SNOHOMISH — A majority of City Council members voiced that fireworks use should be banned within city limits, giving burn risks and jarring noise among reasons why during a workshop last week. The council anticipates returning to the topic in 2025 after finishing off its budget deliberations and comprehensive plan decisions this fall and winter.
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.
New Snohomish mural
A letter to the editor in the Aug. 28 Tribune about the end of summer.
MONROE — Lynnwood Police last week made two arrests of associates with the Monroe woman accused of masterminding a gift card fraud scheme.
A letter to the editor in the Aug. 28 Tribune telling Snohomish to reverse its adoption of utility hookup connection fees for new detached ADUs.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Light rail service begins from the Lynnwood Transit Center on Friday, Aug. 30 as its new northernmost terminus, which will open a connection that runs as far south as beyond Sea-Tac Airport.
EVERETT — More than $100,000 has been donated into the Everett mayoral election that looms in 2025.
SNOHOMISH -- Fixed-income seniors who thought they had permanent affordable housing aren't sure what to do now with rent increases from an affordable housing organization. Social Security hasn't kept up with need. Details on what the costs are to live today, and how fixed-income seniors are finding themselves struggling.
Resources and community programs on how to get help with the cost of buying school supplies
SNOHOMISH -- Kim Knor, a champion on a quest to do 1,000 skydives, stopped by Snohomish and jumped out of a perfectly good airplane — twice.
EVERETT — An Everett Chamber of Commerce focused within the city would begin operating next year under a plan to give seed money to get it going.
Roller derbiers from the Strawberry City Roller Derby Club of Marysville and the Tilted Thunder Rail Birds of Seattle took on mock personas to form teams called the Sugar Rush and The Cybugs for a “Wreck-It Ralph” movie-themed fundraiser game Saturday, Aug. 17 on the floor of Everett Community College’s gym. The Sugar Rush are in pink, and Cybugs in black. The games had obstacles and power-ups like a video game. The Tilted Thunder will have games in Monroe Dec. 16 and in Everett Dec. 30 this year. Strawberry City is hosting a boot camp for new skaters to learn roller derby starting Sept. 9 at Mondays and Thursdays at the Marysville Skate Center. See its website www.strawberrycityrollerderby.com for details on that.
Tribune News Bites for Aug. 21, 2024
Snohomish Aquatic Center prices to rise in September
EVERETT — City leaders are now asking for public input on what to do to solve a $12.6 million deficit gap for the 2025 budget after a property tax hike floundered at the ballots.
EVERETT — Located across the street from Angel of the Winds Arena in downtown Everett, workers at a mushroom farm are harvesting a bounty year-round.
SNOHOMISH — Five Snohomish High School students have returned from a music trip that took them to perform across several European nations.
MONROE — A Monroe fraudster who Lynnwood Police detectives allege masterminded a complex gift card fraud scheme now is in court.
The Providence Comprehensive Breast Center at Providence’s Pacific Avenue campus recently released a free, personalized cancer screening and early detection system, called Prevention4Me.
