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    Articles by Andrea Brown
    Traffic moves slowly along I-5 through Everett on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (Olivia Vanni / Sound Publishing)
    Holiday travel: Icy Sea-Tac airport tops ‘Misery Map’
    By Andrea Brown • December 21, 2022 10:53 am

    The predicted third-busiest holiday travel season since 2000 faces a wintry mix of traffic jams and flight issues.

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    Washington’s Lottery 40th anniversary “Scratch from the Past” ticket. (Submitted photo)
    40 years later: Lottery pays off for state....
    By Andrea Brown • July 18, 2022 2:50 pm

    Games generated $17.7 billion in sales, $2.4 billion for education and $10.5 billion in prizes.

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    A bucket of Zoo Doo compost at Woodland Park Zoo in 2016. (Andy Bronson / Herald file)
    Holy crap! Exotic compost from Woodland Park Zoo...
    By Andrea Brown • March 7, 2022 2:18 pm

    There’s plenty of Zoo Doo to go around. The zoo has ended a lottery system that limited who got the prized poo.

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    Christa Meyer, residential physical therapist in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, plays Wordle daily. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
    What in the world is Wordle? It’s an...
    By Andrea Brown • January 25, 2022 12:00 pm

    Solving the daily five-letter brain teaser in six tries is the latest social media obsession.

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    Area code map of Washington. (NANPA)
    Meet area code 564: The new kid in...
    By Andrea Brown • March 23, 2021 2:25 pm

    The newest area code in Washington has infiltrated 360 territory, and 425, 206 and 253 are next.

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    First round of coronavirus stimulus checks arrive
    First round of coronavirus stimulus checks arrive
    By Andrea Brown • April 15, 2020 5:30 pm

    The payments showed up in direct-deposit accounts this week. Couples get $2,400, plus $500 per kid.

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    Snohomish County man is first U.S. case of new coronavirus
    Snohomish County man is first U.S. case of...
    By Andrea Brown • January 22, 2020 10:30 am

    A man in his 30s was hospitalized in Everett after contracting the virus during a trip to China.

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    Titus Will of Snohomish received a bill from The Everett Clinic for $1.36 million for a visit to a walk-in clinic. Other Everett Clinic patients also received bills with miscalculated balances that were corrected. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
    $1.36 million for a doctor’s visit to the...
    By Andrea Brown • June 12, 2018 1:30 am

    Some patients got sticker shock when they opened their May bills. Another was for $3.6 million.

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    Keeping tabs on store return policies
    Keeping tabs on store return policies
    By Andrea Brown • December 9, 2014 3:56 pm

    Not your style? Return policies vary greatly from store to store.

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    Swanson is known by thousands of online followers as SeattleMamaDoc
    Doctor is director of ‘digital health’ at Seattle’s...
    By Andrea Brown • February 13, 2014 11:00 am

    Known by online followers as SeattleMamaDoc, Swanson will release her book, “Mama Doc Medicine,” in March.

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