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Waits Motel sale to Everett nears finish

The city has a signed purchase-and-sale that completes eminent domain on the Waits Motel, which it had declared fit for condemnation over the summer after the city’s purchase offer on the open market was declined almost a year ago.

Sheriff Johnson sets new command staff

Sheriff Susanna Johnson was sworn-in the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 2

North Everett Bartell Drugs on Broadway to close

The Bartell Drugs at 1825 Broadway will close Jan. 15, its struggling owners Rite Aid confirmed to the Tribune.

New movement on Pine Ave. fire station-city campus plan, contamination still to be investigated further

Officials with Fire District 4 and the city say they are still on track with a joint public safety campus which will have a future fire station and future city hall and other services in the block along Pine Avenue between Third and Fourth streets later this decade.

The Murder on Pine

On May 28, 1933, blood shed at a house at Pine and Fourth with the crack of a gun.

County Council pauses Lord Hill Park equestrian parking lot swap

The county’s parks department must hold its horses on swapping the equestrian parking lot at Lord Hill Regional Park to one with back-in angle parking.

How to get involved this MLK Day weekend

There are ample opportunities to honor The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

At least 91 in county died while homeless in 2023

Ninety-one individuals, if not more, died on the streets in Snohomish County last year.

Proposed switch to K-5 elementary versus K-6 not ideal

SNOHOMISH SCHOOL GRADE RECONFIGURATION

A letter against the formerly proposed switch from K-6 to K-5 in Snohomish Schools.

Monroe suspends remote public comments at council andcity board meetings after recent hate speech disruption

Abusive hate speech by anonymous people online during the public comments period of the Dec. 5 City Council meeting has prompted the city to temporarily halt taking remote public testimony at all of its council, board and commission meetings.

Remembering the summer Snohomish sent its band to Europe: The 1968 tour

In the summer of 1968, Snohomish High's band students performed in six foreign countries on a European tour.

Property tax exemptions for seniors and people with disabilities expanded for 2024

Senior citizens and people with disabilities who have not previously qualified for property tax assistance are in for a pleasant surprise in 2024.

News Bites for Jan. 3, 2024

Rep. Low pre-files bills to penalize fentanyl use, standardize animal cruelty punishments

Letters in the Tribune from 2023 and 2022

Letters published in the Tribune from 2023 and 2022, in full

Everett gives option to set mandatory minimum sentences onrepeat criminals

A split City Council voted 4-2 last week to allow prosecutors to elect to add a 30-day mandatory minimum jail sentence on repeat offenders for specific crimes such as theft, assault or vehicle prowling.