Snohomish News

The state hit a small Snohomish County water system with one of the largest fines ever for water quality violations.

It's a sign of the season. As the weather gets colder, our heating bills go up. But what if you could see how much your bill was before you paid it, and only use as much heat as you could afford? One local utility, Snohomish PUD, has just received a huge grant to put that plan in motion right now.

Snohomish County celebrated the opening of its second off-leash dog area at Cavalero Hill Community Park on Monday while also beginning construction on an 8-mile segment of the Centennial Trail.

Emerson Elementary third-graders are making kits for cancer patients. Michael Whitney photo When cancer impacted teacher Kim Moritz' family, she thought of a way for the community to help others.

Justice Barbara Madsen was elected Thursday by members of the state Supreme Court to be its new chief justice.

Swine flu is being investigated as the possible cause in the death of an infant in Snohomish County earlier this week.

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office declined late Monday to identify an armed intruder shot and killed by a Lake Stevens police officer on Sunday evening.

A police officer responding to a domestic violence call shot and killed a man at Lake Stevens.

County officials are warning thousands of residents in low-lying areas to start preparing now for the possibility of floods.

Thousands of people from as far away as Canada jammed Snohomish County clinics to get free swine flu shots Saturday, and health officials said there is now only enough vaccine left for people already in line.

EVERETT, Wash. Snohomish County hopes to vaccinate 12,000 people against swine flu this weekend.

R.I.P.nw photos This orb was revealed in a photograph taken at the site of the famous 1910 Wellington train disaster near Stevens Pass, where 96 people died in an avalanche.

Carol Robinson uses a pocket knife to carve a pumpkin for the pumpkin carving contest as her daughter Charlotte, 14, gives advice during the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins on Oct.

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 22-year-old man who has been missing since Oct.

Three veteran members of the Snohomish County Council have earned another four-year term: Republican John Koster, and Democrats Dave Gossett and Dave Somers.

The candidates for County Council from both parties agree on the need to support aerospace and biotech industries, to attract a four-year college and to accept commercial air service at Paine Field.

Thousands of people flooded Snohomish County clinics and hospitals for the H1N1 vaccine on Saturday.

Four children were injured Friday when a tractor-trailer rig collided with a Bellevue school bus on State Highway 9 in Snohomish County.A Bellevue School District spokeswoman says the four Medina Elementary School children were taken to a Kirkland hospital as a precaution after they complained of headaches.

A flaming gas can has landed a Snohomish man in hot water with authorities. Prosecutors allege that Gary Westom threw a homemade bomb at a porch full of people, including children.

Navy veterans Nelson Brewer and Ernie Arnold, both of Everett, talk while waiting to pose for a group photo at the Everett Senior Center Oct.