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• Our Schools

  Changes abound for students in Everett Public Schools

  By Dr. Gary Cohn - Feb 01
  February includes two important school related timelines and opportunities for you to weigh in on critical school issues. 1.) Who will be the ...
  

• Mayor should consider what is best for the city

  By Donna Michelson - Nov 01
  The recent article in the Mill Creek Beacon Mayor's Corner written by Pam Pruitt as her opinion titled “Farewell and Thank You, Rebecca” has me in ...
  

• Time to stand up for a free press: We’re not the enemy l Guest View

  By Layne Bruce - Oct 10
  Enough already. The last couple of years have been an unending barrage against the freedom of the press and the practitioners of this noble ...
  
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  Who is my neighbour?

  By Natasha Mathews, ... - Jun 27
  The other day, I was sifting through my daughter's school papers and I read through an assignment about "mottos I live by." My daughter wrote, ...
  

• Questions, answers and facts about library levy

  By Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory - Mar 16
  Property taxes are a tough subject, but worth talking about. Almost all of the money needed to operate the Edmonds Library – and the other 22 ...
  
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  State ferries: Grading 2017 and tackling 2018 | Guest View

  By Amy Scarton - Feb 18
  This is a condensed version of the Washington State Ferries' year in review by Amy Scarton, assistant secretary, WSDOT/Ferries Division. As I wrap ...
  

• State budget is all about better education for our children

  By Rep. John Lovick - Jan 04
  The budgets we pass in the state capitol aren't merely page after page of numbers. Those numbers represent real children in real schools, here in ...
  

• An ugly betrayal on the issue of Paine Field

  By Jim Shelden - Nov 03
  Voters in Snohomish County Council District 4 will be picking a leader for the next four years next Tuesday. As I reflect on the past four years, ...
  
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  Defend DACA, defend our students

  By Chris Reykdal, ... - Sep 15
  Imagine entering 10th grade at a high school in Washington state. You’re excited about your classes, about seeing your friends after a summer ...
  
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  Natural beauty makes Mukilteo great | MukFest

  By Sophie Thompson - Sep 06
  Editor’s Note: Sophie Thompson, 9, a fourth grader at Mukilteo Elementary School, is the runner-up in Beacon Publishing's eighth-annual Mayor for ...
  

• Thank you and farewell from the Japanese Gulch Group l Guest View

  By Kristin Kohorst - Nov 07
  With hearts full of gratitude, the Japanese Gulch Group wishes to thank you for years of support and faith that together we could, and did, make a ...
  

• Journalism matters because democracy matters l Guest View

  By Dave Zweifel, Editor ... - Oct 10
  An in-depth newspaper investigation revealed that a state-operated home for aged military veterans was providing sub-standard care and that ...
  

• Change is getting stuff done

  By John Lovick - Aug 02
  Mill Creek is changing. Fast. And all too often, our local issues are overlooked and cast aside in lieu of flashier statewide projects. Without ...
  
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  Sno-Isle Libraries meets oversight objective | Guest View

  By Marti Anamosa - Apr 20
  I am fortunate to serve with six other individuals from Snohomish and Island counties on a board responsible for the oversight of a critical ...
  
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  Publishers Association: 'This opens the door to abuse'

  By Sandy Stokes - Mar 01
  The Washington Newspaper Publishers Association is deeply disturbed by the Legislature's action to limit the public's right to know. As of Friday, ...
  

• Sound Transit bill provides some help, but not real relief

  By Mark Harmsworth - Feb 01
  Anger over the high cost of car tabs under Sound Transit 3 (ST3) has triggered thousands of complaints to my office, and to other lawmakers ...
  

• Net neutrality: What you can do to help stop its repeal | Guest View

  By Ivette Bayo Urban - Dec 11
  To my community of elders, children, educators, information professionals, business and community leaders: Let me tell you a story as to why I do ...
  

• So you think you're prepared? | Guest View

  By Al Compaan - Oct 18
  If you are, great. If you're not sure, read on. If you know you're not, you are in company with a lot of people. What am I talking about? Disaster ...
  
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  I can’t imagine living anywhere else | MukFest

  By Finley Gonzales - Sep 06
  Editor’s Note: Finley Gonzales, 10, a fifth grader at Endeavour Elementary School, is the winner of Beacon Publishing's eighth-annual Mayor for a ...
  

• Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach': What's it all about? | Guest View

  By Nathaniel Brown - Jul 31
  I was delighted to read Brian Soergel’s article on Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach” (“U.S. Submarine Scorpion calling Edmonds,” July 20). Shute has ...