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Could your backyard feeder be killing birds?
One of the documented, positive outcomes of the coronavirus pandemic has been the uptick of people taking up bird watching and adding bird feeders to their properties. But a recent... — Updated 2/11/2021
Sheriff's Office: Suspect in 1972 murder is dead
A man convicted in a high-profile, cold-case murder killed himself just before 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, just hours before a jury found him guilty. According to the Snohomish County S... — Updated 11/19/2020
Governor announces 4-week statewide restrictions
Gov. Jay Inslee on Sunday, Nov. 15, announced a four-week statewide set of restrictions in response to the recent rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus in Washington and across the... — Updated 11/18/2020 Full story
Restaurateur wants more guidance from Gov. Inslee
David Jones realized his dream in 2007 when he and his wife, Lorri, opened Blazing Onion Burgers, Brews & Spirits in Mill Creek, a fast-casual restaurant that became an... — Updated 4/30/2020
Swedish, nurses union agree on new contracts
Swedish Health Services has reached agreements with SEIU 1199NW on new contracts that cover more than 7,700 represented employees of Swedish Medical Center and Swedish Edmonds. The... — Updated 4/23/2020
Boys & Girls Clubs offering all-day childcare
In response to COVID-19, the needs of first responders, health-care workers, and school closings, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County is open and offering discounted all-day child care. Free child-care is offered to all... — Updated 4/3/2020
Police author, rocker, performing at Taste Edmonds
After almost 30 years as a cop, he’s seen some crazy stuff. Lived some, too. So why not write a novel sharing some of his experiences? Alan Hardwick, an Edmonds police sergeant wh... — Updated 8/13/2019
Updated: Former Edmonds man charged with murder from 1972
Story updated April 18 Detectives from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 77-year-old former Edmonds man Wednesday, April 10, for the 1972 murder of 20-year-old... — Updated 4/11/2019
Meet Snohomish County's new prosecuting attorney
Edmonds resident Adam Cornell, a Democrat and 15-year deputy prosecuting attorney, is running unopposed for the four-year seat of Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney. Incumbent... — Updated 11/2/2018
Got weed, eh?
Just don’t do it. Despite the fact that the sale of marijuana cannabis, weed, pot, reefer, pick your poison is now legal and regulated in Canada, it remains illegal to take... — Updated 10/25/2018 Full story
PUD candidate questions timing, transparency in naming of CEO
The Snohomish County Public Utility District is caught in the middle of a drama not unlike Democrats’ attempt to delay confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until after the November general election. Rebecca... — Updated 9/20/2018 Full story
Police looking for suspect in molestation at 99 Ranch Market in Edmonds
Edmonds Police are asking the public to help identify a man who allegedly molested a 9-year-old girl in 99 Ranch Market on Highway 99 in Edmonds. The suspect is a while male in his... — Updated 9/16/2018
Revamped Taste Edmonds is this weekend
Earlier this spring, the Edmonds Beacon broke the news that the Edmonds Chamber was “blowing up the Taste” for 2018. Indeed. Longtime Taste-goers might not recognize the city’s biggest event. Oh, the typical fried-food... — Updated 8/9/2018 Full story
Festival season starts at the Port of Edmonds
If you want to catch the popular rock band Beatniks in Edmonds this year, your chance comes with the 31st Edmonds Waterfront Festival at the Port of Edmonds June 1-3. The band will not perform at Taste Edmonds (formerly A Taste of... — Updated 5/25/2018
Keep on travelin’: Rick Steves says live like a local when traveling
From his home office on Fourth Avenue North in Edmonds, Rick Steves continues to pump out travel guidebooks on European travel, as he has done since opening Rick Steves’ Europe... — Updated 5/10/2018
The stars were aligned for Edmonds singer and dancer
It appears Jerbarco Arnold is finally home. Growing up in Georgia, he moved to Washington state in 2001, back to Georgia in 2003, back to Washington in 2005, back to Atlanta in... — Updated 12/7/2017
‘Conversations with the conductor’: Leonard Bernstein was wrong
If you’ve ever wanted to know what the life of a music conductor is like, your big day has arrived. Conductor Adam Stern will present “Conversation with the Conductor” 6 p.m.... — Updated 11/14/2017 Full story
Poetry as a metaphor for life
Is poetry relevant in this hurly-burly age? Or are its stanzas disappearing down a road less traveled by? Elizabeth Austen is a poet, a good one, so you’d expect her to sing its grandeur, its shining light on universal truths.... — Updated 10/5/2017 Full story
ECA season opens with Bria Skonberg
Edmonds Center for the Arts’ 11th season opens Oct. 5 with Canadian singer, trumpeter and songwriter Bria Skonberg. Before the performance, Skonberg will lead a master class with... — Updated 9/28/2017
A Taste of Edmonds at 35
A Taste of Edmonds Where: Civic Field, 310 Sixth Ave. N, Edmonds When: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 11-12 and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 13 Admission: $5, free for those 12 and under. Separate $2... — Updated 8/10/2017 Full story
Edmonds Underwater Park celebrates a milestone
Although a number of divers gathered at Brackett’s Landing North on Saturday to celebrate an important anniversary for the Edmonds Underwater Park, more than a few couldn’t... — Updated 7/14/2017 Full story
All about the light
By his own estimation he keeps a detailed calendar Randall J. Hodges has hiked just about 26,000 miles. The Earth’s circumference stops at 24,901. Hodges is a landscape... — Updated 6/15/2017
Edmonds Arts Festival celebrating 60th anniversary
What’s your festival? A Taste of Edmonds? Or the Edmonds Arts Festival? Two of the city’s two most popular festivals have their super fans do you revel in a slice of good-old... — Updated 6/15/2017 Full story
Michael Reagan: A hero to military families
You can expect shoulder-to-shoulder crowds Monday during the Edmonds Veterans Plaza dedication. Dignitaries. Veterans. Veterans’ families. The curious. But long after the pomp... — Updated 5/25/2017
Puget Sound under pressure
In 2015, from his government office in Snohomish County, Kenneth Murphy made the pronouncement that woke up the Pacific Northwest from its earthquake-denial slumber. “Our... — Updated 5/18/2017
