SNOHOMISH — All westbound lanes of U.S. 2 from Snohomish to Everett, including the trestle and the ramps to Lake Stevens, will close at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 for WSDOT’s long-delayed pavement rehabilitation project. Drivers trying to reach I-5 will be diverted to Highway 9 on a 10-mile detour.
This closure is weather-dependent. But if it happens, the state warns that drivers need to prepare for region-wide backups and delays in the area.
Toy balloons cause power outage
SNOHOMISH — Word to the wise: balloons can be fun,
but they can derail part of the day.
An early evening power outage on Tuesday, July 16 in northwest Snohomish was caused by mylar balloons. The balloons came in contact with electrical equipment at the PUD’s Fobes substation, at 7610 60th St., on the west side of Bickford Ave.
Balloon contact shorted out the electrical lines, knocking out power to approximately 4,500 customers, said PUD spokesman Aaron Swaney. The outage jarred local businesses with dimmed buildings, and shut down grills at the northern shopping center in Snohomish. All was restored, about an hour later, Swaney said.
“Mylar balloons are a real problem,” Swaney said. “If they get in contact with lines and electrical equipment, they cause an outage.”
Supportive housing moratorium at planning commission on Aug. 20
EVERETT — The city planning commission will begin working on addressing the City Council’s active moratorium on supportive homeless housing sites in single-family residential neighborhoods at the commission’s meeting Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be at 3002 Wetmore Ave.
The council asked the planning commission to evaluate items including: the public notice process required for a project, developers’ responsibilities to address the neighborhood impacts of developments, the public’s ability to challenge project proposals, parking standards, local infrastructure, and a project’s proximity to both transit and health and human services providers.
Rep. Larsen of Everett votes toward impeaching President Trump
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, said President Donald Trump should be impeached. The statement came after the President tweeted a series of attacks aimed at women of color in Congress saying they should “go back” to the countries they came from.
“It is clear from this message that the president has no understanding of what it means to be a U.S. citizen, what it takes to become a citizen, or what it means to the people of the world to strive for the dream of being an American,” Larsen wrote in an op-ed to the Herald. “He should not be the president of the United States.”
Separately, on Wednesday, July 17, the U.S. House voted 332-95 against moving forward on considering impeachment. Among Democrats, the split was 137-95 against; all Republicans voted no.
The Washington State Democratic Congress members who voted no were: Reps. Suzan DelBene, Denny Heck, Kim Schrier, Adam Smith and Derek Kilmer. The two yes votes from Washington State were by Larsen and Pramila Jayapal.
New local Red Cross leaders
EVERETT — The Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross has three new board members: Chair Rob Muszkiewicz, first vice chair Molly Ringo and second vice chair Gloria Hirashima.
Muszkiewicz works for The Boeing Co., Ringo is the director of operations and school safety for the Everett School District and Hirashima is the chief administrative officer for the City of Marysville.
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