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So far, so good. Kind of. The first snowfall of the year, which began Sunday, hasn't been as treacherous as last year's doozy in February. But it all depends on your situation: If you were in an...

Edmonds-Woodway High School athletes, coaches, administrators and supporters all seemed to agree that the wait was worth it. Five years after voters approved funding and eight months after work...

Not all climate activists are teenagers, of course. Here's Gayla Shoemake, a 78-year-old Edmonds resident and chair of the Interfaith Climate Action, an interdenominational church group focused on...

Residents and visitors will get a break if lawmakers approve a proposal to do away with Discover Pass fees for using state parks. Senate Minority Leader Mark Schoesler (R-Ritzville) and Sen. Randi...

Editor's note: As a bonus for Edmonds Beacon online subscribers, we will be publishing stories from the Washington Newspaper Publisher Association's Olympia News Bureau as the Legislature opens for...

Edmonds Senior Center installed newly elected/reelected board members and officers Jan. 8. Mayor Mike Nelson presided over the swearing in of, from left, Musa Khalaf, Steve Shelton, Candy Gaul, Alma...

The South County Fire Board of Commissioners swore in five members and unanimously re-elected Jim Kenny as chair and elected Bob Meador as vice chair for 2020 at a meeting Jan. 7. Five commissioners...

David Fenwick sent the Beacon this photo Jan. 12. "I've walked by this so many times, but tonight the light was just right," he wrote. What do you see? It seems appropriate that its Marina Beach...

During our first snowstorm of the winter, I hopped in a de-icing truck with longtime Public Works employee Darren Browning. I wanted to see firsthand how our road conditions were during our first...

Some have said I write too enthusiastically about food. I take the same approach to writing about food than I do to eating it – it has to be worth it. In the case of Omar's Taqueria, the tacos,...

An unwise "like" on Facebook? Is a fair process too much to hope for when filling the vacant council position? It is disconcerting that Council President Adrienne Fraley-Monillas "liked" an op-ed...

It’s a little cold, which is as cold as it gets where we live. To be fair, I mean. This region hasn’t seen single-digit temperatures in decades, and it’s not likely to in the future. We live in...

As I prepared to write my first Moment’s Notice column for 2020, a new decade, I thought I would ask my beloved 12-year-old goddaughter what I should write about. Olivia is a writer herself, and...

Here at the Beacon family of newspapers, we're grateful for the community's support. In 1992, when we founded Beacon Publishing in Mukilteo, city officials and others were incredulous that we thought...

As we continue the new year and the next chapter of our shared lives, we again dare (and dread) to make our resolutions to change, improve, seek hope and peace and otherwise survive. Being mindful of...

Members, families and friends filled Gateway Hall in Edmonds Community College Dec. 7 to share lunch, holiday shop, and celebrate AAUW Edmonds SnoKing Branch's purpose – to advance education and...

Edmonds Community College will open its new 70,000-square-foot building for students training in nursing and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The college will host a public...

Students in Holy Rosary's seventh grade class collected fleece and crafted more than 150 scarves for those in the community in need of extra warmth this winter season. Under the direction of their...

Meadowdale bounced back from its first league loss with a resounding victory over a young Everett squad. Senior guard Hunter Moen scored a game-game 23 points to lead the Mavericks to a 55-32 victory...

Edmonds-Wooodway’s Jacob Pahre (left) grapples with Chief Sealth’s Grayson Leui-Steeel during a 132-pound match Tuesday, Jan. 7, in nonconference dual meet at Edmonds-Woodway...

String Quartet music by Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Shostakovich, and the Simple Symphony of Benjamin Britten will be featured in concert at Cascadia Art Museum 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18. There will be...

Eli Munoz, 11, competed at the Western Regional Irish Dancing Championships in Denver, Colorado this past November and earned a coveted qualifying spot to represent the Western Region of the United...

For the second year in a row, Lift Every Voice and the Edmonds Center for the Arts will host "Be the Light," a tribute to Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. The event is Monday, Jan. 20, on the...

As he does every January, European travel expert Rick Steves of Edmonds will host a weeklong tour guides' summit in Edmonds, flying in his guides from around Europe. From Jan. 21 to Jan. 28,...

The Edmonds Music Teacher Association sponsors a concert 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 by pianist-composer Jeremy Siskind as part of its Jazz, Rags, and Blues Festival. Siskind will also judge the festival. The...

The debate between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones has been going on ever since they first crossed paths on the charts 54 years ago. The argument at the time, and one that still persists, was that...