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Two bomb threats phoned in to Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Thursday morning have been deemed a hoax, police said. The first threat was phoned into the school at 7:45 a.m. Police said the call was similar to one made to the school on Wednesday in which the caller’s voice was electronic. Thursday’s telephone threat was directed at law enforcement…

Update, Thursday at 7:20 a.m. | Students will be returning to school and resuming a normal schedule, according to the Marysville School District website. Update at 6:30 p.m.: The Marysville-Pilchuck High School campus has been cleared, according to the Marysville Police Department. No devices were found. “Although this may have been an emotionally difficult afternoon for some,…

People gathered at the corner of 27th Avenue Northeast and Marine Drive on Thursday afternoon to welcome home Nate Hatch, a victim of the Marysville-Pilchuck school shooting. (Brandi N. Montreuil / Tulalip News)  UPDATE: 2:15 p.m. | Harborview Medical Center has released a statement from the Hatch family: “We appreciate all the amazing support we have…

Gov. Jay Inslee is urging people across Washington to wear red and white on Monday to support communities affected by the Oct. 24 shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. Red and white are the school’s colors. “School will be back in session at Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Monday, Nov. 3. When students and staff walk back into…

Snohomish County law enforcement officials on Thursday released recordings of radio communications between police and dispatchers following last Friday’s shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. The recordings were released by the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team, made up of investigators from various Snohomish County law enforcement agencies, following a Seattle Times public-disclosure request. Five students were wounded, two fatally, by Jaylen Fryberg,…

Marysville-Pilchuck High School teacher Megan Silberberger, who is credited with trying to intervene in Friday’s shooting on campus,  issued a statement Wednesday afternoon. “The shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School was a tragedy. I reacted exactly like all my colleagues would in this type of event. I am a schoolteacher, and like all teachers, I am committed to the safety…

An online threat made against a school on the Tulalip Reservation has been deemed not credible, a spokeswoman for the Tulalip Tribes said Tuesday morning. Tribal police are investigating the online threat made against Heritage High School, said a spokesman for the Marysville School District. There have been media reports of a lockdown or a modified lockdown, but spokesman Aaron Toso said the school…

Freshman Jaylen Fryberg texted five classmates to meet for lunch Friday at Marysville-Pilchuck High School before shooting them, Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary said during a news conference Monday in Everett. Trenary said once the five were seated at a table in the cafeteria, Fryberg opened fire with a handgun, killing two and wounding three others before taking his own life. Trenary said the .40-caliber Beretta handgun was legally purchased, registered…

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office has formally identified the first victim killed by a classmate in the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Friday morning as Zoe Galasso. In a news release issued Monday morning, the medical examiner’s office said that Galasso, 14, died of “a handgun wound of the head.” Her slaying has been classified…

The Associated Press OSO, Snohomish County — A woman whose home on the edge of the Oso mudslide was damaged by flooding organized an event Sunday to show support for Marysville and Tulalip tribal residents as they deal with their tragedy — the high-school shooting that left two students dead and four wounded. Elaine Young says she was comforted…