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Inequities may worsen if Farm Bill alters SNAP

FOOD INSECURITY

A letter on SNAP and food insecurity.

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Expertly crafted fixtures for county parks

An unusual collaboration is providing new gathering spaces in Snohomish County’s parks.

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Port secures deal to acquire former Kimberly-Clark mill site

Land negotiations for the former Kimberly-Clark mill site on the waterfront will now be exclusively with the Port of Everett, which has stifled a competing bidder by arranging a purchase and sale agreement for the site.

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Young students may have option to attend school inside classrooms in near future

The Snohomish Health District released an update Thursday, Sept. 10 stating that elementary students could possibly be back in classrooms by the end of the month.

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Move out day soon for low-income Pilchuck Ridge renters

Moving day is coming for many Pilchuck Ridge apartment dwellers.

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Program gives homeless men after-care away from hospital

It’s a place where homeless men can mend from serious medical issues. Providence Regional Medical Center Everett and the Everett Gospel Mission men’s shelter have recently partnered to launch a 12-bed

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Snohomish's Avenue A Gazebo replacement may come soon

A local businessowner generously willing to rehabilitate the Avenue A Gazebo is still up for it

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Monroe's food bank garden fundraising for a shed

The friends who tend the Julia V. Morris food bank garden need a shed.

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New Averill Field playground expected to be in place soonThe designs of plaques honoring Earl Averill and Hal Moe, two figures of Snohomish’s history.

The cost of signage, including bronze plaques honoring Earl Averill, Hal Moe and the Kiwanis service group that funded the new playground at Averill Field, at Third and Pine, raised a couple of eyebrows at council last week.

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New chainsaw carving in Snohomish honors Riverview

SNOHOMISH — A big eagle from a local carver honors Riverview Elementary school nearby.

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Many reasons to vote yes on Monroe Prop. 1

CITY OF MONROE PROPOSITION 1

A letter on Monroe Proposition 1 on November ballots.

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Everett Transit wants all-electric bus fleet, and it’s on its way to doing so

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen thinks the Northwest can lead in exchanging gasoline buses for electrics.

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Snohomish utility bill increases criticized as burdensome

Snohomish utility bill increases criticized as burdensome

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Monroe Council wants to re-assess parking downtown

The City Council wants to take a new comprehensive look on downtown parking.

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Public hearings in July include new sales tax measure

The Snohomish County Council will hold a public hearing of a proposition for the ballot for a new countywide sales and use tax of 0.2% to be used for public safety, health and criminal justice on Wednesday, July 10 at 10:30 a.m. on the 8th floor of the Robert J. Drewel Building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.

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Blackman Lake phosphorous controls proposed on developments

SNOHOMISH — A proposal to protect the Blackman Lake watershed would place new requirements on development in the immediate area of the lake

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City surplus plan turns PD station into housing, riverside public works shop to public civic space

There are plans to sell off some city properties as surplus in coming years, and the City Hall on Union Avenue today might just be on the list depending on what City Council thinks.

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NEWS BITES for August 26, 2020

Snohomish Chalet site proposed to be redeveloped into housing

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

Webbly needs better stomping grounds.