More than 300 people attended the June 28 memorial of former 46th District State Rep. Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney at The Mountaineers Club in Seattle. Kenney died in Edmonds on May…
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Veteran Snohomish County bus driver wins first-place title for second time in International Bus Roadeo event
Community Transit bus driver Matt Chomjak has once again proven he’s among the best bus drivers in the world, clinching the first-place title at the 2025 International Bus Roadeo. This…
Lynnwood Event Center welcomes Rachel Gontz as new general manager
Rachel Gontz was appointed as the new general manager of the Lynnwood Event Center, who started her position on June 9. Gontz brings more than 20 years of leadership experience…
Eagle Scout builds playground for dogs at Lynnwood’s PAWS shelter
A Lynnwood Eagle Scout has turned a service project into a source of daily joy for shelter dogs awaiting adoption. Rudransh Bhattacharya, a ninth grader at H.M. Jackson High School…
Alison Alfonzo Pence is Northwest Neighbors Network’s first executive director
Northwest Neighbors Network (NNN) has hired Edmonds resident Alison Alfonzo Pence as its first executive director. Pence, who was semi-retired, decided to come out of retirement to work full time….
Bothell man wins $2 million from Scratch ticket bought in Lynnwood, but nobody believes him on April Fools’ Day
For one Bothell man, this year’s April Fools’ Day was a memorable one – and not because of the reason you expect. In late March, S.M.W. visited the 76 gas…
Homage Senior Services announces its new director of social service and human resource manager
Homage Senior Services has named Krissie Dillin its new director of social services and Kavita Bhandari as the new human resources manager. Dillon has more than 15 years of experience…
College Place Middle School student finishes 5th at national dance competition
A College Place Middle School student finished fifth finals of the 2025 U.S. National Amateur DanceSport Championships at the BYU Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. Out of 15 couples, 13-year-old…
Brother-sister dancing duo win first place at Youth America Grand Prix semifinals
Hikari Ulyana Gorbouleva and Yevgeni Gorboulev won top placements at the Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP) Seattle regional competition in January. The siblings represented Olympic Ballet School (OBS) along with…
Kathy Liu reflects on a year of accomplishments and challenges at Edmonds Center for Arts
When newly arrived Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA) Executive Director Kathy Liu first saw Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains while driving on Caspers Street in fall 2023, she…
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Homage Senior Services scouts for more senior companion volunteers
Sylvia Sweet’s Thursday routine involves waiting in her living room at 2 p.m. Sweet, who lives at a mobile home park in Lynnwood with her daughter, would wait for Vivian…
Fox 13 meteorologist reflects fondly on his broadcast start at Mountlake Terrace HS
Brian MacMillan stands in front of a large video wall — pointing to it without turning around — and voices out a weather forecast for the Puget Sound area to…
Ashley Nash joins My Neighborhood News Network
Ashley Nash has joined My Neighborhood News Network as a reporter. She will focus her coverage on Lynnwood and will also share K-12 education coverage with reporter Rick Sinnett. With…
Providence Swedish Edmonds welcomes first baby of new year — and she’s from Lynnwood
Less than 30 minutes into New Year’s Day, Amber-Lynne Rickett and Steffen Horne of Lynnwood welcomed their first child – a 7.2-pound, 20-inch-long baby girl, named Jheneah Elowyn Horne –…
Edmonds photographer Karen Mason-Blair greets grunge fans at Musicology Co.
Seattle is famous as the ground zero for grunge music, but Edmonds is where the talent behind the iconic photos of Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam in the early 1990s…
Edmonds family raises awareness about daughter’s rare skin disorder
Harper Foy, 9, ran around the soccer field at Edmonds Civic Field while her father, Kevin Foy, chased her with a small, orange football in his hand. He threw the…
Found: a box of keepsakes. Do you know the owner?
In late October, Verla Douge found a decorative box behind the dumpster at her workplace at the corner of 76th Avenue West and 196th Street Southwest in the Lynnwood/Edmonds…
Youth homelessness advocate Joe Roberts keynotes Clothes for Kids fundraiser
Joe Roberts recalls his opiate withdrawal three days before Christmas in 1989. He was 23 and had been homeless for several years on the east side of downtown Vancouver. Rocking…
Edmonds to Athens: Local teacher wins Fulbright award
Edmonds native and Meadowdale High School graduate Leslie Delehanty arrived in Athens, Greece, last week with a mission: to help foster cultural awareness and understanding between the people of the…
Rick Steves says he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer
Edmonds-based European travel guide and author Rick Steves announced Wednesday he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Making the announcement via social media, the 69-year-old Steves said he is thankful for…
Aimee Singleton named Lynnwood postmaster
Aimee Singleton is Lynnwood’s newest postmaster, and she said she is excited to put her decade’s worth of knowledge and experience to work for the Lynnwood and Alderwood communities. Singleton…
After stem cell transplant saves his life, Edmonds man on a mission to help others
In 2017, longtime Edmonds resident Tom Hayes was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Within 30 days of his original diagnosis, Hayes’ doctors said he was in remission but in 2020…
Family, friends remember life of Jayda Woods-Johnson
Family and friends joined community members at Lynnwood’s Community Life Center Sunday to celebrate and remember the life of Jayda Robin Woods-Johnson. A student at Brier Terrace Middle School, she…
Hermona Girmay of Edmonds crowned Miss Washington 2024
Hermona Girmay of Edmonds, who was named Miss Seattle in February, was crowned Miss Washington 2024 on July 6 at Capital High School Performing Arts Center in Olympia. Girmay, who…
Lynnwood Rotary Club announces Tom Wynne as incoming president
The Lynnwood Rotary Club announced Monday that retired Superior Court Judge Tom Wynne has been named the incoming president for the 2024-2025 Rotary year. Wynne was born in Everett and…