Sara Bruestle was editor of the Edmonds and Mukilteo editions of the Beacon prior to becoming features editor of The Everett Herald in 2016.

[3] Edmonds mayor Dave Earling praised the Beacon, along with My Edmonds News, in 2016[4] and 2018, describing the two as sources he consults "to find what's going on in town well beyond what I see and hear about.

"[5] In 2018, Paul Archipley, owner of Beacon Publishing, Inc., won the Washington Newspaper Publisher's Association's Miles Turnbull Editor/Publisher Award.

[6] In 2020, editor Brian Soergel won Washington Newspaper Publisher's Association's Better Newspaper Contest awards in several categories.

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