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COVID-19 coronavirus virus: what you can do

The response to COVID-19 is robust, but the advice remains the same as any flu-season: wash hands, cover coughs and sneezes, stay away from others when ill, and sanitize often-touched surfaces.

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Everett gains a semi-pro soccer team, its season starts in MayEverett Jets FC tryouts are March 28 and 29

A new semipro soccer team will be taking flight this spring when Everett Jets FC play their inaugural season at Everett Memorial Stadium.

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Everett residents may be asked to help city budget with more taxes

City leaders are warning that Everett’s budget is nearing the point of having to cut services if it doesn’t take new steps to fix its cash flow.

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Everett Schools bond asks to replace elementaries, upgrade high schools

Everett School District officials hope the third time will prove a charm in their attempt to pass a capital bond.

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One man’s journey into recovery

Sitting in the back of a police cruiser, 33-year-old Joshua Johnson is open to talking about the life he sees ahead and why he just graduated from the Snohomish County Jail’s Diversion Center.

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Snohomish Chalet to close

Center caring for people with brain injuries is only one in this state

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Incidents leave Chain Lake parents wanting answers

Student safety concerns at Chain Lake Elementary prompted an all-parent meeting last week where people aired grievances about classtime disruptions, bullying and other conflicts.

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Method to select Avenue D committee members debated

Executive control and privacy issues related to public exposure of task force applicants was the theme

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New face at Animal Shelter looks to excite, inspire people

Though you may not be familiar with Lindsay Roe quite yet, you may remember her window-washing friend Bo.

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Monroe Schools appoints new superintendent

Preferring to stay the course for how the district is working, the school board last week appointed Justin Blasko to be the next superintendent.

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Snohomish school bond failure puts district back to drawing board

The $470 million bond that would have paid to replace six elementary schools, and make improvements to transportation and safety for schools, is failing to gain the supermajority needed to pass.

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Recent tennis event injected $4 million into local area

Area leaders are elated that the prominent tennis event at Angel of the Winds Arena Feb. 7 and 8 rained an estimated $4 million into Snohomish County.

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NEWS BITES FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Parking meters suggested

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Residents may see recycling surcharge in bills

In Snohomish and Monroe, recycling pickup in the city will cost more if rate adjustment requests from Republic Services are granted.

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Man cuffed for Glacier Peak High School bomb threat, child porn

A 22-year-old Everett man is in custody for child pornography crimes that were revealed after an investigation of an anonymous bomb threat at Glacier Peak High School that occurred in mid-November.

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Aspiring youth meet, and practice with, visiting tennis stars

Local kids got the opportunity to meet and play tennis with professional players and members of the University of Washington team

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Staeheli faces murder charges in King County

Jeremy Tod Staeheli, suspected in the fatal shooting of a Snohomish homeless man, was extradited to Washington State and is in King County jail awaiting arraignment for second degree murder.

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Council selects Emma Yule for honorary park name

A leading woman of the city’s past will be recognized at last, city leaders said when naming Everett’s newest park.

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Thumbnail Theater gets new paint, carpeting, seats

That memory of wiggling and shifting positions on hard, cold wood is a thing of the past, but new memories will form from their cozy replacements.

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Swedish workers await word on resumed talks

Negotiations following the end to a three-day walkout are not yet scheduled between Swedish and its union workers, after both sides reached a halt in marathon talks during the holiday season.