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Public fireworks shows, Fourth of July concert events are back for Everett and Snohomish County

Fireworks shows and concerts are back to let this Fourth of July ring.

Day trips to Jetty Island set to start July 5

The chance to explore the nature preserve of Jetty Island is happening again after a one-year hiatus.

What can you do if you owe months of rent?

Gov. Inslee extends the clock on evictions, sets rules barring them

Monroe conducting large public survey that will shape future policy

The city wants your opinion to help it make decisions that could eventually affect the whole town.

Snohomish school board hears parents opposed to vaccines, critical race theory

The Snohomish School Board meeting held on June 9 was a roller coaster of emotion.

Hosts sought to give homeless teens lodging for Cocoon House Connections program

The Connections Host Home Program is an effort launched by Cocoon House to keep teens in their communities through volunteer hosting families in their area.

City wants part of Avenue D land as way to help bring housing

No-go for city’s Avenue D land plan as first contemplated

Walsh Hills development taken to court

Attorneys rebut that planners followed code in Snohomish Walsh Hills land-use lawsuit

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.

Monroe seeks to hush train horns through these steps

City Hall’s interest in silencing train horns while passing through will require some diligence.

Everett school to host two-dose vaccination clinics for ages 12 and up

Everett Public Schools will host an onsite COVID-19 vaccination clinic

Snohomish mayor’s salary re-opened for discussion

Mayor John Kartak’s printed commentary where he opined on the mayor’s salary being $18,000 a year sparked City Council interest last week on how to approach altering it

Call to relocate Everett Planned Parenthood opponents can’t be done

A national conservative law firm says its intervention caused the city to pull down barriers in front of the Everett Planned Parenthood. The city says it already planned to take down the barriers.

County motorboat chats are on boat use, property damage

Flowing Lake is focus of May 27 meeting

City wants part of Avenue D land as way to help bring housing

City leaders want to obtain part of the county’s barren yard on Avenue D and designate it for affordable housing.

Future park at Averill Field being guided by community

The latest mock-up for Averill Field, at Third Street and Pine Avenue, used public input to incorporate a set of compromises for what could be built next year.

COVID-19 trends prompt concern of fourth infection wave

Rising COVID-19 case counts locally, despite mass vaccinations, has officials quivering that Snohomish County will fall down a phase in the state’s reopening plan if a fourth wave of COVID-19 infection cases escalates.

Better earthquake alert system arrives May 4 for Washington state

The ShakeAlert® Earthquake Early Warning system will go live on mobile phones in Washington state

Future Everett commuter rail line at risk of timeline delays

Get your voice heard on Sound Transit’s plans to adjust which Light Link Rail projects it builds next.