Editing Arlington, Washington (section)

===Media===
[[File:Olympic Theatre, Arlington, WA.jpg|thumb|right|The Olympic Theatre in downtown Arlington, which operated as the city's lone movie theater from 1939 to 2014.|alt=A two-story building with a painted marquee and vertical sign reading "Olympic Theatre".]]

Arlington has one weekly newspaper, ''[[The Arlington Times]]'', which has been published in the Arlington area since 1890.<ref name="Meany1922"/> It has been under common ownership with the ''[[Marysville Globe]]'' since 1964;<ref>{{cite news |last=Garateix |first=Marilyn |date=June 29, 1988 |title=The News: Weekly papers hold history for small towns |page=H1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> [[Sound Publishing]], which acquired both papers in 2007, suspended their publication in March 2020 in the wake of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 10, 2007 |title=Marysville Globe, Arlington Times change ownership |url=http://www.arlingtontimes.com/news/marysville-globe-arlington-times-change-ownership/ |work=The Arlington Times |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202065741/http://www.arlingtontimes.com/news/marysville-globe-arlington-times-change-ownership/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cornfield |first1=Jerry |title=Amid falling revenue, Sound Publishing lays off 70 workers |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/amid-falling-revenue-sound-publishing-lays-off-70-workers/ |access-date=April 18, 2022 |work=The Everett Herald |date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> ''[[The Herald (Everett)|The Herald]]'' in Everett serves the entire county, including Arlington, and prints daily editions.<ref>{{cite web |title=About The Daily Herald and HeraldNet |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/about/ |publisher=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416221232/http://www.heraldnet.com/about/ |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> Arlington is also part of the [[Media in Seattle|Seattle–Tacoma]] media market, and is served by Seattle-based media outlets including ''[[The Seattle Times]]'';<ref>{{cite map |title=Western Washington Markets |date=November 9, 2014 |url=http://mediakit.seattletimes.com/wp-content/PDF/The_Seattle_Times_-_Market_Boundaries_Map.pdf |publisher=[[The Seattle Times Company]] |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906004153/http://mediakit.seattletimes.com/wp-content/PDF/The_Seattle_Times_-_Market_Boundaries_Map.pdf |archive-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref> broadcast television stations [[KOMO-TV]], [[KING-TV]], [[KIRO-TV]], and [[KCPQ-TV]]; and various radio stations.<ref>{{cite web |title=DTV Reception Maps |url=https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503232917/https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps |archive-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref>

Arlington has been part of the [[Sno-Isle Libraries]] system, which operates [[public library|public libraries]] in [[Island County, Washington|Island]] and Snohomish counties, since its inception in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |last=Salcedo |first=Lauren |date=October 17, 2012 |title=Arlington Library fetes 50 years with Sno-Isle |url=http://www.arlingtontimes.com/news/arlington-library-fetes-50-years-with-sno-isle-slideshow/ |work=The Arlington Times |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416222311/http://www.arlingtontimes.com/news/arlington-library-fetes-50-years-with-sno-isle-slideshow/ |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> A {{convert|5,055|sqft|sqm|adj=mid}} library near downtown Arlington opened on June 28, 1981, and holds over 54,000 items.<ref name="ComprehensivePlan"/>{{rp|9{{hyphen}}12}} It was originally owned by the city government and was transferred to Sno-Isle in 2021 as part of preparations for a renovation,<ref>{{cite press release |date=June 23, 2021 |title=City transfers ownership of Arlington Library to Sno-Isle Libraries |url=https://www.sno-isle.org/news/city-transfers-ownership-of-arlington-library-to-sno-isle-libraries/ |publisher=[[Sno-Isle Libraries]] |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}</ref> which had been planned since the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arlington Library: Building for the Future |url=http://www.arlingtonwa.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=12807 |publisher=Sno-Isle Libraries |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416125518/http://www.arlingtonwa.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=12807 |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=Brian |date=October 18, 2006 |title=Two cities to vote on library taxes |page=H10 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20061018/ballotmeasures18n/two-cities-to-vote-on-library-taxes |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416130246/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20061018&slug=ballotmeasures18n |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> Sno-Isle identified the Arlington Library as a top priority for renovation and expansion in 2016, while also emphasizing the need for a new library to serve Smokey Point.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 25, 2016 |title=Future library plans include underserved Smokey Point |url=http://www.marysvilleglobe.com/news/future-library-plans-include-underserved-smokey-point/ |work=[[Marysville Globe]] |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416131155/http://www.marysvilleglobe.com/news/future-library-plans-include-underserved-smokey-point/ |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=July 30, 2016 |title=Plan calls for more libraries in Snohomish, Island counties |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/sno-isle-libraries-plan-calls-for-new-library-near-mariner-high/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416221234/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/sno-isle-libraries-plan-calls-for-new-library-near-mariner-high/ |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> A pilot library for Smokey Point opened in January 2018, using a leased retail space.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bray |first=Kari |date=January 6, 2018 |title=Former vacant Smokey Point space celebrated as new library |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/former-vacant-smokey-point-space-celebrated-as-new-library/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=January 6, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106234604/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/former-vacant-smokey-point-space-celebrated-as-new-library/ |archive-date=January 6, 2018}}</ref> Arlington had a single-screen, 381-seat [[movie theater]], the Olympic Theatre in downtown Arlington, that operated from 1939 to 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bray |first=Kari |date=July 9, 2014 |title=Arlington's historic Olympic Theatre ends run |work=The Everett Herald |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140709/NEWS01/140709210 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213144459/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140709/NEWS01/140709210 |archive-date=December 13, 2015 |access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fiege |first=Gale |date=February 27, 2011 |title=Arlington's 72-year-old movie house is a one-woman show |work=The Everett Herald |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110227/NEWS01/702279939 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215211656/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110227/NEWS01/702279939 |archive-date=February 15, 2014 |access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>