Stanwood News

Of the 275 public schools receiving Washington Achievement Awards last week, 35 are in Snohomish and Island counties.

Michael Powers of Stanwood writes: The new overpass at 172nd Street NE and I-5 is wonderful except for one road-rage boiling point.

More than 20 students at Darrington High squared off Jan. 19 to see who would represent the school at the regional competition, set for 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave.

Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling has been elected to the Community Transit Board of Directors for a two-year term.

It's not too late to register for Saturday's Country Living Expo and Cattlemen's Winter School.

Registration deadline is Feb. 3 Chamber members also are also collecting prizes and need donations of gift baskets, food coupons and gift certificates.

Gerald Magelssen's first camera, a Pilot Super, uses 120 film and features a unique extinction meter, an early light meter.

Jen Bell-Burgess is fighting a rare form of cervical cancer, but her community is behind her.

Dr. Jimmy Grierson listens to Peter Hampe's heart during a visit to the Safe Harbor Free Clinic in Stanwood on Friday.

Rain is expected to follow the snow on Wednesday, creating slush for evening commuters.

A teenage driver suffered serious injuries Friday when the car he was driving car went down an embankment along Marine Drive and hit a tree, Snohomish County sheriff's deputies said.

Happily ever after is the hope of every newlywed. Couples soon learn it isn't a given.

City staff won't have to take unpaid furlough days this year, in part because the Stillaguamish River didn't cause any flood damage in town in 2011.