For everyone in Snohomish County who's so far been shut out of swine flu immunizations, the wait is over. Beginning Thursday, anyone who wants the immunizations will be able to get it, public health officials announced Wednesday. Full Story »
EVERETT -- The Snohomish County Council this afternoon appointed Mark Roe to serve as interim county prosecutor. In a 3-2 vote, Roe, a senior deputy prosecutor, beat out fire commissioner and Seattle deputy prosecutor Jim Kenny and former deputy prosecutor Millie Judge. Full Story »
GRANITE FALLS – A crash this morning sent two Granite Falls-area teens to the hospital. Full Story »
SEATTLE — The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has issued a Stage 2 burn ban for Snohomish County because of stagnant air and high pollution levels. It’s the first burn ban in Snohomish, King, Pierce and Kitsap counties this winter season. Full Story »
Life-changing advances in personalized preventive medicine could be less than 10 years away thanks to new techniques and technologies, according to Dr. Leroy Hood, co-founder and president of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. Full Story »
Carolyn Erickson, who served 16 years on the Arlington School Board in the position 3 seat, has attended her last official meeting on the board. Erickson recently was honored for her many years of service. Full Story »
GRANITE FALLS — A crash Tuesday morning sent two Granite Falls-area teens to the hospital. Full Story »
The tribes use casino revenue to implement a smoking cessation program that’s available to anyone. Full Story »
“Law enforcement is truly unique. There is no profession in public service that is, at the same time, so essential for a civilized society and so challenging and dangerous for those who answer the calling. Full Story »
KIRKLAND — Hilda and Tom Woods loved well. They loved each other, their daughters, their extended family and their friends. As a recording of the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” played, a pre-service slideshow rolled out photo after photo of the Woodses expressing their love. Full Story »
Eleven staff departures help Arlington balance the 2010 spending plan. ARLINGTON — Councilwoman Marilyn Oertle says Arlington's $67.7 million 2010 budget represents a lot of sweat. Full Story »
With entire programs on the chopping block, the governor’s spending outline will look for new revenue. Full Story »
Neighbors find the woman's home engulfed in flames. A body was found in the bedroom where the fire started. Full Story »
TACOMA — On a day unlike any other in Pierce County, thousands of citizens joined law enforcement officers from throughout North America to pay tribute Tuesday to four Lakewood police officers gunned down at a Parkland coffee shop last month. Full Story »
BOTHELL — An early morning fire destroyed a double-wide mobile home and displaced four people, Snohomish County Fire District 7 spokeswoman Autumn Waite said. Full Story »
The two face years in prison for their part in the killing of a Marysville teen who was beaten and fatally stabbed in June. Full Story »
OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire began making a case for new or higher taxes this morning after proposing a budget containing deep reductions she said she can’t live with. Full Story »
Woodside Elementary School in the south end of the Everett School District has been closed today because of a power outage that also affected the surrounding neighborhood, officials said. Full Story »
GRANITE FALLS — A 16-year-old girl died after a Tuesday morning crash on Burn Road, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said. The teenager was a passenger in a Jeep Cherokee that collided with a Toyota 4Runner at about 7 a.m. Tuesday. Full Story »
An American Indian basketball player doesn’t like his stepfather, isn’t sure he’ll get the date of his dreams and may not star on the school team. Full Story »
We’re having technical difficulties today with our Internets, so I’ll be brief. Yes, that’s 100 straight days and this photographer is truly incredible, featuring mostly wildlife and flowers. Full Story »
The budget the governor releases today is the first of two she will produce before the 2010 legislative session. Budget rollout is set for 9 a.m. Full Story »
SEATTLE -- University of Washington junior quarterback Jake Locker has taken the first step toward the possibility of entering the 2010 NFL draft. On Monday, Locker applied with the NFL's committee on early draft evaluation, hoping to get an estimate of where his stock lies as of now. Full Story »
We get letters. One rolled in from the Snohomish County Jail, apparently signed by 36 inmates. They had a complaint: They got a sack meal on Thanksgiving with a sandwich made from what looked and tasted like “cat food.” Full Story »
NEW YORK — CBS today canceled “As the World Turns,” putting the company that coined the phrase “soap operas” out of the business of making daytime dramas for the first time in 76 years. Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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