After graduating from a unique business program for disadvantaged clients, two entrepreneurs are making their mark locally.
In Everett, gang violence is down, and the Police Department and community groups hope to make inroads on steering kids clear.
SNOHOMISH -- Proposals to plan redoing First Street from students and faculty from the University of Washington will be presented at this week's City Council meeting on Tuesday, and council also will look to adopt the Complete Streets initiative which if adhered to would give pedestrians and bicyclists more weight in road design.
Mayor Cassie Franklin’s proposed budget for 2020 continues to work on clamping down the built-in costs in running a city without eroding its core functions.
Monroe's trail system will be growing in its 20-year plan
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 — The Mayor’s Drug Crisis Task Force, initiated to address the fentanyl crisis in Everett, gave a set of recommended actions presented to officials at a recent meeting.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY -- New funding has expanded transportation services in rural areas for seniors and people with disabilities.
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.
Letters published in the Tribune from 2023 and 2022, in full
County Executive Dave Somers’ proposal to raise the county property tax rate by 8%, which would pencil to about a $15 increase to a $600,000 home according to the county finance office, has generated two separate countermeasures from the County Council ratcheting the rate down. Council Vice President Nate Nehring proposes taking no increase, and making multiple budget cuts to offset not having as much revenue come in. Nehring said the public doesn’t have an appetite for more taxes. Council President Jared Mead proposed a middle ground of 4%.
The PUD has begun deploying the first of 403,000 latest-generation electric meters, which give people an instant glimpse of power usage and the utility instant alerts of outages
A 5-1 City Council vote last week to formally condemn the Waits Motel now leaves the site with few ways to avoid being repurposed.
Says mold in Madison Elementary forced her home sick but requests for accommodations were denied
After neighborhood backlash, county leaders retracted on possibly buying the Hope Covenant Church
A program to let families with children sleep in their car overnight in St. Vincent de Paul's
Mayor Cassie Franklin last week vetoed the council's mandate that the city use a Project Labor Agreement
A seat up for election on the PUD’s board to represent Snohomish, Monroe, Lake Stevens and much of east county has three contenders.
When the Mukilteo Everett Pickleball Club formed in 2020
Jakob Diepenbrock knows the importance of financial literacy.
