I am the local editor of the Woodinville and Edmonds Patch sites and a recent transplant to Washington from Minnesota. Before moving, I was the local editor for Shakopee Patch near Minneapolis and before that, I worked for Forum Communications as editor of the weekly Pine Journal newspaper in Cloquet. I was also a general assignment reporter at the daily newspaper, Duluth News Tribune.
Fun fact: While in Cloquet, my team and I won a Minnesota Newspaper Association award for leadership related to the 50th anniversary of the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed gas station in the world.
Back in the day, I ran away to photo school in Missoula, MT and worked as a reporter/photographer at the Ravalli Republic newspaper, where I loved covering wildland fires.
I have a degree in Journalism from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.
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Lake Washington School District officials are predicting enrollment to jump by the thousands in the next nine years. A funding measure is possible for the 2014 ballot.
Bothell police found a woman dead in a residence Tuesday. They are now investigating the death as a homicide.
Redmond Mayor John Marchione will be part of a panel to oversee the planning process for the 42-mile trail and transit corridor.
Tuesday's Woodinville City Council agenda includes discussion of a possible ballot measure for the Old Woodinville Schoolhouse and discussion of the Eastside rail corridor, among other items.
YMCA Volunteer Campaign Chairs Nadine Stewart & Michael Orbino say their organization has taken on the aspiring goal to prepare all children for college, career and life.
Lunar New Year Event Flashback, Old Fire House Teen Center
Fun took the Grammy for Best New Artist although The Lumineers did get to perform their hit song on the show with famous musicians singing along.
Three Lions Pub in Redmond has plans to open two additional locations this spring.
Three Lions Pub in Redmond has plans to open two additional locations this spring.
The 15-year-old boy was shot after he backed up a car and hit one of two security guards approaching it as a suspicious vehicle at about 7:15 a.m. Friday, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
The 15-year-old boy was shot after he backed up a car and hit one of two security guards approaching it as a suspicious vehicle at about 7:15 a.m. Friday, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
Police say that a security guard shot at the young man at about 7:15 a.m. in the Canyon Park area north of Woodinville. The youth fled in a car that later crashed nearby.
Redmond's cheesecake bakery is leaving for the big city, according to a post on Sweet Asylum Bakery's Facebook page.
The search for Ira Clodfelter of Redmond has been called off after another full day of exhaustive searching by over 60 trained search and rescue volunteers.
The search for Ira Clodfelter of Redmond has been called off after another full day of exhaustive searching by over 60 trained search and rescue volunteers.
This week, Puget Sound Energy began implementing an enhanced tree pruning method, also known as “lines to sky trimming,” along power lines in Duvall – an area prone to tree-related power outages.
Officials with the new Value Village thrift store in Woodinville said they expect to hire about 50 employees.
Ira Thomas Clodfelter was last heard from by a friend on Sunday afternoon and police now believe he was hiking on Rattlesnake Mountain near North Bend.
"Downtown Redmond seems poised for a population boom and to be part of that growth, we feel very fortunate," said La Isla owner Alfonso Gonzalez.
A Seattle man who makes his living as an entrepreneur in the cannabis industry will be the speaker at Redmond Rotary Thursday afternoon.