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Sound Transit meeting a chance to push for earlier light rail
EVERETT — As Sound Transit prepares to showcase its light-rail expansion plans Monday at Everett Station, the area’s…
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Feds deciding if coal-export project violates tribal rights
SEATTLE — For centuries, Lummi tribal fishermen have harvested, dug up clams and fished for salmon in the…
Business
Harley-Davidson adds Roadster to its line
Seeking to capitalize on the urban custom movement sweeping the street bike scene, Harley-Davidson has added a new…
Local News
Local campaign aims to speed start of light rail
EVERETT — Area business leaders have started a campaign to speed up the delivery of Sound Transit light…
Business
Judge: VW owners can pick buybacks, fixes in emissions deal
SAN FRANCISCO — The owners of nearly half a million polluting Volkswagens in the U.S. will be given…
Business
Mitsubishi Motors finds falsified fuel mileage tests
TOKYO — Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the Japanese automaker tarnished by a massive recall cover-up 15 years ago, owned…
Local News
No Lenora rail overpass, but other freight projects inch forward
Traffic can get tied up real quick in the Lowell area of Everett when a train comes through…
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Alternative plan would bring light rail to Everett by 2033
EVERETT — Sound Transit board members from Snohomish County floated a plan Monday to get light rail to…
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Witnesses say man ran onto track, killed by train in Edmonds
EDMONDS — A 43-year-old Kansas man was struck and killed by a train near the platform at Edmonds…
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California student says airline removed him for Arabic
LOS ANGELES — A University of California, Berkeley student who came to the U.S. as an Iraqi refugee…
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Air France resumes flights to Iran, after nuclear deal
PARIS — Air France has resumed flights to Iran after last year’s landmark deal to curb Iranian nuclear…
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British Airways flight believed to hit drone on approach
LONDON — Police say a British Airways flight from Geneva hit an object believed to be a drone…
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Hundreds voice concerns over Vancouver oil terminal lease
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Opponents of a proposed rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal in Vancouver showed up in large numbers…
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Island Transit to charge fare for Camano Island to Everett run
For the first time in Island Transit’s 29-year history, the agency will begin charging fees this summer —…
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2 guided missile containers found bobbing in the Pacific
Two large shipping containers, each stamped with the words “Contains: Guided Missile,” were discovered bobbing in the Pacific…
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Marijuana grinder resembling grenade halts Bellingham airport flights
BELLINGHAM — Officials say flights were delayed at Bellingham International Airport after a marijuana grinder designed to resemble…
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Whidbey man charged for pointing high-powered laser at ferry captains
COUPEVILLE — An Island County judge has ordered a Freeland man to stay away from lasers.
Local News
Workers create sidewalk art under pressure
OLYMPIA — It all started with a monkey and a dirty sidewalk.
Opinion
Allow review of coal terminal to address concerns of all
As the nearly four-year-long review of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal nears completion, opponents of the project at…
Local News
I-5 railroad bridge to nowhere part of Tulalip trail plan
My partner in crime and loyal Street Smarts reader, Herald copy editor Bill Pedigo, asked about the unused…