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Tree falls on historic home on Avenue B

SNOHOMISH — A thick American Elm maybe five stories high uprooted and crashed down onto one of the historic homes along Avenue B around midnight during last Tuesday’s heavy windstorm.

Snohomish’s Homestead Park plan scrutinized

SNOHOMISH — After hearing watershed concerns, the City Council wants to take a closer look at the plan for Homestead Park, on the city’s west side, before agreeing to hire a designer to refine the concept.

Everett Libraries making cutbacks starting Dec. 1

EVERETT — The Everett public library system will be open fewer days and fewer hours starting Dec. 1, and be providing fewer general services, its director outlined at City Council.

Snohomish firefighters have new tools to mitigate cancer risks, reduce on-job injuries

SNOHOMISH — This month Snohomish County Fire District #4 received two new pieces of safety equipment: the StormStick and an oxygen cylinder lift. One is to reduce the risks of carcinogen contamination and the other to reduce injury to firefighters.

Time to get the tree

Devin, from Everett, hefts his family’s fresh-cut Christmas tree into the back of a Chevy Silverado as family members Camden, Christina, Cayden and Brianna look on (some out of shot). They’d cut this tree Saturday, Nov. 23 at Snohomish’s Stocker Farms.

Christmas House, a ‘free shop’ in Everett, wants every child to have a present

EVERETT — ­Since 1981, Christmas House has helped lower-income families throughout Snohomish County provide gifts for their children. Qualifying families for Christmas House have to be at or below the 150% federal poverty line.

Free weekly health clinic for Casino Road residents lessens barriers within community

EVERETT — A free, weekly health care clinic that opened on Casino Road is being called the first time “low-income adults in South Everett who lack health insurance will have access to primary care at no cost,” say organizers Connect Casino Road.

State football, volleyball results for Snohomish County teams

State football, volleyball results for Snohomish County teams

Venerable auto dealership marks 90 years

SNOHOMISH -- Bickford Motors, the Ford dealership, has reached 90 years of operations.

Soterakopoulos takes U.S. Kids Golf title

9-year-old Max Soterakopoulos of Everett won the U.S. Kids Oregon State Invitational. The two-day tournament, hosted at Langdon Farms Golf Course on Nov. 16 and 17, was a tough event during the wind, rain, and cold.

Everett Silvertips lead WHL standings

Everett Silvertips update

Have your say on Homestead Park

A letter in the Nov. 27 Tribune about Snohomish's Homestead Park.

The 1956 Rabenstein gas station fire

SNOHOMISH — While it may not have been one of the largest of fires in the Snohomish’s history, The 1956 Rabenstein gas station fire tends to be one of the most remembered by those who were here at the time.

County Council alters property tax rate

County Council alters property tax rate

Prosecutors in Snohomish County, local cities handling more cases with fewer resources

Caseloads at the county haven’t kept up with the growing population, and cases are getting denser and more complex. Meanwhile, the recategorization of drugs and drug possession as a gross misdemeanor has driven an estimated 90% of this caseload increase in Everett for Everett prosecutors.