Paige Barger of Granite Falls High School. A: I did it last year, but I only took one class and this year I'm taking two. Last year I just wanted to get a feel of it. I like classes offered here, but I wanted more of a challenge.

Head coach Jim Wilson watches his Granite Falls basketball team practice Monday night. Granite Falls forward Trey Hitchcock (with ball) dribbles down the court on a fast break during a recent practice.

GRANITE FALLS, Wash. - Taylor Vaughan was 18 years old when on August 29 of 2010 he died of a drug overdose.  But it wasn't from meth, or cocaine, or crack or heroin.  It was a prescription drug hidden in a living room cabinet for a few days awaiting disposal at the local solid waste transfer station. He found them first. "When you see your kid has like blue lips, there's something wrong," said ...

EVERETT -- Voters in the Arlington, Darrington, Edmonds, Granite Falls and Monroe school districts should look for their ballots in the mail today or Saturday.

Districts around Western Washington are asking voters Tuesday to approve or renew more than 85 school levies and bond measures.

Cedarcrest hosted Granite Falls on Thursday, Jan. 26, besting the Tigers, 51 to 18. Red Wolves wrestlers Bailey McBride, Ely Malametz, Nick Decker, Eli Gremmert, Martin Vakamoce and Spencer Boak won their matches. Cedarcrest will host the wrestling subregionals this Saturday, Feb. 4, at the main gymnasium.

Those ballots must have a Tuesday postmark or placed in drop boxes around the county by Tuesday.

State Sen. Gary Kubly was feted Sunday in Granite Falls, as he prepared to head to St. Paul next week for what will be his final legislative session. Kubly, who was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease in December 2010, won't seek re-election but is ready to represent the people of District 20 one more time after 16 years working in the halls of the Capitol. Community members honored ...

Richard J. Wambeke, 71, of Granite Falls, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at his home in Granite Falls. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 11 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Granite Falls.

Granite Falls, Minn. — “I am YME. Like it or not, dude,” says Yellow Medicine East Paraprofes-sional Ben Lecy with a wise-cracker chuckle.