SNOHOMISH — A thick American Elm maybe five stories high uprooted and crashed down onto one of the historic homes along Avenue B around midnight during last Tuesday’s heavy windstorm.
SNOHOMISH — After hearing watershed concerns, the City Council wants to take a closer look at the plan for Homestead Park, on the city’s west side, before agreeing to hire a designer to refine the concept.
SNOHOMISH — This month Snohomish County Fire District #4 received two new pieces of safety equipment: the StormStick and an oxygen cylinder lift. One is to reduce the risks of carcinogen contamination and the other to reduce injury to firefighters.
EVERETT — A free, weekly health care clinic that opened on Casino Road is being called the first time “low-income adults in South Everett who lack health insurance will have access to primary care at no cost,” say organizers Connect Casino Road.
9-year-old Max Soterakopoulos of Everett won the U.S. Kids Oregon State Invitational. The two-day tournament, hosted at Langdon Farms Golf Course on Nov. 16 and 17, was a tough event during the wind, rain, and cold.
Everett Silvertips update
SNOHOMISH — While it may not have been one of the largest of fires in the Snohomish’s history, The 1956 Rabenstein gas station fire tends to be one of the most remembered by those who were here at the time.
Caseloads at the county haven’t kept up with the growing population, and cases are getting denser and more complex. Meanwhile, the recategorization of drugs and drug possession as a gross misdemeanor has driven an estimated 90% of this caseload increase in Everett for Everett prosecutors.
MONROE — The nonprofit that runs youth quarter midget racing at the Evergreen State Fair Park fears it will get shut out of running on its longtime track.
County Executive Dave Somers’ proposal to raise the county property tax rate by 8%, which would pencil to about a $15 increase to a $600,000 home according to the county finance office, has generated two separate countermeasures from the County Council ratcheting the rate down. Council Vice President Nate Nehring proposes taking no increase, and making multiple budget cuts to offset not having as much revenue come in. Nehring said the public doesn’t have an appetite for more taxes. Council President Jared Mead proposed a middle ground of 4%.
Community Transit makes changes to hours of service on Thanksgiving Day and the day after.
SNOHOMISH — There’s no quick fix for the pothole covered by a steel plate on the Bickford Bridge over state Route 9.
Districts volleyball action against Mount Si. The Glacier Peak Grizzlies had a 3-0 win.
Snohomish will have a USL2 League team which will start playing in 2025.
EVERETT -- Profile story on Janice Greene.
A crush of Monroe Bearcat defenders get onto Bellarmine Lions junior Elias Givins during a critical game Saturday, Nov. 9 at Monroe’s home field to decide which team advances to state. The Lions came to play, and their 35-41 loss was closer than this photo would indicate.
Shorecrest Scots senior Bria Metcalf-Lindenburger (left) and sophomore Olivia Taylor swarm Snohomish High’s goalkeeper senior Caitlyn Gustatson during the 3A Districts game at Snohomish High on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The Scots had a smooth 2 - 0 win to advance in Districts.
MUKILTEO — On Aug. 18, the crew from the Suquamish ferry on the Mukilteo-Clinton route rescued a woman stranded in the water near the Boeing Pier. Those involved were recently honored with Life Rings.
Bell Canada, the telecom arm of Canadian conglomerate BCE, plans to buy Washington-based Ziply Fiber, the two companies announced Nov. 4.
Boeing assemblers began returning to work late last week after ratifying a new four-year contract in a vote Monday, Nov. 4.
