An alert warned of bees from an overturned truck, but the Burlington fire chief said no truck had overturned. BURLINGTON, Wash. — A box of bees fell from a truck at a Burlington intersection early Friday morning, prompting a public safety alert despite no known stings, according to Burlington Fire Department Chief Rob Toth. The box fell off the truck around 6 a.m. at the corner of Burlington Boulevard and Fairhaven, Toth said. The incident led to a Skagit Ready Alert warning residents of a bee swarm at 100 N. Burlington Blvd. and telling people to avoid the area until…
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Raven Amrhein is the only student from Washington participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and one of only 75 competitors to make the quarterfinals. SEATTLE — A Seattle middle school student made it to the quarterfinals of the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Raven Amrhein, a student at Hamilton International Middle School, was Washington state’s sole participant in this year’s competition. During preliminaries on Tuesday, the seventh grader correctly spelled the word “ailette,” a plate of forged iron or steel worn over a coat of mail to protect the shoulder, and accurately defined the meaning of…