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Lynnwood bookkeeper gets federal prison for embezzling $298K

Judith Wright, 75, was sentenced Friday to six months for writing fraudulent checks to herself. It wasn’t the…

Rachel Ford and Taryn Salter watch as Erik Ford and Kam Durden play pool Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at Vessel Taphouse in Mill Creek, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Lynnwood pirate bar faces mutiny over ‘catch the virus’ show

Employees quit, bands canceled and patrons swore off the Vessel Taphouse after it advertised discounts for people sick…

Lynnwood Public Works employees on the snow plow crew sit in front of one of the city's two plows that will be named based on results of an online public vote. (City of Lynnwood)

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Lynnwood snow plow names: Snowbi Wan Kenobi, Plowy McPlowface

They got the two highest votes in an online public survey by Lynnwood Public Works.

An artist’s rendering of the 4,600-square-foot Progressive Animal Welfare Society hospital south of Snohomish that will care for injured and orphaned wild animals. (PAWS)  20220121

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Bears, bobcats, oh my: Wildlife center takes shape near Snohomish

In Lynnwood, PAWS could care for six bears at a time. Now, they’ll have space for 30 —…

Inches of snow cover roads Saturday afternoon in downtown Edmonds, Washington on February 13, 2021.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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After snowstorms, cities make a roadmap for next time

Meanwhile, Lynnwood was inundated with entries in a contest to name a city plow. One idea? Plowy McPlowface.

Sam Dawson administers a collection swab herself Thursday afternoon at the walk-up COVID testing center on Wetmore Ave in Everett, Washington on January 13, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Sketchy firm’s COVID-test sites shut down as questions mount

The Center for COVID Control will close an Everett site and others around the U.S. as officials take…

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Teen arrested after allegedly threatening other students

The 14-year-old at Edmonds-Woodway High allegedly sent a video to students at another school, brandishing what appeared to…

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Former Lynnwood mayor and council member Don Gough dies at 70

Among other accomplishments, he was instrumental in creating a blueprint for the city’s future.

Kevin Lewis is handcuffed after receiving a life sentence in prison for aggravated murder in the first degree on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Lynnwood man gets life sentence for botched murder-for-hire

Kevin Lewis paid his cousin $2,400 to kill his ex-wife. Instead, her sister, Alisha Canales-McGuire, 24, was killed.

Catholic Community Services case manager Rhonda Polly (left) chats with COET social worker Kelli Roark (right) as they check on known encampments during the annual Point in Time count Jan. 23, 2019, in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / Herald file)

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‘Life-changing’ program expanding, offering services instead of arrest

Over 200 people have been referred to case managers through Snohomish County’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program.

Kelly Brookbank performs a pre-drive check on her bus Wednesday morning at the depot in Seattle on December 8, 2021. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Authorities did little to help displaced low-income tenants

The end was chaotic and confusing for tenants of the Whispering Pines complex in Lynnwood. Volunteers tried to…

Laird Will and Glenna Atkins share a laugh Saturday afternoon in Marysville on December 18, 2021. Will found out he had additional siblings through a DNA test. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Oh, boy! DNA test reveals Marysville mom’s 1957 secret baby

Shirley Howard, 86, has two other kids, ages 60 and 62. They didn’t know they had a big…

FILE - In this July 25, 2020, file photo, smoke rises as police clash with protester during a Black Lives Matter protest near the Seattle Police East Precinct headquarters in Seattle. Mayors, county executives or even the governor would have to give their approval before police could use tear gas to quell riots under a compromise reached in the Washington Legislature. A conference committee of the House and Senate met Thursday, April 22, 2021, to reconcile versions of a police tactics bill already approved by each chamber. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Bonuses, discontent bring wave of Seattle cops to Snohomish County

Everett increased incentives up to $30,000 for “lateral” hires — officers with policing experience — on Wednesday.

Bothell High School. (Madeline Coats / Bothell-Kenmore Reporter file)

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Students arrested, charged as school threats surge here

The latest in Snohomish County: Bothell High School’s campus was closed Friday after threatening graffiti was found.

The Rec Room Bar & Grill near Lynnwood. (Zachariah Bryan / Herald file)

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DJ sues Lynnwood bar over racist attack by group in 2018

The man argues the Rec Room Bar and Grill did little to protect him from white supremacists.

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Police: Student, 15, brought gun to Lynnwood high school

The student admitted he showed the pistol to other students. Police believe he stole it from a relative’s…

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Student, 14, arrested after threats aimed at Lynnwood school

The threats “indicated an intent to harm others,” Lynnwood police said.

A woman allegedly hit a Lynnwood Police Department vehicle during her getaway after allegedly stealing from a store and using pepper spray on an employee Saturday night. The suspect’s getaway car was later reported on fire along I-5 at 220th Street SW. (Lynnwood Police Department)

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Theft suspect used pepper spray on employee, hit cop car

After allegedly stealing from the Lynnwood Fred Meyer, the woman’s getaway car was reported on fire along I-5.

Alderwood Middle High School Wednesday afternoon on December 8, 2021. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Mother says son’s beating in Lynnwood school was racist

“His dignity was taken from him,” she said of the latest report of racism in Snohomish County schools.

Brian Holtzclaw (left) and Tim Schmitt.

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Recount confirms Holtzclaw’s re-election to Mill Creek council

In Stanwood, a machine recount validated Tim Schmitt’s defeat of City Councilwoman Judy Williams.