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Recognize the need to preserve critical area buffers

NATURAL SPACES

A letter from a person interested in preserving nature who explains why the county's critical wetland buffers shouldn't shrink, but instead expand.

State pay-by-mile tax model fair approach, but delete gas tax then

STATE PAY-BY-MILE PROPOSAL

A reader explains why Pay-by-Mile is fair for EV and gas owners only if the gasoline tax is eliminated.

Recovery to recreation: ElderPlace PACE program in Everett attends to needs without nursing home

Providence ElderPlace PACE in Everett is the only Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in Snohomish County, a federal elder care program that serves people age 55 and older, and it is making important strides in helping with health and recovery.

Snohomish council considers fireworks ban March 4

SNOHOMISH — The City Council may decide as soon as March 4 whether to make fireworks illegal in town starting as soon as 2026. A public hearing on altering fireworks laws is set for the March 4 council meeting. The council meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the Snohomish Carnegie Building.

New Community Officer at Snohomish PD is link between public and department

SNOHOMISH — After a handful of years without an Outreach Deputy in Snohomish due to the previous officer retiring and staffing levels being low, the position is finally filled by Deputy Taylor Davis. He began Feb. 1.

Architects directed to lower Snohomish Civic Campus pricetag

SNOHOMISH — The city has asked its contracted architecture firm for its future Civic Campus for design revisions that decrease the total pricetag, Mayor Linda Redmon shared with the City Council last week.

New coronavirus in bats transmissable to humans ID’d

Scientists in China identified a new infectious coronavirus in bats that can be transmitted to humans.

Executive decisions spent public’s money but ignored public

GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES

A reader raises concern about the future Snohomish Civic Campus.

He swims the Snohomish for rehabilitation

SNOHOMISH — Rain or shine, below-freezing temperatures or above, Snohomish resident Fred Mydske still makes his way to the river for a swim. After facing a sciatic nerve injury a couple of years ago with advice to ice it, Mydske turned to the Snohomish River to ease some of his pain.

Lake Stevens school bond passing

LAKE STEVENS — A majority of voters have said yes to Lake Stevens Schools’ large bond measure this time around. The bond was passing at 61% as of Thursday, Feb. 13. It requires 60% to pass.

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