Boeing's tanker rival quits Air Force bidding

EVERETT — The U.S. Air Force's decadelong effort to replace its aerial refueling tankers took a new twist Monday when the Boeing Co.'s rival dropped out of the competition. [More]

By Michelle Dunlop
Herald Writer



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Mill Creek YMCA now has twice the room to play

EVERETT — Albert Sanchez is impressed. He has more room to work out in an expanded and renovated Mill Creek Family YMCA. [More]

By Oscar Halpert
Herald Writer


Report faults teacher’s actions

EVERETT — A Cascade High School teacher said he was just joking around when he grabbed a student by the neck in the locker room the day before Christmas break. [More]

By Jackson Holtz
Herald Writer


Marysville middle school will pick a new principal

MARYSVILLE — Principal Judy Albertson will be replaced at Totem Middle School this fall, but she’ll still be a part of efforts to increase learning on the campus. [More]

By Eric Stevick
Herald Writer


Local flooding remains a risk this month

EVERETT — Much of Snohomish County is flood country, and this year’s mild winter has many people thinking they caught a break. Not just yet, officials say. [More]

By Katya Yefimova
Herald Writer
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Not more earthquakes, just more people in quake zones

First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot. It’s not. [More]

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Supreme Court to rule if funeral picketers can be sued

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the outer limits of free-speech protection for protests and to rule on whether a dead soldier’s family can sue religious protesters who picketed near their son’s funeral... [More]

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Rapper Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term

NEW YORK — After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus. [More]

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Soldier accused of killing two colleagues to face court-martial

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD — An Army specialist accused of killing two fellow soldiers, trying to burn their bodies with acid and kidnapping their baby could face the death penalty if convicted in her upcoming court-martial. [More]

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Search for missing Portland hiker will continue

STEVENSON — Two helicopters from the Coast Guard and Washington National Guard helped in Monday’s search for a 24-year-old Portland woman missing near Bonneville Dam in Skamania County. [More]

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