The Kiwanis Club of Arlington drew an increase in both donations and auction bidders during their annual Fourth of July auction fundraiser at Haller Park on Thursday, July 4.
The Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce’s first partnership with Butler Amusements for the carnival that ran from June 27-30 went well enough that representatives of both groups agreed that the carnival would likely become an annual event for the area.
The Arlington Airport helped 21-year-old pilot Jack Wiegand make aviation history by serving as the penultimate stop on the nearly two-month trip that’s made him the youngest pilot ever to fly solo around the world.
Two Arlington High School National Honor Society students were recently recognized for their efforts on behalf of Housing Hope.
The Humane Society of Arlington recently got a boost from an area Boy Scout, whose work helped house some pooches and earned him his Eagle rank.
ARLINGTON — SNOPAC received a 911 call of a missing child in the river on Sunday, June 30, at 3:54 p.m. The child had been missing for five minutes when the emergency call was made.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, of Washington state’s 2nd Congressional District, was able to catch up with family while meeting the children of his constituents on Thursday, June 27.
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Legislature approved a new two-year capital budget on Saturday, June 29, which included funding to make significant drainage improvements for Prairie Creek in Arlington. State Sen. Kirk Pearson worked to secure $750,000 aimed at reducing flooding in that area, which has had major impacts on local businesses and the Centennial Trail.
ARLINGTON — The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team was called to River Meadows Park on the Stillaguamish River, off Jordan Road in Arlington, around 5:15 p.m. on Monday, July 1.
“Operation Dry Water,” a nationwide campaign focusing on enforcement of boating under the influence laws, runs from Friday, June 28, through Sunday, June 30. With temperatures forecast to climb into the 80s this weekend in Snohomish County, the Sheriff’s Office Marine Services Unit expects to be busy.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs’ “Hero 2 Hired” program rolls into the Arlington Fly-In with their Mobile Job Store operation from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, July 12, and Saturday, July 13.
Community Transit has announced that Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, is one of six major holidays on which it does not operate.
This year’s Arlington Relay For Life had generated $195,890.29 from 99 teams made up of 815 individuals by the time it wrapped up on the morning on Sunday, June 23, at the John C. Larson Stadium, but Arlington Relay co-chair Kim Deisher-Allen hastened to remind attendees and the community at large that the Relay will continue to collect donated funds for this year through Aug. 31, since the Arlington Relay organizers’ goal is to raise a total of $1 million for the four years that Relay has been a part of Arlington.
