With spring around the corner, longtime trail guide author Ken Wilcox has suggestions of where to get out and about in the county. EVERETT — The past week’s sun-filled days were a much-anticipated ...

One astonishing phenomenon (of admittedly many) in this second presidency of Donald Trump is his voluntary transfer of America’s greatest asset to his counterpart in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin. That ...

Republicans are taking a huge political gamble as they try to find money for tax cuts by threatening to slash Medicaid. As Congress has learned repeatedly, most recently in 2018, when the party in ...

When I was growing up in Seattle years ago I can remember mostly left-wingers defending Russian leaders and the Soviet system. I think a lot of people admired the Russians for being a major actor in ...

By the end of last week, the United States, under the direction of its new president, had forsaken its international allies, freezing foreign (and domestic) humanitarian programs and giving a cold ...

In response to a reader’s positive comments in letters to the editor on Herald Columnist Todd Welch, I agree. I’ve made positive comments on his addition as well and I’ve always been a fan of Charles ...

EVERETT — A 14-year-old driver died and three teen passengers were injured early Saturday after a vehicle crash on I-405 near the Canyon Park neighborhood of Bothell.

What’s more, by receding from day-to-day DOGE action once ordered by a court, Musk may be able to avoid what otherwise looks like unavoidable conflict with Trump. Each man seems to believe he has the ...

Putting off spending cuts and tax increases will only get harder in the coming decades.

Hernandez-Ramirez, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, appeared in court Wednesday. Everett District Court Pro Tem Judge ...

His own policies and partisan politics may conspire to keep inflation from going lower and could push it higher.

Never has a U.S. president backed the aggressor in a major war, ignoring even his county’s own interests.