ARLINGTON — A 32-year-old Arlington woman died Thursday, Aug. 26, after the car she was driving crossed the center line and struck a Ford truck head one, according to authorities.
The two car collision took place just at approximately 2:30 p.m. in the 15200 block of 67th Avenue NE just north of 152nd Street NE.
Close to 250 cars, trucks, hot rods and dragsters returned to the Arlington Airport for the annual “Sittin’ Pretti” car Aug. 21, as auto enthusiasts from as far away as Canada, Montana and California turned out to help out a local community organization.
The city of Arlington looks like it will finally get a remodeled Fire Station 46.
For Yolanda Larsen, it’s family first.
So when four of her eight children came home with notes saying they needed to each bring four dozen cookies to school, she made 16 dozen cookies.
For her efforts, Larsen, who’s volunteered countless hours in community and parent groups in Arlington for more than 50 years, will be receiving the Stillaguamish Senior Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
State Rep. Kirk Pearson recently got a unique question from a hospital employee in his 39th Legislative District.
The person wanted to know what types of candy being sold in the hospital gift shop was affected by the recent candy, soda and bottled water tax.
Two area district hospitals have announced that a new 42,000-square-foot medical facility will soon be taking shape in Smokey Point.
Arlington-based Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics and Skagit Valley Hospital of Mount Vernon will be partnering on the construction of the facility, which is set for completion in late 2011, administrators said.
Although Primary Election results continue to come in, most of races north Snohomish County residents took action on have not changed since Aug. 17.
The top two candidates in each race move on to the Nov. 2 General Election.
In the race for the U.S. Senate, Democrat Patty Murray and Republican Dino Rossi will be facing off.
As of Monday, Aug. 23, Murray had collected 643,139 votes statewide, or 46.41 percent of the vote, while Rossi saw 461,781 votes, or 33 percent. In Snohomish County, Murray, the incumbent, saw similar results, with 63,666 (46.2 percent) votes compared to Rossi’s 45,809 (33.3 percent).
ARLINGTON — Police Chief Robert Sullenberger is heading back to where he started his career in law enforcement.
Sullenberger, who joined the Arlington Police Department in April 2009, has accepted a job as Division Chief with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado.
Sullenberger announced Aug. 17 that his last day in Arlington will be Sept. 17.
With the exception of the past year, Sullenberger had spent his entire 32-year career with the Boulder Police Department, rising through the ranks of the agency.
ARLINGTON — Downtown business owners and residents should not be concerned with the number of police vehicles near the city of Arlington Police Station.
The Arlington Police Department has been hosting a regional training session since Monday, Aug. 16.
ARLINGTON — An osprey rescued from a power line in Burien earlier this month has been euthanized.
The bird of prey had been transported to Arlington-based Sarvey Wildlife Care Center for treatment.
Organization staff members were unable to stabilize the bird’s injured leg, and after consulting with veterinary staff, decided to put the bird to sleep two days after it had arrived Aug. 10.
Car enthusiasts will soon be able to get their automotive salivary glands going.
The Sittin Pretti “Summer Slam” car show, which spotlights slammed mini-trucks and sport compact cars, will be available for motor-heads and their families at the Arlington Municipal Airport on Aug. 21.
ARLINGTON — A number of incorrect utility notices have been mailed out by the city of Arlington finance department.
Finance director Jim Chase said Tuesday, Aug. 17, that approximately 1,000 final notice statements were sent out to customers, most of which were erroneous, whose accounts were not delinquent.
The false notices came from an error in the city’s utility billing system, which apparently detected charges for the past two months regardless of whether the bill had been paid, Chase said.
The city recently changed its billing cycle from bi-monthly to monthly.
With temperatures flirting with 90 degrees, attendees of the 21st annual Stillaguamish Festival of the River and Pow Wow did their best to stay cool as they checked out the free celebration on Saturday, Aug. 14 and Sunday, Aug. 15 at River Meadows Park.
