Again and again, someone — a teenager, a local leader, even our state’s first lady — came to the podium at Thursday’s 18th annual Cocoon House Butterfly Graduation and expressed gratitude. Trudi ...

This is one of a collection of stories about philanthropy in Snohomish County. EVERETT — A bunch of teens descended on a kitchen one recent afternoon. There’s nothing unusual about that after-school ...

EVERETT, Wash. — Homelessness is an isolating experience few can imagine, and for a young person, it can be even more so, but in Snohomish County, there is a place they can go besides the streets. "At ...

This story originally appeared in the December 20 edition of Hawk Mail. To subscribe to Hawk Mail, click here. With an estimated 35,000 homeless youth scattered across the state of Washington — a ...