Four area teams remain alive for state championships. Who will be preparing for a football game after this weekend as other teams’ pumpkin pie tastes a little bitter after a season-ending loss? Our ...

As affordability politics take center stage across America, at least 18 states are attempting to lower or eliminate property taxes to offset the dramatic rise in property values. It’s a worthy debate, ...

President Donald Trump has been touting tariff rebate checks for middle-class Americans, a move he hopes will convince voters that he cares about affordability. The $2,000 payments would go to “all ...

EVERETT — David Craft, the tenant accused of murdering his Everett landlord, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Snohomish County Superior Court. This comes almost two weeks after Daniel Lytton’s body was ...

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In the 1970s, big increases in house prices in many parts of the U.S. brought big increases in property tax bills, followed by a tax revolt — represented most famously by California’s Proposition 13 ...

MARYSVILLE — The Marysville School Board took the penultimate step Monday to appoint Deborah Rumbaugh as permanent superintendent. During its regular meeting, the board voted unanimously to authorize ...

MUKILTEO — For Kamiak girls wrestling, the team’s first day of practice on Monday felt like a typical introduction to a season. Kids scrambled to submit the right participation forms. Coaches went ...

Last week, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...

We’ve seen in recent years the fraught debate over removal of statues and monuments that honored Confederate war figures and other problematic people in history. But even placement of new monuments to ...

SNOHOMISH — At 13 years old, Claire Butler received some tough news. Her gymnastics career was essentially over due to an elbow injury. All those daily hours of pushing herself in the gym — done.

EDMONDS — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife issued a new permit to the city of Edmonds on Friday, allowing flood-prevention work to commence at a controversial flow diversion structure on ...