Dave Remlinger, who owns hundreds of acres of property southwest of Monroe, has paid more than $10,000 over the past three years in flood insurance for land that includes a house more than 30 feet above the 100-year flood elevation.

We started watching Idol last year, never have been a great fan. But I did notice that the contestants do get better every week, last week I switched the channel I couldn't stand listening, this week it was a 100% better.

It's going to be another busy weekend... Clinics March 6, 7 & 8th, 2010 - Steve Rother Excel With Horses Clinic at V2 Farms in Buckley.

Snohomish County traffic deaths in 2009 outpaced statewide statistics. While state officials were pleased to see a decrease in traffic fatalities statewide, deaths in Snohomish County were about 4 percent above annual averages, according to analysis by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

Graffiti caused about $5,000 damage to the city's new Miracle League Field at Skykomish River Park.

You don't need a law that protects murderers to have a "choice" about when to die.

Oregon City has whittled its list of candidates for the new city manager to five, with current City Manger Larry Patterson set to retire at the end of March.

The Monroe Police Department's K-9 unit has it rough. In 2008, the unit still had four dogs: two drug-sniffing Labradors and two German shepherds used as trackers.

Waaahhhhhhhhhhh. Whine, whine whine. We have no city income tax, we have no state income tax, people in this state are spoiled with how little they pay in taxes.

Here are two great, free gardening events to check out on Monday, March 8. All ye free-wheeling weekday folks might have to make a day of it, seeing Sharon Collman in the afternoon and Ciscoe Morris, speaking in Snohomish, in the evening! The Snohomish Garden Club will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a free talk by local gardening celebrity ...