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Snohomish plastic bag ban to come to a council vote Feb. 19

If the City Council adopts a plastic bag ban Feb. 19, city shoppers will likely be using reusable totes or paper grocery sacks by this time next year.

Second wave of flu swamps hospitals in Snohomish County

A late season flu outbreak is causing crowding at local hospitals and the infection may not have peaked yet, say local experts.

Cancer care center to open this month at EvergreenMonroe hospital

Soon, many cancer patients won’t need to travel to Kirkland, Everett or Seattle for chemotherapy treatments.

Garbage service bills for Snohomish to increase

Garbage rates are scheduled to inch up April 1, and will rise annually through 2024 under the city’s seven year contract with Republic Services.

Kids always eat, but school lunch debts mount

The Snohomish School District is approaching an unwelcome milestone: $100,000 in unpaid student meals.

Monroe students learn how to quilt, work to be auctioned

The handiwork of Park Place middle schoolers who took on a difficult project will soon be an auction prize.

Snohomish park names decided for some parks

Snohomish's Park and Recreation Board has decided on names for five city parks and will soon send the preferred options to the City Council for consideration.

Blackmans Lake health is focus of Feb. 25 meeting

The fate of Blackmans Lake may unfold like a “choose your own adventure” novel, and it is up to the community to decide which path to take.

Monroe man making fundraiser to erase school lunch debts

There is almost $40,000 in unpaid lunch debts among Monroe students, and almost $100,000 for Snohomish students

Mayor Kartak seeks salary review in speech

The unofficial theme of Mayor John Kartak’s 2019 State of the City speech could be summarized as gratitude.

Cascade High’s cheer team wins entry to national competiton

The Bruin cheerleaders are flying high after winning a bid to nationals during a state championship in December.

Hobbs’ wide-ranging road fix package banks on tax increases

Proposal would accelerate fixes to 522, U.S. 2, Highway 9

County homeless count yields important snapshot

Survey takers found Stan at the Snohomish Library, taking refuge from the wet, 40-degree winter morning. The grizzled military veteran was the first homeless person in town surveyed for Snohomish County’s annual Point in Time count Jan. 23.

Long-vacant Bickford Avenue “train station” for sale

The Snohomish Depot, the building best known for its 19th century British train station design, is on the market.

Deputy George Perillo may be the last career Snohomish cop

After 25 years, a man who’s worn many hats, but all of them in service to the people of Snohomish, is heading to a new post policing the Paine Field Airport.

Homeowner in dispute with Seattle City Light refuses to feel powerless

Sunny Williams never imagined that 27 years after buying her home, a utility company would want to tear down her fence and start charging her an annual fee to use the concrete slab in the backyard.

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