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In State of the State, Gregoire shows confidence in Washington's recovery
Jan 12 2011, 11:18 AM Gov. Christine Gregoire, again citing the state’s fiscal crisis, targeted employee pension and health care costs for major spending cuts as she outlined for legislators Tuesday in her State of the State address the difficult budget they must balance during the legislative session this year.

Legislators react to Gregoire’s Regional Ferry District plan
Jan 15 2011, 5:17 AM Gov. Chris Gregoire’s Executive Policy Adviser Teresa Bernsten told the House Transportation Committee Thursday that the governor’s ferry system reorganization plan is patterned after successful ferry system operations in other parts of the U.S. and Canada.

Another day in the office
Jan 18 2011, 8:49 AM The organization I work for serves people with developmental conditions like autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and so on. We aspire to “serve” people rather than to “help” or to “fix” them.

Pedestrian killed on I-5 near Marysville
Jan 19 2011, 8:58 AM MARYSVILLE - A man was struck and killed on southbound Interstate 5 near the 88th Street overpass in Marysville on Jan. 18.

Arlington's Jesse Taylor becomes ‘Singing Cowboy’ in Hawaii
Jesse Taylor of Arlington has found a new life for himself as a wrangler at the Koele stables on the island of Lanai, which is part of Hawaii, where he’s become known by the locals as the “Singing Cowboy.” - Courtesy Photo Jan 19 2011, 2:52 PM ARLINGTON — Jesse Taylor still considers himself an Arlington cowboy through and through, but in his quest to become a country musician the 23-year-old has made a name and a new home for himself in a place that’s about as far removed from the rainy Puget Sound region as he can get without leaving the United States.

Lakewood’s D creates chaos on the hardwood, but Cougars fall to Coupeville
Senior guard Lucas Harkins passes the ball to a wing. - Travis Sherer Jan 19 2011, 11:11 AM LAKEWOOD — Knowing that his Cougars were shorthanded, coach Matt Hart decided to create disarray on the defense end.

Marysville accident victim identified as Arlington man
Jan 21 2011, 9:06 AM MARYSVILLE — The Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office has released information about the man who was struck and killed on southbound Interstate 5 near the 88th Street overpass in Marysville on Jan. 18 .

Joshua J. Irwin, a 27-year-old Arlington resident, died of multiple blunt impacts, according to the Medical Examiner's Office, which deemed the death an accident.

Boy killed in Lake Goodwin plane crash
Jan 23 2011, 6:33 AM LAKE GOODWIN - Marysville Fire District crews were dispatched shortly after 2 p.m., Jan. 22, to reports that a plane had crashed and was upside down in Lake Goodwin.

According to Kristen Thorstenson, Marysville Fire District Public Information Officer/Education Specialist, it was reported that two people were in the plane - one adult and one child. The adult was able to get out. Bystanders were the first to get to the plane and made several attempts to get the young boy out.

Float plane recovered from Lake Goodwin after fatal accident
Snohomish County Technical Water Rescue Team members bring a float plane into the Wenberg County Park boat dock on Jan. 24, after its crash landing in Lake Goodwin on Jan. 22. - Kirk Boxleitner Jan 26 2011, 11:33 AM LAKE GOODWIN — A float plane crash on Jan. 22 has left a 6-year-old boy dead.

First-grader Jacob Jeter of Anacortes was a passenger in the plane piloted by his 55-year-old father, which flipped upside down as it landed in Lake Goodwin. While Jeter's father was able to escape, Jeter himself remained trapped under the water for an estimated 40 minutes before a diver from the Snohomish County Technical Water Rescue Team pulled him from the wreckage. Jeter was rushed to the Colby Campus of the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, where he passed away at approximately 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 22. According to Kristen Thorstenson, public information officer for the Marysville Fire Department, the father did not require medical transport.

Investigation into the cause of the accident began in earnest on Jan. 24, when personnel from the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and Technical Water Rescue Team worked with representatives of the state Department of Ecology, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board to recover the plane.

Tulalip Tribes' smoking cessation program benefits local children
From left, Arlington “Organ Lady” Kathy Ketchum gave Tulalip Elementary students Deandra Grant and Codeey Johnny a hand-on look at smokers’ lungs in December of 2009. - File Photo Jan 27 2011, 10:23 AM TULALIP — The Tulalip Tribes have spent more than $300,000 a year on smoking cessation programs for Tribal members and the surrounding community, and a recent grant from the Tribes will give kids throughout the county a firsthand look at the damage done by smoking and other unhealthy lifestyle choices.

The Tulalip Tribes and the Providence General Foundation have provided grants totaling $135,000 for the next three years to the Providence Medical Center’s “Inside Out: The Original Organ Show,” so that this health program can be provided at no charge to Snohomish County public middle and high schools.