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Front Porch: Run for fun at Crab Dash

Run for fun: The Camano Center’s Fifth Annual Crab Dash is scheduled for June 11. Runners have two…

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2 kayakers rescued from Skykomish

SULTAN — Two kayakers were rescued from an island in the Skykomish River on Saturday after they ran…

Wes Atwood (from left) Branden Campbell, Shayla Adkins and Joshua Scott work to put out a hot spot at the scene of the Hot Shot fire Wednesday outside Oso. The fire was discovered in an active timber harvest area May 12 and is 100 percent contained.

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Weather is behind what’s expected to be a nasty wildfire season

GOLD BAR — It’s shaping up to be a nasty wildfire season.

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Proctor Creek fire near Gold Bar, Index fully contained

GOLD BAR — The wildfire that burned across hundreds of acres and triggered evacuation notices this weekend between…

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Weekend rain helped, but 2 Snohomish County fires burn on

GOLD BAR — Crews continued to battle local wildfires Monday, four days after flames were spotted in a…

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Rain halts fire advance, more crews on scene

GOLD BAR — Rainfall has kept two wildfires in Snohomish County from growing Sunday, and additional firefighters have…

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Flooding over winter leaves rivers choked with dangerous debris

SULTAN — The rescue of a woman thrown from her kayak and pinned against a snag Tuesday underscores…

Meeting with Sultan High School students and staff, Erin Gruwell shows film footage and talks about using writing as a means of healing as well as expression.

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After tough year, writing program helps Sultan students heal

SULTAN — It took a newcomer with electric-blue eyes to see a way through.

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Kayaker rescued on Skykomish River near Sultan

SULTAN — Marine rescue teams pulled a woman from the Skykomish River Tuesday after she had been thrown…

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Fire chiefs say county tax plan is misleading

EVERETT — At least six local fire chiefs say they have serious concerns about the Snohomish County Council’s…

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Woman, 80, kills ‘raging’ intruder who stabbed her husband

SULTAN — An 80-year-old woman shot and killed a “raging” intruder at her home near Sultan Thursday night.

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Sultan woman, 80, fatally shoots intruder who attacked husband

SULTAN — An 80-year-old Sultan woman fatally shot a much younger man Thursday evening after he reportedly broke…

Craig Hess, a school resource officer with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, walks the grounds of Sultan High School on Friday. Being on foot feels at home to Hess, who used to work for the New York Police Department.

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Culture shock: From NYPD to Sultan High’s resource officer

SULTAN — At his old job, Craig Hess would listen from inside the stairwells of the public housing…

Gavin Armstrong watches classmate Jake Pozzi tamp down soil that the two put inside tires being used in a STEM agricultural project behind Sultan High School.

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In Sultan STEM program, students get their hands dirty

SULTAN — Stumps and piles of sticks are littered around a woodsy area outside a school here.

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Sultan school district looks at options after bond fails

SULTAN — A school board member here was behind a campaign that urged voters to reject a school…

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Voters use drop boxes almost as much as mail

Almost as many voters in the Feb. 9 special election and other recent elections have been using ballot…

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Minor flood damage as rivers recede

SNOHOMISH — Snohomish County rivers were receding Tuesday after heavy rains from a weekend caused water to spill…

Sultan High School Tech Club members (from left) Matthew McClintock, Alayna Posey and Pamela Propeck laugh Tuesday while playing with video editing software that the group will use to produce commercials to be played on a new and redesigned scoreboard at school sporting events. Sultan chiropractor Brian Copple will be the club’s first client, and the group plans on airing the ads beginning next basketball season.

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Students designed and tested software to replace scoreboard

SULTAN — Students here are putting a new spin on sports, communication and arts with technology. They’re also…

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Modern theft of vintage gun revives 1927 Sultan murder tale

SULTAN — It was dark when the lone figure heaved a large rock through the glass front door…

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Front Porch: Learn about mushrooms Wednesday at Camano event

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