SNOHOMISH — The Snohomish United soccer club presented its upcoming pre-professional league team’s name, jersey and logo last week at Haywire Brewing to a full house of 150 or more kids, parents and supporters. The club is joining the USL League Two as an expansion team in the Northwest Division. The USL2 is the first rung of pro soccer.
The Monroe Bearcats played an aerobatic game with a strong 2nd Quarter and big defense to roll over Jackson 72 - 50 before a sparse crowd in Jackson’s gym.
SNOHOMISH — The longstanding Panther sign in front of Snohomish High School is getting refurbished by a student-led class in the Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center.
EVERETT — The elevator for the Grand Avenue Park Bridge reopened with a short-term fix last month after vandals caused its closure.
SNOHOMISH — A formal policy to restrict using cell phones and electronics during school will be discussed by the Snohomish School Board at its meeting Wednesday, Dec. 11.
Everett Wintertide
EVERETT — With the removal of park rangers next year, the city’s parks department presented plans for maintaining park safety at a City Council committee meeting Nov. 20. The committee also discussed plans to update the rules for noise ordinance violations.
EVERETT — The city has temporarily fenced off Clark Park at 24th and Lombard to begin deconstructing the park’s historic gazebo and constructing an off-leash dog play area in its place. City spokeswoman Simone Tarver said it could take until summer, when the 2,700-square-foot dog park is scheduled to be complete, before the fence is taken away.
SNOHOMISH — The Snohomish High School Theatre Club will proudly present “Elf: the Musical” in the Snohomish High School’s Performing Arts Center on Dec. 6, 7, 13 and 14.
SNOHOMISH — Snohomish resident Lars Durban's swim across the English Channel was the culmination of years of work that earned him the Triple Crown award by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
MONROE — The City Council passed Mayor Geoffrey Thomas’s biennial budget unanimously, 7-0, during its Nov. 19 meeting. Also, utility rates will increase in 2025 for both the Water and Stormwater rates.
MALTBY — Ceding to citizen concerns, the Snohomish County Hearing Examiner is reconsidering his initial approval of a multifamily complex near Maltby Road and state Route 522. A Dec. 12 reconsideration hearing will determine if Hearing Examiner Peter Camp’s initial decision was based on “possible errors of law or fact” presented to him.
By a vote of 3-2, the Snohomish County Council on Nov. 25 approved a 2025-2026 biennial budget that rejected County Executive Dave Somers’ proposal for an 8% property tax increase over two years, instead amending it to a 4% increase over the biennium.
Everett Silvertips vs. Victoria Royals Nov. 27.
This year, at the Snohomish Lions Club annual Thanksgiving Banquet and Auction, they added a special FUND-A-NEED to the auction and raised nearly $8,000 for Camp Leo.