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Healthcare workers picket in Monroe over insurance benefits

Service Employees International Union 1199NW held a demonstration with a picket line

SPECIAL: The longest-living Snohomish High Panthers today

Profiles of the longest-living Snohomish High School graduates alive in 2023.

Planned shelter at Hope Church Everett site dead

The county won't be buying Hope Covenant Church on Rucker Avenue

Snohomish student working to fight childhood hunger

Hasini is one of 100 young leaders across the country awarded Sodexo grants to organize projects to help end childhood hunger.

Local governments acting as state drug possession law to end

A countywide drug possession and use law being introduced to the County Council this week

Forest Park pool’s future to be studied

The city of Everett is considering what to do with the long-closed Forest Park pool.

Monroe asking residents how it should grow

The city is having the public help plot out how and where Monroe should grow over the next 20 years.

Site of future Snohomish fire station on Pine Avenue identified

Fire District 4's future fire station will be on Pine Avenue between Third and Fourth streets

Snohomish Fire board declines to consider joining with South County Fire

Snohomish Fire District 4’s board last week formally declined an overture from South County Fire to initiate partner talks.

Bill mandating denser housing zoning passes Legislature

A slimmed version of a bill to allow more duplexes or fourplexes in cities across Washington is on its way to becoming law.

Backlash has county pause on mid-Everett homeless shelter

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

Everett to pay $500k to settle bikini baristas lawsuit

The City Council authorized a $500,000 payout to settle a long-drawn-out federal lawsuit over the city’s “bikini barista” rulebook

Many who work in Snohomish can’t live here due to cost

Affordable housing has the potential to alleviate problems with housing costs, homelessness and commuting.

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

Blackman Lake early test results suggest lakebed fueling algae

The effort to identify what's degrading Blackman Lake is making headway.

Snohomish Fire asking for levy restoration

Fire District 4 will be asking voters this August to restore its levy rate to $1.50 per $1,000 in assessed property tax value.

Everett School District may cut 140 jobs due to budget hole

Everett Schools is facing a projected $27.9 million budget shortfall for next school year.

Next Monroe Schools superintendent’s salary is $273,000

Incoming school superintendent Shawn Woodward is eager to start July 1.