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Farmers markets now in waning weeks
Doug Ramsay photo
There is always more then just fruits and vegetables for sale at the local farmers markets as Livi Aley of Marysville proves as she demonstrates hula hoops in front of her “Livijoyhoops” booth at the Everett Farmers Market on Sunday, Sept. 18. Along with the usual produce, kettle corn and flower vendors, there are many arts and crafts vendors at markets.
The Everett Farmers Market runs until Oct. 30. Snohomish's market finishes up Sept. 29. Monroe's market is to Oct. 21.
Published September 21, 2022
Council majority puts end to multi-family tax exemption talks
SNOHOMISH — On Tuesday night, a 4-3 majority of the City Council put an end to talks of offering developers a multi-family tax exemption (MFTE) in the Midtown District up Avenue D. The exemption was put forward as one method to bring in affordable housing and incentivize development.
A report from the meeting is on the Tribune's Facebook page here.
By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published online September 21, 2022
 SNOHOMISH — The Lamb family hopes the community will come out Thursday, Sept. 29 before the Snohomish football game. The goal? Raise $40,000 for Seattle Children's Hospital's cancer research arm.
More on this story...By ADAM WORCESTER, published September 21, 2022
MONROE — A rush of firefighters tackled a three-alarm brush fire in the hills behind Walmart and up Chain Lake Road Monday, Sept. 19 as a smoke column could be seen billowing from most of north Monroe.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published online September 20, 2022
A formal proposal would ban the sale of new gas-powered and gas-electric hybrid vehicles by 2035 statewide. The state Department of Ecology is taking public comments on this until Oct. 19. Here's how...
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 21, 2022
 SNOHOMISH — Stocker Farms’ corn maze design this year celebrates the Seattle Kraken NHL team, and it’s all for a good cause.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 21, 2022
By MICHAEL WHITNEY, updated September 23, 2022
By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 21, 2022
By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 21, 2022
Everett city budget address being released
EVERETT — Mayor Cassie Franklin will deliver her 2023 city budget address at the start of the Wednesday, Sept. 21 City Council meeting.
One item that the city is not pursuing is a request to voters for a levy lid lift to increase the property tax rate greater than the state’s annual 1% increase limit.
It was withdrawn due to the state of the economy, city spokesman Julio Cortes said.
In 2021, Franklin called a levy lid lift a necessary tool to help remedy the city’s budget, which for years has faced service cutbacks to handle its negative cashflow situtation.
The City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. in its chambers, 3002 Wetmore Ave.
The city’s budget will become available at www.everettwa.gov/budget
Hearings are in November.
By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 21, 2022
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — As it stands today, not everyone has to pay for a school lunch. Those who do saw meal prices nudged up again this school year. If State Superintendent Chris Reykdal gets state legislation passed for universally free school meals, per a plan he announced last week to ask for $86 million in state earmarks, paying for school lunch could become a thing of the past next fall.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 14, 2022
Complete burn ban in effect - no recreational fires now
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Fire officials at Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue, headquartered in Monroe, issued a full burn ban in its jurisdiction, including a ban on recreational fires, due to the current high fire danger and existing wildland fires within the region. The upgraded burn ban will took effect immediately and be effective until further notice. This restriction bans all outdoor burning, including recreational fires. Exceptions are charcoal and gas grills.
Who's affected?: Incorporated cities and towns included in this outdoor burning ban are: Lake Stevens, Mill Creek, Monroe, and Sultan. All residential outdoor burn permits, including permits issued by PSCAA (Puget Sound Clean Air Agency) for agricultural burning, are suspended until this ban is lifted. This ban will remain in effect until there is a sustained period of rainfall.
Published online September 13, 2022
SNOHOMISH — The city is investing in Blackman Lake. The lake off of 13th Street can use any help it can get.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 14, 2022
 SNOHOMISH — Some 2,977 American flags, one for each life lost in the 9/11 attacks, covered the grass alongside Union Avenue late last week.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 14, 2022
SNOHOMISH — The brewer who’s been accused of molesting a pre-teen girl pleaded not guilty before Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Robert Okrent last week.
Frank Sandoval’s trial is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 2.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 14, 2022
CATHCART — How county planning staff proceeded with a proposed development at a large vacant corner at Highway 9 and Cathcart Way has prompted an appeal from neighbors crying foul to the County Council. Neighbors believed Cathcart would get a lively hub. Instead, 286 townhomes is
the plan that wasn't widely publicized.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 7, 2022
 EVERETT — A new graffiti museum and music venue is coming to Everett this fall at Everett and Wetmore avenues, within the former Club Broadway building.
More on this story...By JACOB KERST, published September 7, 2022
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — County Councilman Nate Nehring's effort to introduce a stipulation that illicit drug users must go through treatment as a condition of being given shelter in county-funded housing for homeless individuals can be done without precluding federal funding, but it must be done narrowly to avoid pitfalls, the county prosecutor's office found.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published September 7, 2022
EVERETT — Local union members organized a leaflet campaign Wednesday, Aug. 24 to raise attention to chronic understaffing at Providence’s two campuses in Everett.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 31, 2022
 MACHIAS — How did a zebra end up a woman's ranch? Well, here's the thing...
More on this story...By JACOB KERST, published August 31, 2022
 EVERETT — The buyer appears to be Kendall Automotive Group, one of the region’s largest auto dealer groups.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 31, 2022
Monroe celebrates its community
Jim Scolman photo
Jesus on the drum, Adriana, Jesus Jr. and Dulce of the Yolihuaní Aztec Dancers perform at the Multicultural Monroe event put on by the Monroe Equity Council on Saturday, Sept. 10. The event at Sky River Park featured food, music, vendors and more.
Published September 14, 2022
Stretching to the sky
Jim Scolman photo
Chuck Betker, of Spark Hot Yoga, center, back, leads a class of about 30 students in Slow Flow Vinyasa Yoga in a beautiful sunflower field at Bob’s Corn & Pumpkin Farm on a stunning Tuesday afternoon in Snohomish. “Farm Yoga” is one of many events Bob’s is hosting for its sunflower festival ongoing through Sept. 17. Betker has been teaching for about seven years and is from Everett.
Published September 7, 2022
SNOHOMISH — How much would homeowners in both the city and in the boundaries of the Snohomish school and fire districts end up paying extra on their property taxes to make up the difference if the City Council approves a builders' property tax exemption to encourage future affordable housing developments in the Midtown District along Avenue D and builders jump on the offer?
Further clarification on Midtown tax exemption idea added to story
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 24, 2022
 ECHO LAKE — The Echo Lake community’s new Emergency Operations Center will help ensure they're not isolated if The Big One shakes through this unincorporated, isolated area of thousands of households midway between Woodinville and Monroe.
More on this story...By ADAM WORCESTER, published August 17, 2022
MONROE — The clock is ticking louder today on the historic Buck Houses, and fate will tell if they’re saved.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 17, 2022
MONROE — A proposed new site for an addiction clinic in downtown Monroe will also help East County residents with opioid dependence as far away as Index.
More on this story...By RICK SINNETT, published August 17, 2022
EVERETT — People are getting help in Everett through short-term but intensive, 24/7 rehabilitation to try to put addiction firmly in their past.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 10, 2022
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — A countywide survey will dig deeper into internet gaps in rural county. Informal surveys show Machias, Three Lakes, and the outskirts north of Monroe, plus the Highway 9 corridor between Lake Stevens and Arlington, are populated areas have internet speeds below broadband standards. Residents in the most outlying pockets might be buying satellite internet services as no internet lines come to them.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 17, 2022
SNOHOMISH — County prosecutors filed a charge Thursday against the owner of SnoTown Brewery on an accusation he molested a pre-teen girl. Second-degree child molestation is a class B felony.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 10, 2022
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — The nation’s baby formula shortage has left at least some food banks sometimes going without. They can use your help. People on WIC Cards faced further hurdles. Baby formula makers speak to what they're doing in response.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published August 10, 2022
 MONROE — Renee Uribe-Sayah endured much in her life: The domestic abuse, the migraines, the car accident, the brain tumor. She took each step as a challenge.
More on this story...By ADAM WORCESTER, published August 3, 2022
 MONROE — Progress is steadily being made behind the scenes to widen the last part of state Route 522 and completely redo the Maltby Road/Paradise Lake Road intersection to get rid of the stoplight.
Finding money to construct it is a known need.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published July 27, 2022
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — The recently released final plan for Lord Hill Regional Park, the large recreational woodland between Snohomish and Monroe, again tweaks the trail system and reverses decisions.
Horse riders, though, take issue.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published July 20, 2022
EVERETT — More children may be susceptible to migraines than once thought. A clinical research drug trial is ongoing for a dissolvable tablet to help adolescents when migraines attack. An Everett center is one of the few centers nationally taking patients.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published May 25, 2022
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