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Hermona Girmay of Edmonds crowned Miss Washington 2024
Hermona Girmay of Edmonds, who was named Miss Seattle in February, was crowned Miss Washington 2024 on July 6 at Capital High School Performing Arts Center in Olympia. Girmay, who was born and raised in Edmonds, attended Holy Rosary School and graduated from Edmonds-Woodway High School. According to a news...
Neighbors in Mount Vernon save young kids home alone from burning house
Neighbors in Mount Vernon are being praised for saving young kids from a burning home. The fire sparked on Friday, June 3, at the Skagit Valley Mobile Manor. “It was like this big but the flames were so, so hot,” said 8-year-old Archibaldo. Archibaldo was home alone with his...
Greenheart Exchange seeks host family for exchange students
SOUTH SNOHOMISH COUNTY—Greenheart Exchange seeking a stable person or family to host two female exchange students scheduled to go to Edmonds-Woodway High School in the Fall this year. One is a girl from Ukraine and the other a girl from Republic of Georgia. The students will have their own...
WA politicians react to assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump
As the investigation into Saturday’s assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump, leaders in Washington state are sounding off. "Today is a dark day for the United States of America," Washington GOP chairman Jim Walsh told FOX 13. "The assassination attempt on President Trump is a reminder that the incessant and incendiary rhetoric from the radical left and the mainstream media has dire consequences. It has no place in political discourse. We pray for America. We pray for President Trump and his family. And we mourn the loss of the innocent bystander."
The Behavioral Health Crisis, Homelessness, and a Heat Wave
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic inform the current behavioral health crisis. Excess heat events are more frequent due to the effects of climate change. The health system is not ready to respond to the growing needs of the community. Amid a prolonged heat wave two years ago in July, I...
Mariners briefly forget how to field, consistently forget how to hit, lose 2-1
I spent today in Cowen Park in Ravenna playing in the inaugural Seattle Wiffleball in-season tournament. It was a casual, small team double elimination tournament and the whole thing was very casual. The sun, accursed amalgamation of nuclear catastrophe that it is, baked us all day. As I sit here writing this my back and arms are badly sunburned, my knees are scraped up from sliding, and all of my joints ache from overuse.
Salish story pole honoring those who championed tribal fishing rights nears completion
Salish multimedia artist Ed Archie Noisecat along with apprentices Ablaza Pluff and Earl Pluff continue their carving of the 13-foot story pole honoring Billy Frank Jr. and fellow indigenous activists Ramona Bennett and Hank Adams in the Pay3q’ali carving studio. The June 25 work session was held on the Indigenous Arts Campus at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wa. as the project is part of a six-month residency hosted by the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center.
Car crash on State Route 97 near Entiat leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
ENTIAT, Wash. – ENTIAT, Wash. – A 20-year-old man is dead and two others are injured after a car crash on State Route 97 in Douglas County. According to the Washington State Patrol (WSP), the 20-year-old’s car was traveling southbound on SR 97, while another car, carrying a driver and passenger from Spokane, was traveling north. The southbound car crossed the center line and crashed with the northbound vehicle. The 20-year-old’s car caught fire, and both vehicles partially blocked the northbound lane.
State department transfers 43 young men from juvenile to adult jails in Washington
WASHINGTON, USA — The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families announced it transferred 43 young men with adult sentences from a juvenile facility to the Department of Corrections. Just one week before the announcement, the department announced it was suspending intake at two juvenile facilities, the Green...
Popular Retailer With 26 Washington Stores Contemplates Closures
Life, post-pandemic is drifting back to normal. If only the prices would drift back down to 2019. The experts at Marketwatch say most prices will probably never return to the pre-COVID-19 days. But hold onto hope. Quality of life (read: more expendable income) could return with inflation rates slowly decreasing...
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