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Photo courtesy Snohomish County Fire District No. 22
Getchell Fire Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Stocker demonstrates the department’s drone last year in an undated photo.
By MELANIE RUSSELL
Published January 10, 2018
SNOHOMISH — A new tool has been added to the arsenal of one fire district that could lead to better response to emergencies, and better public safety coordination. Continue reading...
By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published January 10, 2018
SNOHOMISH — Last week the Snohomish City Council narrowly approved a six-month moratorium on drug injection sites in city limits.
City planners will now formulate a plan on how to address drug injection sites.
The conversation was split among council members, who approved the moratorium in a 4 to 3 vote. Some dissenters on council said that this is a waste of planning staff’s time to explore how to zone or consider drug injection sites.
A group of residents concerned about the issue want to be certain no drug injection sites are allowed in town.
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By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published January 10, 2018
SNOHOMISH — Everyone is invited to learn, speak, and see ARC Architects’ conceptual sketches during the presentation, scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Snohomish Aquatic Center, 516 Maple Ave. Two opposing groups will be presenting at the meeting. More on this story...
By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published January 10, 2018
 EVERETT —The Bond Street underpass was frequently used to access Pigeon Creek Trail, which runs beside the rail line on Port of Everett property south to Pigeon Creek Beach until the passage was fenced off by the railroad in 2014 out of safety concerns. A project to reopen access never got past the preliminary design phase after roadblocks came up.
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By JOSEPH THOMPSON, contributing writer
Published January 10, 2018
EVERETT —The City Council appointed Ethel McNeal to fill Mayor Cassie Franklin’s recently-vacated seat and serve on council until the 2018 election. McNeal, 67, is the city’s first black female council member.
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By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published January 10, 2018
MONROE — A lawsuit filed last week says that former teachers, students and families at Sky Valley Education Center have suffered numerous severe health conditions.
The lawsuit argues that Monsanto was well aware of the risks using PCBs as a sealant, but also targets the school district and Snohomish Health District for not enforcing or otherwise requiring the school district to get rid of PCB-laden light fixtures.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published online January 9, 2018
SNOHOMISH — A Snohomish driver crossed the center line and a logging truck had to take evasive action, according to a rough picture on what happened in Monday's six-car crash on U.S. 2 emerged from the Washington State Patrol. A Sultan teenager who got caught up in the wreck was transported to Harborview, among the people injured in the crash.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published January 10, 2018
 SNOHOMISH — City Council meetings may soon start an hour earlier at 6 p.m. and the public’s opportunity to give comments will be scaled back under tweaks approved last week.
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Published January 10, 2018
By MELANIE RUSSELL
Published January 3, 2018
 MONROE — The city's future road plans include work for the Blueberry Lane/Kelsey Street intersection, sidewalk railway safety crossings at Fryelands Boulevard and 179th Street, and a second phase of extending the sidewalk along Chain Lake Road.
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Published January 3, 2018
By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published December 27, 2017
 EVERETT — At last, Everett’s history artifacts
may soon be unveiled for the public to see.
The Everett Museum of History last week bought the empty building at 2939 Colby Ave. downtown.
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By MELANIE RUSSELL
Published December 27, 2017
 SNOHOMISH — The map was taped together, with small notes and highlighted portions filling the map lines, detailing the streets and riv-ers of town.
Poring over the map of where to search next was the daughter of missing postman Henry Groeneveld, Liz Dickson, who, with the support of volunteers, donated search tools and social media was continuing to look for her dad.
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By KAREN LAW, contributing writer
Published December 27, 2017
EVERETT — Tenants in the bungalows that make up the 244-unit Baker Heights public housing project are in the final stage of what has been a very long goodbye.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published December 27, 2017
 EVERETT — The city’s lawsuit against Purdue Pharmaceuticals was consolidated into a multi-state lawsuit against multiple pharmaceutical companies.
On Dec. 5, a federal judicial panel decided to combine dozens of separate cases, including the city’s, into one large case.
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