1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run Top finishers from each division listed with their city/state or country and overall time MenPro Craig Alexander (Australia) 3:55:23 Men 18-24 Reece…

The UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Lake Stevens Fun Run raced around North Cove Park in Lake Stevens, Washington Saturday. UnitedHealthcare mascot “Dr. Health E. Hound” joined Mayor Vern…

Our country, so it seems, runs on choice. The more choices we have the better we like it. Most people in America pride themselves on the ability to make their own choices. “Freedom of Choice,” is the cry you hear all around our country…

Trial set for September Erick Nathaniel Walker, 27, of Marysville was arraigned in Snohomish County Superior Court of Friday, July 18 where he pled not guilty to the first degree murder charge in the…

The Greater Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce board gets the honor, each year, to choose the City’s Citizen and Junior Citizen of the Year. This year’s winners are both great examples of…

With the Washington heat wave underway and rising temperatures, this opens doors for more injury risks for young children. An open window, especially, can pose a potential risk for children under 5 years old. Window screens are meant to keep the bugs…

Lake Stevens Fire currently has an opening on the Board of Fire Commissioners. General information regarding Lake Stevens Fire can be found on the LSF website: www.lsfire.org. Interested individuals must be residents of the Lake Stevens Fire…

On Tuesday, August 6, the Lake Stevens Family Center will host the annual National Night Out Against Crime event. From 5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Main Street and North Cove Park in downtown Lake Stevens will be the center of all the action. Participants…

The dock at the City’s swim beach was given a much needed face lift as well as adding to the life of the dock through the generous donation of two local businesses: Lake Stevens Sherwin-Williams…

This year’s pavement overlay is being performed through Snohomish County using Cemex as the general contractor. The streets selected are shown in the above map. With weather permitting, Cemex…

Snohomish County Elections mailed ballots to over 332,000 voters for the August 6 Primary. The August 6 Primary is not countywide. Voters in Edmonds, Everett and Tulalip as well as some of the surrounding areas have no races to vote on in the…

Jaramillo shares excerpts from book, community shares memories Dear Editor, Kudos to the Lake Stevens Historical Society! The group hosted Luis Jaramillo, author of “The Doctor’s Wife” at their annual meeting on June 25. Luis read…

The statewide taxable retail sales for the first quarter of 2013 (January 1 – March 31) were up 8.0 percent to $26 billion as compared to the same time period a year ago, according to a report released today by the Washington State Department…

We’re done! The second special session of your citizen Legislature ended on June 29. All totaled, it took state lawmakers 153 days to complete their work. While no one is proud of the extra time it took to pass the operating and capital…

What’s up these days with people just throwing out their old “stuff” and hoping that someone will come by and pick it up off the street? In the last few months I have seen multiple couches just thrown out on sidewalks and streets…