By Brian Soergel - Dec 14
Grow With Us, which operates three child care centers in Edmonds, has settled a civil investigation with the U.S. Department of Justice after ...
By Maria A. Montalvo - Dec 14
The Edmonds Diversity Commission, celebrating its third anniversary, has named Pat Valle and Anabel Hovig co-chairs for 2019.
The current chair, ...
By Betty Lou Gaeng - Dec 14
Starting in 1890, when the Edmonds Chronicle began publishing the first newspaper in the newly incorporated city, Edmonds has had a love affair ...
By Brandon Gustafson - Dec 14
The battle over the construction of houses in Picnic Point took a big turn over the last week, as residents blocked trucks with their cars, one ...
Dec 13
This month, the Edmonds Beacon celebrates the start, 20 years ago, of bringing the news to town and continuing a tradition of providing a newspaper...
By Brian Soergel - Dec 13
The public has already given City leaders plenty of opinions – some positive, but mostly negative – on a proposal to tear down the “Welcome to ...
By Brian Soergel - Dec 12
The Edmonds City Council approved its 2019 budget on Tuesday, a budget so top-heavy with amendments that Finance Director Scott James was scramblin...
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Dec 07
The Edmonds Toy Shop is collecting toys, books, stuffed animals, bikes and warm coats for Edmonds kids whose families can't afford to purchase ...
By Brandon Gustafson - Dec 07
Mukilteo resident Tim Eyman, the well-known conservative political activist, has filed for bankruptcy, citing his lengthy, ongoing battle with ...
Dec 07
The Edmonds Historical Museum is not closing. It's not for sale.
But boarded up windows have got some residents asking, “What's up at the Edmonds ...
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Dec 07
The Edmonds Senior Center Thrift Store will offer a 50 percent off sale on all clothing and special items 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 10-14.
The store ...
By Betty Lou Gaeng - Dec 07
Reading a recent article about school bus inspections failing, I couldn't help but chuckle a bit about how things have changed since I was a ...
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By Brian Soergel - Dec 07
More voters participated in the 2018 general election than in any Washington state midterm before, according to Secretary of State Kim Wyman. ...
By Brian Soergel - Dec 06
State Rep. Strom Peterson (D-Edmonds), who led a successful effort to ban most plastic bags from retail stores in Edmonds nine years ago, now has ...
By Brian Soergel - Dec 06
The Edmonds Senior Center, which has seen the price for its planned Edmonds Waterfront Center increase to $16 million from $11 million, has ...
By Kelsey Foster - Dec 05
With the holidays and 2019 right around the corner, the opportunities to give back and get involved are many. In Edmonds, we have several nonprofit...
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Nov 30
After hearing from irate citizens about the lack of transparency and public input on its draft housing strategy, the City now appears to be doing ...
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By Brian Soergel - Nov 29
Despite costing the average homeowner in Edmonds just 62 cents a month – and with home prices decreasing in Puget Sound – a proposal to raise ...
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Nov 28
More youth applicants are needed for Edmonds' inaugural youth commission, which intends to give young people a presence in City government
The ...
Nov 28
The City of Edmonds has approved a one-year extension for legal services provided by the Lighthouse Law Group. The group's Jeff Taraday is ...
Nov 28
The Snohomish County Council has unanimously approved a $264 million budget for 2019.
Council Chair Stephanie Wright, whose district includes ...
Nov 28
The Edmonds Port Commission on Monday voted unanimously to contribute up to $1.5 million in construction funding to the Edmonds Street Waterfront ...
Nov 28
Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday that the downtown area of Edmonds has been designated Washington state's first Certified Creative District.
The ...
Nov 27
Nick Goettling's mural is now finished on the wall of The Mar•ket Fishmongers & Eatery, 508 Main St. (You can also see the outdoor deck the ...
Nov 25
Hundreds of people gathered at Centennial Plaza in Edmonds for the annual tree lighting ceremony.
For more pictures, go to the Edmonds Beacon's ...
By Ruth Arista - Nov 24
You can see the tree in Hutt Park from a ferryboat ride.
At over 600 years old, it's brown top rises above all the surrounding green trees, like ...
By Brian Soergel - Nov 20
One day, life was going one way for Edmonds resident Sarah Cannon, her husband and her two young children.
Then, suddenly, it went sideways, into ...
Nov 20
Live music performances and an appearance by Santa Claus will headline the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in downtown Edmonds Saturday, Nov. 24, in ...
By Jesse Blair - Nov 20
Endless ideas, other lands and worlds, characters and people she could never otherwise meet and, of course, entertainment. They are the reasons ...
By Brian Soergel - Nov 19
A task force arranged by Gov. Jay Inslee in March has now recommended a partial ban on whale-watching tours in an attempt to save Washington ...
Nov 19
Here's a look at the Beacon's front page for this week.
Look for it on Tuesday instead of the normal Thursday, due to Thanksgiving.
The next ...
Nov 19
Beacon Publishing welcomes Abigail Dente for a monthlong internship, where she is taking photos for the Beacon's three newspapers, in Edmonds, ...
By Mike Denton - Nov 19
In cities and towns around the country, this past Veterans Day was observed with parades, gatherings in public squares, speeches, and patriotic ...
By Betty Lou Gaeng - Nov 19
Maybe life was a lot simpler 80 or so years ago when the population of Edmonds was more or less 2,000 souls. Most of the news back then often ...
By Brian Soergel - Mar 14
You couldn't keep Luke Rohde off his snowmobile for long. Everybody knew that.
“When he rode, he was so happy,” said his father, Korey Rohde, on ...
