Volunteer and former United Airlines technician Stephen Huemoeller replaces windshield wipers on the prototype 727 at Paine Field on Thursday. Volunteers were putting on finishing touches on the plane in anticipation for its final flight to Boeing Field on Tuesday, where it will end up in the Boeing Museum of Flight.

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Next stop for first Boeing 727: Museum of Flight in Seattle

EVERETT — Bob Bogash leaned over the flight engineer’s seat in the cramped Boeing 727 cockpit and switched…

Shelly Connery reads to Ada Utley in Mill Creek on Tuesday. Penny Creek Elementary has launched an outreach program in one of its more densely populated neighborhoods: a teacher comes to an apartment complex in Mill Creek to read to the young kids who live there.

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Reading night at Mill Pointe brings out the kids

MILL CREEK — The lobby at Mill Pointe Apartments isn’t tiny, but Tuesday night it was packed with…

Raising the state’s smoking age might be good for public health, but it would be bad for the state’s coffers.

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State hooked on cigarette taxes; voters want it to kick the habit

Raise the smoking age to 21? Sounds like a good idea to most people. A statewide poll –…

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The state Department of Corrections’ Everett office has felony warrants for the following offenders. If you have information…

Sisters Elise Edinger, 9 (left), and Diana Edinger, 12, along with their brother, Griffin Eulenberg, 11, assemble and paint Mason Bee houses at a workshop held at the Snohomish Library, taught by Lisa Webb of Machias. Several adults, including parent volunteers, also helped out.

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Snohomish educational program is keeping kids busy as bees

SNOHOMISH — Nancy Shurvinton’s teenage daughter first spotted the sign from her bus on the way home from…

Don Anderson accepts the 2016 Aller Humanitarian Award from the Hands For Peacemaking Foundation.

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Anderson given Humanitarian Award

U.S. Army Pvt. Josh Johnson, a plumbing and pipefitting specialist with Washington National Guard’s 176th Engineering Company (Vertical), based out of Snohomish, and a native of Bothell, dances with Thai students at Ban Sub Prik Elementary School, located in Muak Lek District, Saraburi Province, Thailand, on Feb. 6, 2015. The 176th Engineer Company routinely travels to the Kingdom of Thailand as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program to construct schools with the Royal Thai Army. The unit is now deploying to Kuwait, its first deployment in support of combat operations.

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3 Snohomish County men among those arrested in child-sex case

LYNNWOOD — Three Snohomish County men were arrested over the weekend in a police sting aimed at child-sex…

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Layoffs loom as Snohomish Co. Sheriff’s Office faces deep cuts

EVERETT — Some unfinished work on Snohomish County’s budget has raised the specter of layoffs at the sheriff’s…

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2nd wrongful-death suit filed against Marysville Care Center

MARYSVILLE — An Edmonds lawyer has filed a second wrongful-death lawsuit against the Marysville Care Center, alleging that…

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Fall City man accused of plan to pay for sex with young girls

EVERETT — A Fall City man is in hot water after allegedly agreeing to pay for sex with…

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Group wants senior housing at Hal Moe Pool site in Snohomish

SNOHOMISH — A nonprofit here has a plan and money to build new affordable apartments for seniors living…

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Front Porch: Open house in Mukilteo

An open house where people can see designs and make comments on the new Mukilteo ferry terminal is…

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The future is uncertain for 2 golf courses in Everett

EVERETT — The two city-owned golf courses in Everett are projected in 2016 to bring in a near-record…

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Public asked for input on future of Stanwood’s Ovenell Park

STANWOOD — Planners are asking for feedback on how best to transform a former dairy into a park…

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Snohomish County Council choice dividing Democrats

EVERETT — A partisan appointment to the Snohomish County Council is shaping up as a clash of personalities…

On early evenings, Riley MacElveen meets with caregivers and people who are dealing with mental health issues twice each month at the North Sound Church in Edmonds. The church has been recognized statewide for its work with mental health problems.

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Interfaith group’s focus at Edmonds church: ‘Caring for each other’

EDMONDS — Corky Fadry likes to open church doors, literally and figuratively.

Jim Wilkin volunteers at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center in Everett. By spending time with kids in need through the Reclaiming Futures program, Wilkin hopes to be able to make a difference for some that might need a boost to get back on track.

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Volunteers serve as mentors for addicted teens

CAMANO ISLAND — Jim Wilkin noticed the aimless kids walking around town.

Andrew Schuck, an Everett Police officer from Marysville who is assigned to the Region 1 SWAT team, responds to an active-shooter drill.

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