Kevin Hulten writes, "Five months of police leaks have irreparably damaged the credibility of the investigation and harmed the reputation of Snohomish County and many of its employees."

At the last second, a 13-year-old boy barely managed to avoid being swept over a 270-foot waterfall. But things were only beginning to get difficult.

The Herald reports, "Drew Nielsen, a city councilman who got into politics because he wanted to make his hometown the best it could be, died Saturday in a whitewater rafting accident on the Green River in King County."  

Washington State Patrol investigators have sent the results of their probe of Aaron Reardon to the prosecutor handling the case involving questions about his use of county funds for trips that provided opportunities for trysts with a county employee.

The mayor of Granite Falls has lost a landmark restaurant after the property owner went to court to have him evicted. There's a dispute over rent payments and a damaged roof.