refrigerator from Eelnurme’s grandparents’ back yard.

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Woman uses app to track man suspected of stealing from her

LAKE STEVENS — A 26-year-old woman discovered her Jeep had been broken into, so she used a phone…

DUI suspected in Lake Stevens head-on collision; 2 injured

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DUI suspected in Lake Stevens head-on collision; 2 injured

LAKE STEVENS — Deputies with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office investigated an overnight head-on collision at the intersection…

Volunteers building community garden in Lake Stevens

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Volunteers building community garden in Lake Stevens

LAKE STEVENS — It took 16 volunteers, 2,430 cubic feet of donated dirt and a busy Saturday afternoon…

Teen giving back to Lake Stevens nonprofit that helped him

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Teen giving back to Lake Stevens nonprofit that helped him

LAKE STEVENS — Hunter Thompson wanted to give back to a place that had given to him.

Lake Stevens firefighters Fill the Boot for MDA

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Lake Stevens firefighters Fill the Boot for MDA

Lake Stevens Professional Firefighters (IAFF Local 3235) raised $6,898.70 during a recent MDA Fill The Boot weekend. Proceeds…

Hayden Davis, Lake Stevens High School: Harvard bound

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Hayden Davis, Lake Stevens High School: Harvard bound

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Prosecutors say meth was detected in driver in fatal crash

LYNNWOOD — A Feb. 3 crash along I-5 that took the lives of two girls and seriously injured…

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Lake Stevens Sewer District to consider size of board

LAKE STEVENS — The Lake Stevens Sewer District has scheduled a public meeting to talk about increasing the…

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Lake Stevens Schools limit next year’s enrollment to residents

LAKE STEVENS — The Lake Stevens School District says most of its schools are over capacity, and most…

Dick Todd put up a sign trying to slow down traffic along 99th Ave SE in Lake Stevens where it borders his eight acres, but officials took it down. Now he has it wedged between some trees back off the city’s right-of-way. Todd is very concerned about the high density housing going up to accommodate growth in the previously rural area. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Explosive growth encircles once-idyllic Lake Stevens

LAKE STEVENS — When Dick Todd moved to his home more than 30 years ago, the neighborhood southwest…

You get 50 minutes to do this Excel test, and he did it in 3

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You get 50 minutes to do this Excel test, and he did it in 3

LAKE STEVENS — It was mid-September, a little more than a week into the school year, when computer…

School honored for raising leaders

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School honored for raising leaders

Highland Elementary School was recently named a “Leader in Me” Lighthouse School for its work incorporating the “7…