Stanwood News

Great news for rail fans: Tomorrow Amtrak Cascades will begin stopping at Stanwood in Snohomish County on its way to and from Seattle or Vancouver, British Columbia.

The 23-year-old Sedro-Woolley man who died Thursday after a tree fell on him was identified Friday as David L. Crouter, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner.

The first train to stop at the Amtrak Cascades' newly christened Stanwood station was brimming with eager passengers Saturday morning.

Starting Saturday, Amtrak customers from the Stanwood-Camano Island area won't have to drive to Mount Vernon or Marysville to catch a train.

People who know Keira S. Earhart say he is gentle man. Earhart, 38, is suspected of killing Ryan A. Rzechula, a 25-year-old Stanwood man who allegedly burglarized Earhart's home north of Arlington on Monday.

On Monday, police considered Arlington homeowner Keira S. Earhart a burglary victim.

Members of the Twin City High School Class of 1959 remember well their first school field trip.

A 24-year-old Sedro-Woolley man died Thursday when a tree he was chopping down fell on him, said Rebecca Hover of the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.

Property owners will soon be paying more in taxes if the City Council moves forward with the city's recommendation.

More than 40 firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze that destroyed a home early Sunday.

A Kenyan-themed community dinner at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church is part of an effort to raise awareness of the country's problems with scarce water and sanitation.

The public is invited to attend a visioning workshop for Kayak Point Regional Park on Wednesday, Nov.

WineStyles conducted its second annual charity wine-tasting Oct. 22 on behalf of Quilceda Community Services, which serves adults with developmental disabilities, but QCS is still conducting its second annual fundraiser.

CAMANO ISLAND Colton Harris-Moore has been a one-boy crime wave since he was 7 years old.

Twin City Foods Pea Growers - the last green pea processing plant in the Northwest - won't process the vegetable in 2010, the company announced this week.

The Everett police officer accused of fatally shooting an intoxicated Stanwood man in June made his first court appearance today.

Former Arlington School District superintendent Linda Byrnes appears headed for an upset over incumbent Councilman Graham Smith in the race for the at-large seat on the Arlington City Council.

Snohomish County says it has received 28,000 additional doses of the H1N1 vaccine, and will make it available Saturday at ten free clinics.

EVERETT, Wash. -- It didn't take long for Snohomish County clinics to give away 28,000 doses of flu vaccine.

The Everett police officer who witnessed another cop fatally shoot a drunken man told investigators he believed the officer was frustrated before he pulled the trigger.