SMOKEY POINT — Maybe you’ve seen her on the street and just not noticed her. She sleeps on the side of Smokey Point Boulevard, near the intersection of 157th Street, covered in a tarp, and surrounded by so many empty bottles and plastic bags that she could be mistaken for a pile of garbage, rather than a human being.
ARLINGTON — Visitors to Twin Rivers Park can expect improved restrooms and parking, thanks to a four-day $60,000 construction project approved by the Snohomish County Council.
MARYSVILLE — Between online and other donations, the Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts has raised approximately $10,000 toward the purchase of the building that’s serving as its Arts Center.
MARYSVILLE — When Tulalip Tribes languages teacher Maria Martin read the story “Her First Basket” in both English and Lushootseed, she had some help from a 6-year-old she introduced as her little sister, K.T.
MARYSVILLE — Lakewood High School senior Kalan Knott had never volunteered for community service during Martin Luther King Jr. Day before, and had never volunteered at a food bank before, but this year, he wanted to get involved.
ARLINGTON — Sunday’s game made for intense viewing for Seattle Seahawks fans. Visitors to the Arlington Free Methodist Church were on the edge of their seats Jan. 18, as they were treated to buffet lines of freshly cooked meals and desserts, while watching a heart-pounding post-season game.
SMOKEY POINT — “There’s enough pie for everybody, so I don’t worry about competing with men, or with anyone other than my own personal best,” Kim Thompson said, as she mingled with other women in business at the second annual WISE Women Business Showcase on Jan. 14.
SMOKEY POINT — The WISE Women started two years ago this February, and they’re looking to celebrate with their second annual Business Showcase on Wednesday, Jan. 14. It will also mark the debut of their “WISE Women Wednesdays” radio show.
ARLINGTON — “We weren’t necessarily training for disasters like Oso,” Snohomish County Helicopter Response Team flight physician Dr. Ron Brown said. “But when we went out into the mud and sank up to our armpits, having that equipment and training was a huge asset.”
ARLINGTON — Although Breast Cancer Awareness Month was three months ago, it’s still yielding benefits for the Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation.
MARYSVILLE — Pokémon started as a gaming franchise in the late 1990s, and in the decades since, multiple generations of parents and children have taken up the game, sometimes together.
MARYSVILLE — With three children and a husband whose job injury left him unable to work, Colleen Goad is one of many Marysville parents who found her family facing a challenging Christmas.
MARYSVILLE — The first day of this year’s Christmas meal distributions at the Marysville Community Food Bank held steady with previous holiday seasons, and so have the needs of the families that it serves.
