Woodway News

Michael O'Leary/The Herald Evergreen Elementary School student Tristen Beck and others wave goodbye as the bus leaves on the last day of school Friday.

For the third year in a row, five Bellevue high schools have been named to Newsweek magazine's list of top 1,500 public high schools in the country.

Volunteer: Assist vulnerable adults Adults living in nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and adult family homes throughout Snohomish County are in need of community help.

Tell the tourists where to go: The Snohomish County Visitor Information Center is looking for volunteers to answer the queries of tourists and recommend local things to see and do.

Michael O'Leary / The Herald Taylor West is the fifth of five boys in his family to attend the Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center, but he's the first to win a state WAVE scholarship.

If people here vote to purchase the grand Rosary Heights estate from an order of Dominican nuns later this year, the 15-acre property with sweeping views of Puget Sound will almost certainly not be sliced, diced or subdivided.

Interesting fact: The Philip Johnson estate served as the backdrop for the 1974 TV movie, "Reflections of Murder" starring Sam Waterston and Tuesday Weld.

Before the track and field postseason begins next week, there are several highly anticipated rivalry meets.

The Newport High School Jazz band is one of three Seattle-area schools participating in the Essentially Ellington contest in New York City.

Dino Rossi sightings are on the rise around town. One day he's lunching at Sisters Restaurant, another day he's dining at Prohibition Grille, all part of corralling people with money for his latest venture.

Michael O'Leary / The Herald Edmonds-Woodway High School junior Melanie Llona plays her trumpet Tuesday.

Erika Walker and Gary Jackman were married Jan. 17 at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, with the Rev.

The last time Rep. Hans Dunshee wrote a capital budget for the state, it contained a record amount of money for education.

In a few months, Evergreen Elementary School's hallways will be quiet. There will be no more bouncing balls in the gym, singing in the music room or laughter in classrooms.

The Edmonds School Board is scheduled to decide tonight whether to close Evergreen Elementary School in Mountlake Terrace.

Everett: Ethics panel has five vacancies to fill Snohomish County is seeking applicants for its ethics commission.

People Cascade Bank has promoted Carrie Natoli to assistant vice president. Natoli serves as the bank's treasury specialist and works out of the corporate office in downtown Everett.

Navy Fireman Shelby A. Court recently graduated from Naval Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill.

Passenger jet flights could be taking off from Paine Field as early as April, and there's little Snohomish County can do to stop them, elected leaders who oppose the flights said Friday.

Woodway Elementary School in Edmonds will close next fall, and about 100 seventh- and eighth-graders at Terrace Park School in Mountlake Terrace will move to Brier Terrace Middle School.