Most of you probably understand when one starts a company, unless you are especially fortunate and have a key customer provide you with funding to accomplish whatever task the customer wants, that …

A continued priority of mine since returning to office in 2022 has been annexing the east side of the Speedway – from the Mukilteo Speedway Café to Beverly Park Road – as well as …

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner has received several inquiries about home insurance, and people losing coverage due to wildfire risk, in the wake of the Palisades fire in California. …

Dear Savvy Senior, When should someone with dementia stop driving? My 83-year-old father has some dementia issues but still drives himself around town pretty well. – Concerned …

I am writing to express my concerns regarding our state’s public pension fund. I’m urging them to vote for climate action at this spring’s shareholder meetings for the major …

David Pan’s Editor’s Note, “Hanging out with Presidents Lincoln, Jefferson, and Trump,” was a nice read with its descriptions of D.C. memorials and monuments. I, …

I have been a resident of Mukilteo for 25 years, and your column about attending the Inauguration was the worst I have ever read. Your political leanings were front and center and another example of …

In today’s polarized political climate, stress and anxiety have become a persistent issue for many of us, including myself.   The 24-hour news cycle, social media debates, and contentious …

In contemplative sciences and practices of self-reflection and meditation, the common underlying drive is to become whole. To become a whole person is a developmental journey that must be …

Since we are not in an anti-freedom state, I can share the following findings of the international resource and civic action group, More in Common: “A growing body of evidence shows that most …

Editor’s note: The Beacon is revisiting Worship columns by some of our retired writers. This piece that ran Feb. 14, 2012, is by Mark Smith, former senior pastor of Mukilteo Presbyterian …

Testifying or providing statements in support of SB 5400 on Tuesday included 423 individuals, representatives of broadcast media, the Seattle Times, the League of Women Voters, and online news …

When we think of big, nothing approaches the scale of the size of the universe. Even if we could travel at a high percentage of the speed of light (186,000 miles/second) it would take 15 billion …

An In-N-Out burger it’s not. But our hometown favorite, Dick’s Drive-In, has a lot in common with its California-based counterpart when it comes to its oversized popularity. Although …

The Hawthorne Hall property at 1134 Second St. (old Boys and Girls Club) has been sold through council action rather than listing the property on the open market. Why? The property was sold for …

HB 1380 would allow homeless people to sue cities for no camping, no sitting laws. I’m no lawyer. It’s seems awfully broad and vague to me. There’s a public hearing Feb 12 ( …

Maybe you enjoyed Washington D.C. and Trump’s inauguration (Editor’s Note: “Hanging out with Presidents Lincoln, Jefferson, and Trump,” (tinyurl.com/5bn24kd7), but please keep …