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Challenge to Port’s ballot measure dismissed

Challenge to Port’s ballot measure dismissed

Repeat vandal to Snohomish Zion Lutheran Church caught

Repeat vandal to Snohomish Zion Lutheran Church caught

Backlash has county pause on mid-Everett homeless shelter

After neighborhood backlash, county leaders retracted on possibly buying the Hope Covenant Church

Snohomish school board mixed on proposal about sixth graders

The school board has scattered opinions on whether moving sixth grade up to middle school starting in fall 2025 is right, and whether this is the right move right now.

Everett council adjusts final budget to fund senior center, cut elsewhere

Not everyone will get what they want in the city’s $651 million budget for next year.

Equestrians feel sidelined in newest Lord Hill Park plan

The recently released final plan for Lord Hill Regional Park, the large recreational woodland between Snohomish and Monroe, again tweaks the trail system and reverses decisions.

Officer Dan Rocha may get road name honoring his life

Police Officer Dan Rocha, who died in the line of duty in March 2022, is poised to have a street section named for him near Everett Community College.

Plaque for Supt. Mester placed at Aquatic Center

The new small rock arrangement and plaque honoring former Superintendent Bill Mester at the Snohomish Aquatic Center is something even he may have been too bashful to allow

County selling 144 acres beside Glacier Peak HS to developer

The county is selling 144 wooded acres off of Cathcart Way to a division of national housing developer D.R. Horton

County budget includes 2.5% property tax jump

Snohomish County’s $1.2 billion budget for next year includes money to equip all sheriff’s deputies with body cameras,

Everett utility rates to increase due to escalating costs of business

The city’s utility system is asking the City Council to authorize 5% utility bill increases

Proposed statewide change to ban new gas cars from sale in 2035 taking comments

A formal proposal would ban the sale of new gas-powered and gas-electric hybrid vehicles by 2035 statewide.

Latest county jail death may be tied to drug smuggling by inmates

County jail staff found an inmate unresponsive in his cell Wednesday, Oct. 26, and attempts to resuscitate the Everett man were unsuccessful.

Monte Cristo Awards, for Everett’s finest homes, revived through Stonecipher’s allocation

The Monte Cristo Awards are expected to be back for 2024 and the short term future.

Lynn Schilaty resigns from Snohomish council as her family is moving

Longtime City Councilwoman Lynn Schilaty is leaving her position earlier than anticipated.

Monroe has one City Council race, plus school board contests

There’s one race on the City Council as incumbent Councilman Ed Davis is being challenged by Delma Silva, a city planning commission member.

State to pay $3.25 million over Monroe inmate’s death

The state will pay a $3.25 million wrongful death settlement to the family of a Monroe Corrections Complex prisoner who died from an uncared-for abdominal wound.

Fate of King Charley’s burger spot up in air

King Charley’s, the striped purple-and-gold hamburger stand off of Highway 9, is “closed indefinitely,” a reliable source in contact with the family said to the Tribune.

Looking to reach the Paralympics

When he puts on his goggles, the world slows down.

Appeal against Cathcart multi-townhome development continued to Oct. 12 as arguments heard at County Council

The land-use appeal crying foul to how officials approved 286 townhomes at state Route 9 and Cathcart Way, which is being heard by the County Council, may see a decision this week.