Sarah Alper works on packing a Community Supported Agriculture box at Lowlands Farm on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Snohomish, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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In Snohomish County, CSA produce boxes are safety nets for small farms

Community Supported Agriculture programs give farmers guaranteed income, regardless of freak weather or hungry deer.

The signature retro VW bus is on display at the Lamb & Co. home decor store Saturday afternoon in Snohomish, Washington on January 8, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Life

This Snohomish store has the goods from HGTV’s ‘Unsellable House’

Take home the design and decor savvy of hometown real estate twins Lyndsay Lamb and Leslie Davis.

A customer picks up a bundle of salad turnips at the Radicle Roots Farm booth at the Snohomish Farmers Market on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Snohomish, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Farmers Market season is here: Snohomish and Island counties guide

Farmers markets are one-stop shops for all things locally grown, homemade and delicious.

Kenneth Parker listens as his sentence is handed down Friday afternoon at the Snohomish County Superior Courthouse on April 1, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Judge overrules sex-crime sentence, frees Snohomish chiropractor

Judge Karen Moore originally sentenced Kenneth Parker to 2½ years for sexually touching patients.

Former public works site at 1201 Bonneville Ave is slated for affordable in housing in the Midtown District of Snohomish, Washington on April 21, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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In ‘Midtown,’ Snohomish aims to balance small town flavor with growth

Building guidelines and affordability goals for the new district were sketched by a 13-person task force.

Brent Marty waits at his sentencing hearing at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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‘Abuse of trust’: Former firefighter sentenced for child molestation

Brent Marty, who worked for two Snohomish County fire districts, was sentenced to over three years in prison.

Members of the The Glacier Peak High School robotics team. Named the Sonic Squirrels is heading to a world competition in Texas. (Courtesy Photo)

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Snohomish, Everett robotics teams headed to world competition

The Sonic Squirrels’ robot can climb monkey bars and drive autonomously. “Everything has to be built from scratch.”

Bikers ride down a hill into Lord Hill Park during their protest on Sunday, April 10, 2022 in Snohomish, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Bikes, horses, hikers: At Lord Hill Park, who gets priority?

Parks staff will soon unveil plans for the 1,400-acre trail network. Mountain bikers feel like “we didn’t get…

Former Glacier Peak and BYU standout Paisley Harding (right) will have a chance to compete for a spot on the Seattle Storm. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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GP alum Harding earns WNBA training camp spot with Storm

Former Glacier Peak standout Paisley Harding signs a training camp contract with the Seattle Storm.

Real Estate consultants and twin sisters Leslie Davis and Lyndsay Lamb staging in the newly renovated downstairs family room in the Thaut House, as seen on "Unsellable Houses." (HGTV)

Life

Snohomish sisters shine in new season of ‘Unsellable Houses’

The 13 new episodes show that with elbow grease and ingenuity, nothing is unsellable in this wild market.

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A Snohomish artist’s whimsical sketches have drawn a crowd

When the pandemic ended Jim Sorensen’s corporate career, he began drawing birds wearing shoes.

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Officials: State’s first COVID death was in Snohomish County

A new glimpse into Washington’s earliest COVID deaths — and why we may never have a complete record.

Catalyst Cafe in Everett carries gluten-free breads and other baked goods from Shambala Ancient Grain Bakery & Bistro in Mount Vernon, including this herbed garlic sourdough. Customers can place an order through Catalyst Cafe and pick up right in Everett. Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Taylor Goebel/The Herald.

Food & Drink

These local baked goods lack gluten, but not flavor

Here are four Snohomish County-area purveyors that specialize in gluten-free menu items.

The A/NT Gallery in Seattle is displaying one of Anna Lomachenko’s pieces, “Kyiv not Kiev.” (Contributed)

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For Snohomish teen, Ukrainian headdress is more than art

Anna Lomachenko: “I think that I have to show the world not only the war, but also the…

Kenneth Parker listens as his sentence is handed down Friday afternoon at the Snohomish County Superior Courthouse on April 1, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Ex-chiropractor gets 2½ years for sexually touching patients

Kenneth Parker, 62, who practiced in Snohomish, abused women under the guise of medical treatment.

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State budgets, signed Thursday, include money for local projects

Among the provisions are money to build a Community Recovery Center in Lynnwood and aid Afghan refugees in…

Washington State Patrol officers detain the suspected driver of a hit and run double fatality in Bothell Friday on February 19, 2021.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Bothell man guilty in hit-and-run that killed 2 pedestrians

In 2021, Alec Gajdos struck and killed Carson Cox, 32, and Sara Fox-Heath, 39. He then went to…

Pieces of trash litter the side of Highway 522 as a car drives by on Monday, March 21, 2022 in Monroe, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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During the pandemic, roadside trash piled up in Washington

One reader noticed more litter along Highway 522. Cleaning up is a team effort of state agencies, volunteers…

Writes the photographer, Ukrainian artist Anatoly Melaniy: "The photo was taken in June 2020. This is the entrance of our house. I went up to the apartment and saw pigeons cooing on the windowsill against the backdrop of the same house as ours. I was also happy about this bird's joy of love. It's been exactly a year since we moved into this house, to a new apartment. I asked them to wait so that they don't fly away until I get the phone. You rarely have time to photograph such shots. And everything turned out."

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What you see from your window is seen by 3.1 million viewers

Facebook’s “View From My Window” launched early in the pandemic continues to connect people worldwide.

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Snohomish City Council confirms new city administrator

Heather Thomas, the public and government affairs manager for the Snohomish Health District, will start Monday.