Approximately six years and numerous delays later, construction crews on Monday, Jan. 25, were began building a new Walmart in Smokey Point.
ARLINGTON — Running up 69 flights of stairs was not something Marin Rocha was too keen on.
But when the Haller Middle School seventh-grader learned that she could use her crafting abilities to help raise money for cancer research, she was all in.
“It’s going to a good cause,” Rocha said Friday, Jan. 22, as she braided a hemp bracelet. “I like to be crafty and people can buy these and support the climb.”
That climb, more specifically, is the Big Climb Seattle — an annual event in which participants raise money for cancer by racing to the top of the Columbia Center.
Theresa Sierra’s plans are now in place — graduate high school, attend college and study business and art.
An Arlington High School graduate doing missionary work in Haiti was found alive in the bottom of a collapsed building Wednesday, Jan. 13.
A local organization recently received more than eight loads of donated clothing items.
An Arlington resident and former Associated Press correspondent who broke the story on Mark McGwire’s performance enhancing drug use said baseball fans shouldn’t feel sorry for the slugger.
Students interested in scoring a job in the medical industry will soon be able to get a jump start locally.
The decision as to whether Lakewood School District should divide its three elementary-level schools into three kindergarten through fifth-grade schools could come to a vote as early as Feb. 3.
State transportation officials emphasized “if” during a recent presentation to the City Council.
State transportation officials emphasized “if” during a recent presentation to the City Council. On Jan. 11, Washington State Department of Transportation representatives presented a list of road projects and improvements that could be made to a stretch of SR 531 if funding were available.
An Arlington resident and former Associated Press correspondent who broke the story on Mark McGwire’s performance enhancing drug use said baseball fans shouldn’t feel sorry for the slugger.
State transportation officials will be releasing a final report to the City Council Jan. 11 on their analysis of SR 531.
Comfortable and relaxing are not terms residents typically associate with hospital facilities.
