Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue teams responded to a report of a downed aircraft in the mountains north east of Granite Falls Saturday afternoon. At about 8 a.m., on July 9, the Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation Division received a report of an overdue aircraft that was enroute to the Arlington Fly-In from the Spokane area.
Barbara Dyksma, 78, passed away quietly on July 3, 2011 in Arlington, WA. Barbara was born on January 21, 1933…
On Thursday, June 30, at approximately 4:21 p.m., Arlington Police responded to the Chase Bank branch located in the 3700 block of 172nd Street NE, for the report of a robbery that had just occurred.
Perhaps one of the most impressive aspects of the annual Frontier Days Fourth of July celebration in Arlington is how smoothly it manages to happen each year. “Everyone and no one is in charge of it,” city of Arlington Recreation Coordinator Sarah Higgins laughed. “Each organization handles its own events, but there’s no overall committee.”
If Lyle Forde was hoping that his retirement from teaching at Arlington High School would free up his schedule, he wasn’t counting on having such a busy summer. After 35 years of leading the choral program at AHS, Forde not only was honored with a retirement concert at the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center on June 18, but he’ll also be serving as the grand marshal for this year’s Frontier Days Fourth of July Grand Parade.
ARLINGTON — A team from the city of Arlington, the Arlington School District and the Snohomish Health District recently attended a four-day “Multi-hazard Emergency Planning for Schools” course at the FEMA Emergency Management Institute in Maryland.
The goal of the June 20-23 course was to provide school district teams with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to review, enhance and sustain an all-hazard school emergency operations plan. FEMA covered the travel, registration and lodging fees for the 10-member team.
Chris J. Helliar, age 52, of Marysville Wa, died Friday June 24, 2011, in a drowning accident in Tennessee. He…
ARLINGTON — Community Transit’s final open house for its 2012 system changes starts at 5 p.m. on June 23 at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club.
The roughly three-hour open house will not include any formal presentations, but Community Transit staff will be on hand to answer questions and explain the three alternatives for next year’s system changes with maps and information boards.
Jeffrey Lee Burke passed away suddenly on Thursday June 16, 2011, in Darrington, WA. He was born on March 4,…
Alese C. (Moore) Minnifield, 64 of Arlington passed away in Everett June 13, 2011. A memorial service will be held…
Fred Melbourne Beals died June 13, 2011, at home in Bow, Washington with loving family by his side. Fred was…
Volunteer receptionists and vet clinic assistant help is urgently needed to support the N.O.A.H. Animal Adoptions Center and Low Income Spay/Neuter Clinic in Stanwood. Knowledge of N.O.A.H. desired.
After Snohomish County officials reported that Frontier Communications was having issues with 9-1-1 service in parts of Snohomish County, that service appears to have been restored, although officials are not taking any chances.
