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Monroe mayor’s no-frills 2021 budget has no property tax increase

Mayor Geoffrey Thomas’s budget largely sticks with what’s working to enter 2021 on stable footing.

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Tribune NEWS BITES for June 9, 2021

Carnegie restoration wins state award

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County pursuing its own sales tax for affordable housing

Snohomish County’s government leaders are proposing to collect a special countywide 0.1% sales tax for affordable housing

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Public monitoring cameras coming to Everett

EVERETT — Over 70 cameras will be installed in Everett public parks and streets. In late May, the City Council agreed to a contract with Flock Safety to use A.I. equipment for monitoring.

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Family in Lake Roesiger loses home to tree

SNOHOMISH — Nobody was inside when the trees crashed, but now a young Lake Roesiger-area family is left seeking a new home.

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Snohomish city utility bills to rise by about 12.5% in proposed ‘25 rates

SNOHOMISH -- Snohomish city utility bills to rise by about 12.5% in proposed ‘25 rates, public hearing Sept. 17

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Proposal to place Snohomish sixth graders in middle schools gets mixed views

The school district’s proposal to move sixth graders from elementary school to middle school in 2025 is creating vigorous conversation among parents of elementary-age children.

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Outrage in Snohomish over situation, leadership response to May 31 events

As the evening progressed Sunday, May 31, the crowd shifted on First Street. A few bore Confederate flags.

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Boeing’s final 747 marks end of a grand era

On a crisp, cool night, 747 No. 1,547 rolled out of the factory

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Tattoo artist who fled Ukraine finds Snohomish

SNOHOMISH — Tucked in an Avenue D strip mall sits Stray Cat Tattoo, and in this studio Viktoriia Veprentsova has found a haven for her art after fleeing the war in Ukraine. Veprentsova is a 21-year-old tattoo artist who made waves throughout Europe with her work.

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Lawsuit over ex-cop’s child sex abuse says state worker negligent for not reporting it

In 2015, Martinez was convicted to 14 months in prison for having pictures of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

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Blackman Lake early test results suggest lakebed fueling algae

The effort to identify what's degrading Blackman Lake is making headway.

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County using its pandemic cash to add 360 new child care slots

County Executive Dave Somers announced Thursday that the county is spreading $7.6 million to six organizations

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Everett Fire finds internal fraud by ex-employee

A former city fire inspector defrauded the city of $12,700 by falsifying time card reports, but was allowed to hand the money back and resign at the advice of legal counsel.

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Update: State drug possession law developing, latest version removes"personal use" provision which Monroe leaders didn't want

The state Senate on Thursday passed a bill 28-20 to reinstate criminal penalties for possession of drugs.

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Fentanyl is being added to other drugs more often

Even drug users who'd never want to touch Fentanyl are being blindsided that somebody blended it in

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Larry Countryman, an artist and politician, dies

"He was a very talented artist. If you look at his comics, it was a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor,"

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Snohomish dog wins at Westminster, as luck may have it

Like Charlie Bucket in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” a golden ticket fulfilled Sarah Evans’ dream.

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City, county to look for sites for new stadium in Everett

Webbly needs better stomping grounds.