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WEEK IN REVIEW
Tuesday


Drug court left in limbo
Teen sentenced for Lynnwood break-in attacks
Lynnwood man arrested in sailor's kidnap, robbery
Monday


Welcome home, sailors
Initiative 985: Would it help or hurt traffic?
Activist finds adventure on the Macy's catwalk
Sunday


The cost of dying
Heating bills: Will yours get bigger?
Lincoln Strike Group returns to Everett
Saturday


Businesses eagerly await sailors' return
Preservation effort divides Everett's oldest ne...
Happy memories comfort family of injured Everet...
Friday


Life on the strike line
Arlington boatbuilder shutting down; hundreds t...
Boeing, Machinists likely to resume talks this ...
Thursday


Few answers in fatal Snohomish fire
Boeing, Machinists union agree to talks
Horizon's request is no worry to Allegiant
Wednesday


10 victims of plane crash honored a year after ...
Your questions, their answers: What the candida...
State budget: Governor wants $240 million in sa...
 

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Sharon Wootton
Sharon Wootton writes regularly about outdoor activities, including hiking and bird watching.

Call ahead, check parking situation at trail heads

Don't waste you time or gas money driving to a trail head only to find the parking area or trail is closed. Here are a couple of reasons why calling ahead to a ranger station is always a good idea. [More]





As the weather cools down, consider a cabin at state parks

More than 100 state parks will remain open throughout the winter this year. Most parks will accept tent and RV campers on a first-come, first-served basis but cooler temperatures and wetter weather make this a good time to try other types of... [More]





Pilchuck trail helpers enjoy a free lunch

There is such a thing as free lunch. Just walk about a mile up Mount Pilchuck Lookout Trail with a few supplies on Sept. 27 and spend the rest of the day restoring the trail. [More]





Picking litter earns a pick of campsites

Operation Shore Patrol is looking for volunteers to pick up litter next weekend on state park beaches between Ilwaco and Moclips.  Beach litter is more than simply unsightly; it can also be a threat to people and wildlife. [More]





Watch Vaux's swifts put on a show in Monroe

The swifts swirled around the chimney at Monroe's Frank Wagner Elementary School. From a distance the small birds might have looked like bats, but from where she was sitting, Judy Alles could see individual swifts and hear the constant... [More]





Sometimes brains are for the birds when they build nests

Part of the joy of writing this column has been the chance to hear from readers (but if you want me to be semi-coherent, please wait until 9 a.m. to call. I'm an owl, not a lark). Comments and questions are opportunities to learn for all of... [More]





Mount St. Helens observatory open for Sunday's anniversary

Mount St. Helens taught us a lot about power and geology on May 18, 1980. [More]





 
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1. Obama's birth stirs legal action in Washington
2. Boeing, union call off talks, no further negotiations set
3. Boeing-Machinists talks – a SPEEA scare tactic?
4. Lynnwood man arrested in sailor's kidnap, robbery
5. Drug court left in limbo
6. Investigators now almost certain fatal fire wasn't arson
7. Marysville house fire called suspicious
8. Teen sentenced for Lynnwood break-in attacks
9. Aspiring young actress shows what she can do
10. Former hoops star enjoying a new game: sitting volleyball
Enterprise Newspaper Snohomish County Business Journal
Keeping Wall Street's woes from Main Street
Tickled pink
Timberwolves take down Knights 35-14
Mountlake Terrace kicker right on target
Teens read this week at Einstein Middle School
E-W parade winks at politics
Bus changes unsafe, some say
The word on Main Street: ‘We’re not dead yet’
Edmonds-Woodway fights its way back into the race
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