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Editor's note: In December, the Edmonds Beacon published a story on the beginning of what would become Beacon Publishing and its community of newspapers 35 years ago. This year, we... — Updated 7/25/2022

About three decades ago when the newspaper industry was moving into the computer age, I used to regale young journalists with stories about how we used to write stories on... — Updated 2/8/2022

Like other states, Washington claims its share of official symbols: the state flower is, of course, the rhododendron. The state bird? American goldfinch. Fish? Steelhead. Tree? West... — Updated 1/13/2022

It's been about six months since The Beacon transitioned from a free publication to a subscription newspaper. We're pleased to report that, while we're not where we want to be yet,... — Updated 7/15/2021

As the old saying goes, "Time flies when you're having fun." Nobody, of course, would likely argue that the last three months have been much fun. Coronavirus, the presidential... — Updated 1/28/2021

3 a.m. is a precarious time for humans to be riding on planet Earth. As the giant rock we call home orbits the sun and spins on its axis, astronomers say that at 3 in the morning... — Updated 1/6/2021

Santa, like life, sometimes surprises you, and you get things that weren't on your wish list. Worse yet comes the day when you discover that neither Santa nor the life you... — Updated 12/17/2020 Full story

When I got my first job, delivering the local daily newspaper, I learned how to "box" the paper, that is, fold it into a square with corners tucked in to make a tight-fit box. No... — Updated 12/10/2020

Dear Reader, 2020 may be remembered, ironically, as the year everyone would like to forget. From a pandemic to an economic collapse to political polarization and more, this has... — Updated 10/19/2020 Full story

Editor's note: We thought Edmonds residents might want to know what's going in with neighbor to the east, Mill Creek, where our sister publication is the Mill Creek Beacon. The... — Updated 8/15/2020

Scared. That's a word being confessed everywhere, by husbands to wives, children to parents, patients to doctors, workers to coworkers, strangers to strangers. We're scared. How... — Updated 3/26/2020 Full story

On Monday, March 2, Edmonds Mayor Mike Nelson said he was taking action in response to COVID-19, the coronavirus that has spread from China around the world and which has killed six... — Updated 3/2/2020 Full story

More than a dozen nurses and caregivers who are on strike at Swedish Medical Center campuses in Puget Sound, including Swedish Edmonds, told the Edmonds City Council on Tuesday... — Updated 1/30/2020

Zachary Bauder, student representative on the Edmonds City Council, got in his 10,000 steps Tuesday night, ferrying nomination and ballot slips back and forth between the city... — Updated 1/30/2020

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 incredulo... — Updated 1/16/2020

Kim Goldman had brought extensive notes for a prepared speech she was going to give at the Hope Within Luncheon, a fundraiser for Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County... — Updated 10/17/2019 Full story

Although recent polling suggests Initiative 976, the $30 car tab ballot measure, is winning among likely voters, powerful forces are arrayed against it – including, as of Tuesday... — Updated 10/17/2019

The journalists in novelist Al Hooper’s world are hardened and experienced, but their tough personas are leavened with strains of gentleness, understanding and, of course, love.... — Updated 9/26/2018

Unwilling to stand by and idly watch continuing carnage due to the proliferation of firearms in America – and tired of waiting for federal and state officials to act – local... — Updated 7/27/2018

Bill McAulay was in high school when his mother made him get up in the middle of the night to look at a comet that was streaking across the dark sky. This week, in Madras, Oregon,... — Updated 8/24/2017

An Oregon man and his passenger walked away from a plane crash in Mukilteo Tuesday, counting their blessings. The 30-year-old pilot told investigators he was taking off in his... — Updated 5/2/2017