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Stillaguamish Tribe carves a link to its long-lost past

From a huge cedar log, carvers are shaping the Stillaguamish Tribe's first new dugout river canoe in more than a century. “We'll never get back to the way it was,” said Shawn Yanity, a tribal member and one of those working on the canoe. [More]

By Gale Fiege
Herald Writer


Paine Field results delayed by months

EVERETT — It will likely be a few more months before federal officials reach any conclusions regarding an environmental study of airline service at Paine Field. [More]

By Bill Sheets
Herald Writer


The Hub, a Snohomish institution, closes

SNOHOMISH — The Hub will close today, ending the restaurant’s half-century run in town. [More]

By Andy Rathbun
Herald Writer


Time to dole out Cappies, despite Olympia's unfinished business

Each year I ponder what's transpired in the Legislature then bestow upon a few people a richly deserved though maybe undesired honor of my own creation — a Cappy. [More]

By Jerry Cornfield
Herald Columnist



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Teens coach seniors on getting gadgets to work

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — One could say that 12-year-old Zander Hall-Spicuzza has a knack for technology. [More]

By Katya Yefimova
Herald Writer

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Osservatore Romano / Associated Press |
Vatican denies celibacy rule led to sex scandal

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on today denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the pope's handling of the crisis. [More]

Associated Press


Dems still short of health care reform votes

WASHINGTON — The House's chief Democratic headcounter said today he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he... [More]

Associated Press



Northeast mops up from deadly torrential rain

EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. — Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains. [More]

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FAA issues emergency inspections of some 737s

SEATTLE — The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive Friday requiring that airlines inspect certain Boeing 737s within 12 to 30 days to check a mechanism that controls the flap on the horizontal tails of... [More]

McClatchy News Service


Suspect's bra padded with $26,000, Spokane deputies say

SPOKANE — A fraud bust, indeed: Spokane County sheriff’s deputies say a woman was hiding nearly $26,000 in her bra when she was booked into jail for investigation of theft. [More]

Associated Press


Divers lift 50 tons of fishing gear from Whatcom County’s waters

BELLINGHAM — Divers have pulled thousands of old fishing nets and crab pots from Washington’s marine waters since 2002, and they expect to finish much of the work this year thanks in part to federal stimulus dollars. [More]

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