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Rainbow of color at fall car show
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Hundreds of people from across the county came to the Snohomish Chamber's 41st annual Snohomish Classic Car and Hot Rod Display along First Street on Sunday, Sept. 24.
The annual show always has cars from every auto era, from Brass-era cars to pre-war, post-war and classics. This year's Snohomish show included a primitive cycle-car from the 1870s. Highly polished examples lined the streets downtown.
Published September 27, 2023
EVERETT — Providence nurses are prepared to strike if a new contract isn't settled by a Oct. 30 deadline, a key union representative said last week.
Restoring staff levels is the center point. Reducing how many patients an average nurse is shouldered with is another point — a consequential one tied to having less nurses on the floor.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 27, 2023
SNOHOMISH — The county has a purchase-and-sale agreement with a prospective buyer for the former public works yard on Avenue D opposite
13th Street, one of the largest redevelopable properties available in town.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 27, 2023
 SNOHOMISH COUNTY — The PUD has begun deploying the first of 403,000 latest-generation electric meters, which give people an instant glimpse of power usage and the utility instant alerts of outages. More about when they're coming to your neighborhood in the story.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 27, 2023
 MONROE — New Monroe School District superintendent Shawn Woodward has been spending his first 100 days in office listening to anyone with insights about public education. What is he hearing, and who is the new supe?
More on this story...By ADAM WORCESTER, published September 27, 2023
 The County Council is anticipated to vote this week on a rule that cash must be accepted at retail stores outside city limits.
The rule would require accepting cash as an option for all purchases under $200. The rule ensures people who are “unbanked” without a debit or credit card aren’t shut out. Businesses can file for exceptions on certain grounds.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 27, 2023
 EVERETT — Mayor Cassie Franklin has released a balanced $438.8 million budget for 2024 which adds more city staff to accommodate the city’s growing needs, including nine new officers. Dates and times of public hearings in story.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 27, 2023
SNOHOMISH — Thirteen local art studios will open their doors to the public Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1, for the first annual Snohomish Studio Tour. Learn all about what it's about in the story.
More on this story...By ADAM WORCESTER, published September 20, 2023
EVERETT — Fred Meyer corporate was concerned enough by theft and safety concerns at its store at Evergreen Way and Casino Road that it floated an inquiry to the city about possibly closing it. This would have created a food desert the city sought to avert.
More on this story...By RICK SINNETT, published September 20, 2023
 SNOHOMISH — Since their arrival in October of 2019, Bill and Erin Webster have been dedicated to the close-knit and nurturing community that is Snohomish.
More on this story...By PERRIS LARSON, published September 20, 2023
Giving pooches smooches at Wiggly Walk
Jim Scolman photo
Sally King, a long- time Monroe resident, and Willie the Golden Retriever show some love at the “doggie kissing booth” at the third annual Wiggly Walk held on Saturday, Sept. 23 at Sky River Park, Monroe.
The pet vendors’ event is put on by
the Monroe Cham-ber of Commerce. It benefits Beck’s Place, a Monroe-based animal and human support services nonprofit that uses a network of volunteer foster homes to house pets for weeks to months before reuniting with owners. (Their website is becksplace.org)
Published September 27, 2023
EVERETT — Police Officer Dan Rocha, who died in the line of duty in March 2022, is poised to have a street section named for him near Everett Community College.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 20, 2023
MONROE — Almost every city resident has experienced waiting for the train to pass through. But what if the roads didn’t cross the rails?
The city will be applying for federal grant money to study what can be done to separate three of Monroe’s five at-grade crossings.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 20, 2023
 MACHIAS — The man who raised his gun and shot a man in the chest while driving on a Machias roadway cried when told his action killed someone. The scene in the twilight hours of Sept. 7 was that the man he shot and his wife were attempting to slow down or block traffic on S. Machias Road near their home because deer were crossing the road.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 20, 2023
 SNOHOMISH — The city has laid out its planned transportation priorities for the next six years, including a roundabout at Second Street and Pine Avenue as well as better traffic controls along Bickford Avenue.
More on this story...By SAM COOLEY, published September 13, 2023
Final weeks for farmers markets
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Shoppers walk the stalls of the Snohomish Farmers Market on a sunny Thursday, Aug. 30.
The Snohomish Farmers Market is running Thursdays through Sept. 28.
The Monroe Wednesday market outside Galaxy Theatres concludes with a harvest market Sept. 27. Everett’s Sunday market near Hewitt Avenue and Wall Street downtown ends latest on Oct. 30.
Published September 6, 2023
SNOHOMISH — The city's building official warned eight restaurants that their temporary structures, such as tents, might not meet code. Three restaurants told to straighten out the permits for their tents approached the City Council last week seeking a solution as the weather is turning, saying they'll lose business if they lose the tents.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 13, 2023
 EVERETT — Learn about and ask questions to individual candidates for office at a speaker series that started Sept. 6 at the Carl Gipson Center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett.
More on this story...from press release, published August 30, 2023
MONROE — State Sen. Brad Hawkins held a town hall in Monroe Wednesday, Sept. 6 which discussed the state budget, transportation, nursing, K-12 spending, and the Senator’s views on all of the above.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 13, 2023
MONROE — “Several different styles and makes of guns were taken” in an early-morning burglary at the downtown gun shop on Lewis Street that happened shortly before 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6, police said.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 13, 2023
MONROE — Many full-size Ford trucks have been stolen in the area. A flaw in the door is allowing thieves access. Here's what it is and how to stop it.
More on this story...By SAM COOLEY, published September 13, 2023
EVERETT — Better-than-predicted economic growth seen this year is helping allow Everett to prepare a balanced city budget for 2024, although it was no cakewalk to get here. Here's what being added and what's being not spent on.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 6, 2023
 MONROE — A disused railroad bridge in Woods Creek that unintentionally acts as a salmon barrier will be no more. Removal work was scheduled to begin this week, and restoration work comes after that.
More on this story...From Adopt A Stream Foundation, published September 6, 2023
EVERETT — The city filed its condemnation request against the Waits Motel in Snohomish County Superior Court Aug. 28, seeking the motel owner to immediately hand over the property under eminent domain. The action came after the city wasn’t able to make a deal to buy the motel.
Additionally, reporting on why four hotel rooms haven't reopened.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 6, 2023
EVERETT — The housing crisis in Everett has worsened over time, and fewer people can afford a home, but steps are being taken to address that.
More on this story...By AISHA MISBAH, published September 6, 2023
SNOHOMISH — The Snohomish Seventh-Day Adventist Church will be opening a new food pantry this week that is available to anyone in need of food.
More on this story...By ALLISON UNGREN, published August 30, 2023
MONROE — Encampments and man-made brush fires in a stretch of greenbelt skirting the city's north has prompted a coordinated cleanup plan that could come into action as soon as this fall.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 23, 2023
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Pickleball is growing in Snohomish County as more players flock to the courts, and here's why players think why.
More on this story...By NATHAN WHALEN, published August 16, 2023
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Statewide, health officials want to
reduce levels of sexually transmitted diseases circulating. The county will be opening a public clinic for STDs as soon as this fall.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 16, 2023
SNOHOMISH — Bob and Sarah Ricci worked with the Washington Farmland Trust to place a conservation easement on their more than 200-acre farm nestled near the Snohomish River off Highway 9.
More on this story...By NATHAN WHALEN, published August 9, 2023
SNOHOMISH — Snohomish County's plan to run a pedestrian and bike path from Snohomish to Woodinville has been held up in court cases for more than seven years since obtaining the rail line. A railroad company is fighting it. The backstory of the Eastside Rail Corridor is over a decade of twists and turns, partners turned enemies and $5 million taxpayer dollars on the line. Here's what has happened.
More on this story...By RICK SINNETT, published August 2, 2023
SNOHOMISH — A Snohomish County resident found a rare Lon Brown’s Theatre token that is nearly 100 years old while metal detecting on the shore of Lake Stevens.
More on this story...By ALLISON UNGREN, published August 2, 2023
 SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Street drugs cut with the powerful animal
sedation drug nicknamed "tranq" are likely now in Snohomish County. Not all drug users know it's been added in. The chemical add-in ravaged the East Coast.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published July 19, 2023
 SNOHOMISH — A near-majority of City Council members are leaning toward banning fireworks use out of Snohomish, plus taking a few other steps.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published July 12, 2023
 EVERETT — Steve Bertrand’s new book, “Mill Town Baseball,” traces America’s pastime in Everett from its roots in the late 1800s through the end of 2022 chock full of historical information, articles and essays. And the author is not done yet.
More on this story...By ADAM WORCESTER, published July 12, 2023
EVERETT — A school paraeducator is suing the Everett School District and a former Madison Elementary School principal for damages of discrimination and not meeting medical accommodations after getting ill from conditions in the school. Rodent and mold issues went unanswered and requests for accommodation were denied.
More on this story...By RICK SINNETT, published June 21, 2023
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SNOHOMISH — This winter's test results are giving some early tells on why toxic algae seems to be able to thrive in Blackman Lake, and what can be done to restore it.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published March 29, 2023
 SNOHOMISH — Salmon have taken over the waters to create new spawning areas after the city let go of its dam on the Pilchuck River. The dam by Granite Falls was there to divert drinking water for the City of Snohomish. But by the mid-2010s, the city began to get all its water from Everett. The city no longer employed its use.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published February 8, 2023
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All-capable machines of the past roar
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Sky Valley Stock and Antique Tractor Club member Matthew Sells of Mount Vernon uses muscle power to hand crank start his 1949 Farmall Cub tractor while participating in the club’s 34th annual Tractor Show and Threshing Bee at the Fairgrounds last weekend. After an extended absence from Monroe, the club returned for the annual show which featured a display of tractors, tractor pulling competitions and a demonstration of the club's 1940s Oliver wheat thresher in action.
Published September 20, 2023
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