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Deceptive waters
MONROE — The mood is jovial when the patient is plastic. On June 15, Monroe firefighters ran one…
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Past catches up to man who shot cop, spent 23 years on the lam
MONROE – Six years into his prison sentence for shooting a Seattle police officer, Michael Ansel Dunaway vanished.…
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State prisons chief resigns abruptly
OLYMPIA — The head of Washington’s corrections department abruptly resigned from his post Friday for what the governor’s…
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Fairgrounds hosts a jaripeo — a rodeo tradition from south of the border
MONROE — This is not your typical rodeo. Saturday, the Evergreen State Fairgrounds hosts a jaripeo — sometimes…
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Monroe initiative would repeat objections to traffic cameras
MONROE — If at first you don’t succeed, file another initiative. The people behind Monroe Initiative No. 1…
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Front Porch: Watch wakeboarders on Lake Tye
See pro wakeboarders Wakeboarding’s top professional riders from around the world will compete July 8 and 9 at…
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Police reports detail events on night of prison officer’s slaying
MONROE — Accused killer Byron Scherf was cool and tried to clean his fingernails in the minutes after…
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Want to read Monroe’s traffic-camera contract?
There’s been recent talk of a clandestine escape clause in Monroe’s contract with traffic-camera contractor Redflex, out of…
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Blogger digs into her roots
Lorelle VanFossen started a genealogy blog to preserve what she considers her family’s version of the Dead Sea…
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Around the County
Mountlake Terrace: New police volunteer Mountlake Terrace recently welcomed its newest reserve officer, Justin Mettler. He was administered…
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Front Porch: Spelling bee
Spell cantaloupe The Carl Gipson Senior Center of Everett plans its second annual spelling bee for 1:30 p.m.…
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‘Cars’ star in Monroe
MONROE — Tow Mater paid a special visit to Monroe today. A life-size replica of the lovable tow…
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Front Porch: Tow Mater truck to be at Monroe theater Friday
See Tow Mater Moviegoers can see a life-size replica of Tow Mater from the Disney/Pixar “Cars” movies today…
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Monroe officials criticized for actions to scuttle vote on traffic cameras
MONROE — Ask people around town, and many will tell you the City Council made the wrong decision…
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Nurses who served in Vietnam invited to join Arlington’s July 4 parade
Dennis Barker, a Vietnam veteran, will ride in a convertible in the July 4 parade in Arlington with…
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Snohomish looking at options to keep cops
SNOHOMISH — The future of the Snohomish Police Department remains murky. City leaders have said they’re leaning toward…
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Monroe seeks to kill initiative on traffic cameras
MONROE — A unanimous Monroe City Council has decided to mount a legal challenge against an initiative that…
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Camera debate duplicated in cities across U.S.
After we started writing about traffic-enforcement cameras in our community, we started paying attention to how the cameras…
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Around the county
Everett: Give tribute to the fishermen The Port of Everett is dedicating its Fisherman’s Tribute statue and its…
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Monroe traffic-camera initiative gets enough signatures
MONROE — An initiative that seeks to put traffic-enforcement cameras to a vote has received enough signatures. Now,…