Snohomish County News

Weary of waiting for Aaron Reardon to submit paperwork formalizing his plans to resign as Snohomish County executive, the County Council voted 4-0 on Monday to start the process of identifying his replacement.

A man who held the position of quartermaster with the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Sultan is accused of taking more than $90,000 from its bank accounts.

Officials have identified a man who drowned in a boat capsizing in Tulalip Bay this past weekend.

Lisa Hamm, sister of slain Monroe Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl, reacts after a Snohomish County jury recommended the death penalty for Biendl's killer, Byron Scherf.

After 36 years as The Herald's voice for Snohomish County homemakers, Judyrae Kruse is retiring.

Animal lovers gathered outside Edmonds Municipal Court Wednesday afternoon as a woman appeared in court to face animal cruelty charges.

The city asked the City Council last week to gamble on a project to expand the city's urban growth area in the name of economic development.

In what many neighbors would define as some very tense hours last Friday, May 17, Lake Stevens resident Jason M. Riley, 40, was finally apprehended around 10 p.m. after an eight hour standoff with police in Everett.

Ever wonder why Washington has one of the highest seat belt use rates in the country? It is due, in large part, to the highly visible "Click It or Ticket" campaign which includes publicity, extra enforcement, and signage.

The Daily Herald of Everett reports the council voted 4-0 Monday to begin the process of identifying his replacement.

An animal cruelty case in Edmonds, Washington has spread like wildfire thanks to social media - and animal lovers plan to protest the misdemeanor charges the perpetrators face.

Schools near Bothell and Maltby were briefly locked down Monday morning as police hunted for a suspect in a black Audi who sped away after he was interrupted burglarizing a home, then collided with a motorcycle.

Washington Ceasefire's public health campaign has returned to Metro buses this year, once again imploring riders to not buy guns.

The main transit organization in Snohomish County is declining to run advertisements from a statewide gun control group on public buses.

The race is on to replace Snohomish County councilmen John Koster and Dave Gossett .

Their mission is literacy. They fund it through book sales. The nonprofit group called Friends of the Mill Creek Library wants people to read, especially children.

After a manhunt that began with a car chase, Snohomish County, Wash., sheriff's officers have arrested a 22-year-old man sought on a warrant.

UPDATE at 9:06 P.M. Deputies have arrested wanted felon Vincent Nutter after several hours of pursuit, the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office announced via Twitter.

An Everett father claims he's waited two years for his landlord to clean up a bed-bug infestation that's made his young daughter sick.

Tami Dutton, the woman who claimed she had an on-and-off six-year affair with Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon, appeared before a district court judge in Everett Friday following her arrest Thursday for fourth-degree assault.