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Hopes of a come-from-behind victories are looking dimmer for many candidates in last week's Snohomish County elections.

Patricia Schoonmaker worried about how she'd stay in the clothing industry when she lost her job as a fashion designer in August.

Holiday shoppers could be in a bah-humbug kind of mood this year, according to a survey of business leaders and managers in nine Midwest and Plains states released Monday.

State officials could be in for a bumpy ride as they try to sell the off-road community on a plan to redevelop Reiter Foothills.

Cheezburger Network retained its No. 1 position in Seattle 2.0's monthly rankings of local startups' Web traffic.

A Pacific storm is blowing in, bringing rain to most of the state and gusty winds to parts of Western Washington.

The Seattle Times opposes Tim Eyman's Initiative 1033, which would restrict the growth in state, county and city spending to the increase in the Consumer Price Index plus population growth.

Yakima's Nob Hill and Ridgeview elementary schools are "Great Schools." Again. The Center for Educational Effectiveness, along with the Washington Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa International, recently gave both schools their "Great Schools Award." Nob Hill and Ridgeview elementaries are among 104 schools statewide being recognized by the two groups ...

Index: Man who died in fall named The man who died after falling from a log last weekend was identified as Vladimir Dmytriv, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner said.

Washingtona s minimum wage will not increase in 2010, but will remain the same at $8.55 an hour.

One man died early this morning after falling off a log while crossing a river. The man, who is middle aged, was crossing Silver Creek north of Index-Galena Road on a log when he fell.

Mark Mulligan / The Herald Students listen as Snohomish County Council candidates Dave Somers and Steve Dana debate at Snohomish High School on Tuesday morning.

Washington's $8.55 minimum wage will not increase in 2010 because the federal Consumer Price Index fell 1.9 percent in the past year ending in August, the state Department of Labor and Industries announced this week.

Washington's minimum wage will not increase next year. The Department of Labor and Industries says it will remain at $8.55 an hour because inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, did not increase for the past 12 months.

Washington's residents are smarter, its aerospace taxes are lower, its unemployment fund more stable, its aircraft industry infrastructure is more extensive, its work force more experienced and its quality of life superior.

Kids at the Head Start program at the Northeast Community Center play under a parachute Thursday.

U.S. Forest Service officials met with a gun club president on Friday afternoon to set the rules that would allow a trap shooting range to reopen.

Helped by the lack of a personal state income tax, Washington has the ninth-best climate for businesses in the nation, according to a Washington, D.C.-based tax research group.

Eleven new companies were added to the list of Web-oriented ventures, which now totals 345 companies in the greater Seattle area.

There's the photographic face of the farmers market, the shopping baskets laden with lettuce, the couples eating ice cream.