Your morning starts here.

Arlington's girls and boys finished second at Saturday's District 1/2 4A meet at Lakewood High School, earning team berths to the state meet in Pasco next week (senior Anabelle Klein was ninth in 18:15.8; junior Jadon Cairus was fourth in 15:46.4).

Shorewood won the District 1 3A boys title Saturday at Lakewood High with 55 points; Elijah Graves set a meet record in 15:03.8 and Kellan Roberts was second in 15:29.3.

Edmonds-Woodway won the girls title with 58 points and both teams qualified for the 3A state meet in Pasco next week.

Arlington second-grade teacher Tennessy Fraumeni received the North County Regional Fire Authority's Civilian Phoenix Award Wednesday after performing the Heimlich maneuver for two minutes in May and removing a water bottle cap to save student Naomi Brock (Stillaguamish Valley Learning Center).

On Oct. 29 the WIAA upheld that Archbishop Murphy must forfeit four football games after an ineligible transfer played this season, moving the Wildcats to 5-4, placing the athletic department on one-year probation, and leaving the team eligible for the Class 2A postseason.

Clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, giving you an extra hour of sleep and earlier sunsets (set manual clocks and change smoke-detector batteries).

Snohomish County's historic tower clock is out of commission and needs a main-mechanism rebuild; officials are seeking grant funding and have no repair timeline.

Housing Hope held a groundbreaking Tuesday for Bayside Landing, a 67-unit affordable apartment building for adults age 55 and older that will begin construction this fall and is expected to open in 2028 (2624 Rockefeller Avenue).

Families can dress up and trick-or-treat at Downtown Everett Association's Downtown Trick-or-Treating from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

31, at Wetmore Plaza, with participating businesses handing out candy and a pet parade meeting at Pawsome Park and Lodge (2820 Rucker Ave) at 1 p.m.

Everett Public Schools is moving to launch an International Baccalaureate program at Cascade High School in fall 2027 after expected IB approval as soon as Jan.

2027. Teachers are training now, about 50 students have committed, and the district will hold six 6 p.m. info sessions (Nov. 12, Nov. 17, Dec. 3, Jan. 19, 2027, Jan. 21, 2027, Feb. 25, 2027).