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    Box of bees falls off truck in Burlington, triggering public safety alert

    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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    Seattle middle school student falls in quarterfinals of national spelling bee

    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…