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Nonprofit ensures no dog suffers

Beck’s Place helps pet owners while they attend to personal needs

Fire risk season is earlier than usual: It’s now

A ban on outdoor burning set June 9 across Snohomish County

Food banks bothered by perception in Fred Meyer fundraiser

The messaging in a grocer’s campaign to fight hunger is frustrating the directors of several area food banks.

Clearview religious center OK’d with conditions

A 5.5-acre State Street site may be used as a religious center, subject to constraints.

Monroe hospital’s healing garden to be an oasis for patients

“This is a beautiful spot,” Martha Dankers says while surveying the space for a rejuvenated garden. “It gets just enough light.”

Everett Library's two branches expand their hours

The city’s two public libraries are extending their hours starting this week as they climb back toward pre-pandemic service levels.

“Drug area zones” update reveals Everett hotspots mostly remain the same

The city’s nine current SODAs — stay out of drug areas — will remain unchanged until 2021.

Financial literacy school classes get boost, could soon be taught at younger age levels

Jakob Diepenbrock knows the importance of financial literacy.

Snohomish's Community Kitchen program endures

The aroma of chicken casserole wafts through construction odors on a Monday afternoon at St. John’s Episcopal Church

Two teams of innovative Valley View Middle School students excel in NASA challenge

They didn’t reach space, but two eighth grade teams from Valley View Middle School just completed NASA challenges that could ease future life on Earth.

Two parties want Kimberly-Clark site, which is due for deeper cleanup

The former Kimberly-Clark mill site has at least two suitors in a bidding war to turn the approximately 67-acre waterfront parcel into maritime use.

Repairing Blackman Lake: The next steps to try to curb lake’s decline

The city hired Herrera this fall to begin monitoring blue-green algae blooms (cyanobacteria) in the lake and recommend ways to manage the toxic flora. This December 2022 story discusses how it is being done.

Highway 9 widening coming next year

SNOHOMISH — A project to relieve congestion at a choke point on state Route 9 near Snohomish is slated to begin in early 2025.

Cities lay out their priority lists for this year

Housing and economic development rank high on the 2020 priority lists for Snohomish, Monroe and Everett.

Echo Lake residents bolster their emergency safety

The Big One is coming, and Wayne Connell, for one, wants to be ready.

Fireworks ban for unincorporated county under discussion

Public hearing set for July 24 at 1 p.m.