Editor's note: The Beacon is republishing stories we think will be of interest to readers. This feature is how part of the War of the Worlds documentary was shot in Mukilteo. The st... — Updated 7/22/2020

Publisher Paul Archipley and Mill Creek editor Emily Gilbert are at opposite ends of the generational gap. He is a Baby Boomer; she is a member of Generation Z. In this regular feat... — Updated 7/17/2020

Scared. That's a word being confessed everywhere, by husbands to wives, children to parents, patients to doctors, workers to coworkers, strangers to strangers. We're scared. How... — Updated 4/7/2020

While the coronavirus outbreak has overtaken daily routines around the world, people in the aerospace industry have been dealing with another headache for a year – the March 2019... — Updated 4/2/2020

A divided Mukilteo City Council approved the appointment of a new city administrator Monday. By a 5-2 vote, the council hired Steve Powers, who has worked for the City of Oak... — Updated 3/18/2020

Ruben Mariscal fondly remembers as a child riding a donkey out to his father's pasture each morning where he rounded up the cows and herded them back to the barn for his older... — Updated 3/11/2020

Although the world is focused on COVID-19, a virus that can make you feel pretty lousy and, in extreme cases, threaten your very life, there's another virus coursing through the... — Updated 3/4/2020

The Mukilteo School District closed Mariner High and Discovery Elementary schools Monday after learning on Sunday that a parent of a Mariner student had been diagnosed with... — Updated 3/4/2020

At a time when the Boy Scouts of America is struggling with controversy and bankruptcy, it's heartening to hear about young men who demonstrate the ideals of scouting – Scout... — Updated 2/26/2020

It's the nature of the beast that many interactions between citizens and police are, shall we say, unpleasant. You were the victim of a crime. You were pulled over for a traffic inf... — Updated 2/19/2020

Mukilteo School District officials plan to hit the ground running after voters provided a razor-thin victory last week for a $240 million capital projects bond measure. In... — Updated 2/19/2020

For many of us, going to the post office for stamps rates on a scale with a trip to the grocery store for milk. Rather not. Yet, regulars at the Mukilteo post office actually enjoy... — Updated 2/12/2020

Every year about this time, members of the Mukilteo City Council meet in retreat to discuss their visions for the year ahead. What needs to be done? What should be their... — Updated 2/12/2020

For months, Mukilteans have been commenting on increased coyote activity hereabouts, trading stories about backyard sightings, and warning each other to keep pets and kids safe. Fee... — Updated 2/12/2020

Windows rattled, branches crashed on rooftops and trees fell on roadways Friday when a fierce windstorm, accompanied by sideways rain, blew through the region. Meteorologists report... — Updated 2/5/2020 Full story

While Mukilteo School District voters have always been supportive of their schools – levies virtually always pass – bond measures are never a shoo-in. That's because bonds,... — Updated 2/5/2020

Here at the Beacon family of newspapers, we’re grateful for the community’s support. In 1992, when we founded Beacon Publishing in Mukilteo, city officials and others were... — Updated 1/15/2020

Kim Goldman had brought extensive notes for a prepared speech she was going to give at the Hope Within Luncheon, a fundraiser for Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County... — Updated 10/9/2019

Anyone who loves gardening will tell you it's as close to communing with God as one can get. And if your garden is producing not just flowers but food, too? Nirvana. In years past,... — Updated 8/26/2019

Featuring eight gardens and over 100 quilts, this year’s Mukilteo Garden & Quilt Tour celebrates creativity and color – a tribute to the artistic spirit that permeates life... — Updated 7/10/2019

We all joke about shopping at Costco where we can buy cases of food or several months’ worth of toilet paper even if we don’t really have space to store it all. But among the... — Updated 5/1/2019 Full story

Many readers remember well when county officials began reneging on their long-held promise to maintain Paine Field as a corporate and general aviation airport. Although some... — Updated 3/13/2019 Full story

If Peter Zieve should ever give you a personal tour of Electroimpact’s campus in Mukilteo, skip your workout that day. Zieve walks at a quick pace, skips the elevator when moving... — Updated 12/19/2018

I recently enjoyed a short vacation in Newport Beach, California, where my wife and I rented an apartment on the Balboa Peninsula, a block from the ocean. Walking to the beach one... — Updated 12/5/2018 Full story

The journalists in novelist Al Hooper’s world are hardened and experienced, but their tough personas are leavened with strains of gentleness, understanding and, of course, love.... — Updated 9/26/2018