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Casino Road residents worry of displacement in zoning plan, want community preserved

EVERETT — The thousands of people that make up the Casino Road community today are worried of being pushed out. A light rail station is coming to the area within 10 years, and developers have noticed. The city’s “Everett 2044” plan is online at www.everettwa.gov/2044 The website has all of the documents. There is also a map tool to compare today’s zones to the ones proposed in the zoning plan. The briefing May 21 will be at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council chambers, 3002 Wetmore Ave. The hearing is scheduled for June 11 and final vote June 18 at the City Council.

EvCC again closing Early Learning Center

Last time, a last-minute funding injection saved it

EVERETT — For the second time in four years, advocates are fighting the pending closure of the Early Learning Center at Everett Community College. Opponents of the decision have scheduled a 4 p.m. community rally at the center on June 25 as they seek a way to again save it from the chopping block.

Widely hailed urban mushroom farm at precipice of closure

EVERETT — The urban farm Black Forest Mushrooms is staring down closure without a last-minute government bailout.

Countywide wetlands update containing contested amendment approved 3-2

The Snohomish County Council last week approved a Critical Areas Regulations bill that embeds Councilman Jared Mead’s contested Amendment 3.

Local farmers markets expand and innovate for 2025 season

As warmer weather returns, the region’s popular farmers markets are returning for their 2025 seasons. Two confirmed they have an expanded vendor lineup.

Volunteers clean up Machias Cemetery

MACHIAS — More than 40 members of Snohomish’s VFW Post 921 and helpers from the Snohomish Home Depot store conducted a day of service May 15 at the Machias Community Cemetery.

CVS Pharmacy to take over “many” Rite Aid, Bartell Drugs store sites in Pacific Northwest

Drugstore chain CVS will take over “many” Rite Aid and Bartell stores in the Pacific Northwest after a deal was worked out, the Rite Aid company announced May 15. Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy May 5.

Families come for day at Paine Field

Coverage from Paine Field Day May 17

City seeks folks for First Street board

The city of Snohomish is looking for committee members for the First Street Master Plan.

No cigarette tax increase this year, flavored vape ban fails in legislature in Washington state

A coalition’s push to put a statewide ban on all flavored tobacco, including menthols, a ban on all flavored vapes and increase the cigarette tax by $2 per pack faltered this year in two tries.

Indonesian American woman’s life memoir includes little-known World War II history

In 1961, members of a Snohomish church sponsored her return to the U.S. This Saturday, her story will be shared.

SNOHOMISH -- A deeply personal account of a little-known chapter of wartime history, one that grandson Brian Kimmel has worked for years to preserve and expand. On Saturday, May 17, the Snohomish United Methodist Church—the same church that sponsored Lohn’s return immigration to the U.S. in 1961—is hosting a book launch.

Annual Sky Valley motorcycle show May 18 to be in Granite Falls

The annual motorcycle show on the third Sunday of May will line Granite Falls’ streets, not Snohomish’s. The show will be Sunday, May 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Stanley Street. Why was there a venue change?

Mayor Franklin affirms Everett Transit merger into Community Transit not on table - updated

EVERETT — Mayor Cassie Franklin made a statement last week giving the city's stance that it doesn’t plan to act on merging Everett Transit into Community Transit at this time.

Edgewater Bridge replacement slipping to spring 2026 due to complications

EVERETT — Replacing the Edgewater Bridge between Everett and Mukilteo will slip into early next year, the city recently announced. The delays were due to unexpected complications earlier this year while setting up the platform where equipment could be positioned to deconstruct the old bridge and build the new one, city engineer Tom Hood explained to the City Council last week.

Children taught “Aloha” as way for think with kindness

For Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell, the author of “Let’s Live Aloha,” aloha is more than a word but a way of life. Children taught “Aloha” as way for think with kindness.

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