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•Latest: State restricts BPA, including in baby bottles
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Columnist Kristi O'Harran writes about people in Snohomish County.
•Latest: Horse-crazy kids can earn free trip to camp
 
WEEK IN REVIEW
Thursday


Special session likely to finish budget, tax in...
County to pay builders $1.7 million to settle s...
Cut through solid-white lines and it could cost...
Wednesday


New high-tech tool aids searchers after avalanches
Boeing to boost output of 787s
Everett routinely sees people break anti-dumpin...
Tuesday


Mill Creek YMCA now has twice the room to play
Report faults teacher’s actions
Marysville middle school will pick a new principal
Monday


Where do taxes go? What you're paying and what ...
Merger could make Snohomish County's largest fi...
Lynnwood faces budget worries
Sunday


Low test scores mean Totem Middle School princi...
Legislature's budget crunch hits time crunch
Right-to-die film puts former Gov. Booth Gardne...
Saturday


Edmonds man goes from outsider to council chief
Waste alleged in ferry system
Cougar reports unnerve some in north county
Friday


Community Transit slashing bus service in Snoho...
Everett's Rev. Paul Stoot Sr. won't face charges
Assisted suicide: 36 lethal doses taken in Wash...
 

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LOCAL NEWS
Charges filed against former Snohomish County planning director

EVERETT — Snohomish County's former planning director Craig Ladiser is now facing two misdemeanor charges for a drunken incident June 24 on a Redmond-area golf course. [More]


Related: 
• County officials get little feedback on job performance
• County official takes blame for workplace complaint lapses
• County records on harassment complaints a mess, report finds
• Snohomish County's job complaint investigator quits
• Fired county official may face charges after alleged indecent exposure
• Delays for permits frustrate county builders
• County office's past sexual complaints come to light
• Disgraced Snohomish County official's time disputed
• County official fired after being accused of lewd act




Mudslide cancels Sounder service from Seattle to Everett

This afternoon's service from Seattle to Everett on the Sounder commuter train has been cancelled because of a mudslide on the tracks south of Edmonds. [More]






Dan Bates / The Herald
Told there's no buyer for pea crop, farmers adjust

Rick Williams' family has been on the Thrudvang Farm for four generations. Williams, 59, hasn't slept well lately. He's gearing up for 100-hour work weeks, trying to schedule what he'll plant instead of peas. [More]





Alerted by alarm, Edmonds man escapes fire

EDMONDS — A smoke alarm alerted a man to a fire in his home at about 12:15 a.m. today, Snohomish County Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes said. [More]





Bill passes making cell phones, texting while driving primary offense

Police may soon be able to pull over those cars whose drivers are talking on a handheld cell phone. The House reversed course Thursday night and, in an agreement with the Senate, approved a bill to make such behavior a primary offense. [More]



Everett courts water-bottling company
Alcohol, marijuana cited in fatal wrong-way crash
Suspect in boy’s death on the run
Lundeen Parkway in Lakes Stevens to close
State restricts BPA, including in baby bottles
Former fire chief was well-loved
Legislature's special session starts Monday
Horse-crazy kids can earn free trip to camp
Arlington schools audit clean, but issue lingers
United Way says thanks to donors
Lakewood runner’s hole fills a gap in school lore
Bill to delay impact fees dies in Legislature
Toll lane for 405 goes nowhere in Legislature
Highway 9 crash victim in critical condition
North County Update
Fugitive watch
Front Porch

NATION/WORLD
Details of the Democrats’ current health reform plan

President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as next week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Congressional Budget Office... [More]


Related: 
• Dems rule out abortion compromise on health reform
• Democrats, White House close in on health bill
• Questions and answers on reconciling health bill




Why did the Census Bureau send you that letter?

Q: Chris R. of San Francisco wants to know why the U.S. Census Bureau bothered sending him a letter telling him to expect a census form in the mail in a week or so. [More]


Related: 
• Massive census waste found in audit




Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city

LAHORE, Pakistan — A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack... [More]



Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city
Dems rule out abortion compromise on health reform
Some education grants restored for military spouses
‘Under God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance upheld
Some see rift between Taliban, al-Qaida
Wolves likely killed teacher, officials say
Conan O’Brien plans show in Seattle
Edwards sex tape at issue in hearing
World backgammon champ dies at 79
Nation, World Briefs: Sen. Reid’s wife, daughter hurt in free...
 
THE NORTHWEST
Update: Seattle police arrest man with device taped to body

SEATTLE — A man wrapped in duct tape alarmed people in downtown Seattle Friday morning by making threats and walking around with a pipe taped to his arm. [More]





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