Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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Edmonds School District to sponsor ‘Drugs and Our Brains’ series starting Jan. 22

The Edmonds School District and Therapeutic Health Services are offering a series of classes on how different drugs impact the brain and body. “Drugs and Our Brains: Understanding Your Reward...

School Board to hear legislative and budget updates, recognize MTHS football, more

The Edmonds School Board during its Tuesday, Jan. 13 meeting will hear an update on the school district's budget report, including the general fund and capital projects fund, for...

Edmonds eLearning Academy to host information nights for students, families and staff

Edmonds eLearning Academy will host three Information Night events in 2026 for current and prospective students, families and staff who want to learn more about the school’s flexible, online-focused...

WA’s 2026 legislative session is getting underway; will anyone be smiling when it’s over?

Washington state lawmakers begin a 60-day session today, in which a fiscal reckoning, flood recovery and their own reelections loom large. They departed Olympia last spring, fingers crossed that a...

Climate Protection: Where will we put all the solar panels?

People ask me where we will put all the solar panels when everyone drives an electric car and heats their homes with heat pumps. The curiosity is whether solar...

Upcoming closures on the 1 Line throughout January

Sound Transit will continue strategically closing sections of the 1 Line this month for system expansion and critical maintenance work. Jan. 9-11 Buses will replace 1 Line trains between Capitol Hill...

Three South County Fire Commissioners sworn in

South County Fire’s Board of Commissioners swore in three members, including one newly elected commissioner, during a meeting Tuesday. Commissioner Joe Wankelman joins the board after being elected in November...

Art Beat: Graphite art and more in January, February

Happy new year! January is here. The air feels colder and the bare branches’ silhouettes look as if they were drawn with a pencil. This month graphite dances across pages...

How WA’s $181M in rural health funding stacks up with other states

Washington is set to receive $181 million in federal funding this year to boost rural health care amid drastic Medicaid cuts. The hefty sum falls below what the Trump administration...

Alderwood Water & Wastewater District Commission elects new officers for 2026

The newly reelected Alderwood Water & Wastewater District Board of Commissioners selected its officers for 2026. Following the November 2025 general election, Dean Lotz (Position 5) and Paul McIntyre (Position...

Art Beat Review: Elsa Thoresen’s Surrealist journey

At the entrance of Cascadia Art Museum’s Objects of the Elements exhibition is a large photograph of artist Elsa Cecilie Thoresen (1906-1994) at her easel, turning toward the camera...

South County Fire honors off-duty firefighter, cardiologist, others for saving a pickleball player’s life at Edmonds gym

They were in the right place at the right time. On Monday, South County Fire honored an off-duty firefighter and several other community members who leapt into action to...

Fluoride fights bubble up around Washington

Blanche Barajas and Gary Bode have very different ideas about fluoridation. She’s pro. He’s against. As city council members in Pasco and Lynden, respectively, they fought two of seven battles...

OIC to hold public hearing on supplemental long-term care insurance rules Jan. 6

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) is holding a virtual public hearing on Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 6, to discuss proposed rules around supplemental long-term care insurance. Supplemental long-term...

Sno-Isle Libraries announces new board trustees

Sno-Isle Libraries announced the appointment of Jessica Fleming to a seven-year term and Ryan May to a one-year term on the Sno-Isle Libraries Board of Trustees. The seven-member board includes...

Sno-Isle Genealogical Society sponsoring writing workshops in January, February

The Sno-Isle Genealogical Society will host a free, guided writing workshop to help community members turn family memories and genealogy research into written stories. The recurring workshop will run from...

High school sports roundup for Jan. 3, 2026

Girls Basketball Mountlake Terrace defeated Todd Beamer 59-34 Scoring by quarter: Total Todd Beamer 8-10 -8 -8 34 Mountlake Terrace 19-8-19-13 59 Mountlake Terrace individual scoring: Jaliyah Dyson 21, Makenna Davidson 11, Iman Kaifa 8,...

$126M incentive program for zero-emission trucks nears launch in WA

Washington is close to opening a new incentive program for commercial fleet operators to transition trucks and other vehicles to models that run on electric or hydrogen power. Industry groups...

Art Beat: Start the new year with ‘Beethoven’s Fifth’, book discussion, more

Cellist Sunnat Ibgramov. (Photo courtesy of Cascade Symphony Orchestra) Spotlight: Cascade Symphony Orchestra opens 2026 with ‘Beethoven’s Fifth’ Monday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m.
 Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave....

Little Science Lab returns to Lynnwood Library with Imagine Children’s Museum

Families with preschool-aged children are invited to explore science through play at Little Science Lab, a hands-on, interactive program presented by Imagine Children’s Museum and hosted at the Lynnwood...