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Monroe arts group seeks volunteers to prepare, refurbish chairs

Volunteer opportunity

MONROE ­— The Wagner Performing Arts Center is getting a lot of love from the all-volunteer Monroe Arts Council nonprofit and an army of community volunteers. Together, they are making the Wagner beautiful again — one seat at a time. A volunteer opportunity is March 22.

Glacier Peak boys take third in State basketball tournament, GP girls fifth

Glacier Peak boys take third in State basketball tournament, GP girls fifth

Glacier Peak boys take third in State basketball tournament, GP girls fifth

Glacier Peak boys take third in State basketball tournament, GP girls fifth

Franklin’s State of City March 27

EVERETT — Mayor Cassie Franklin will deliver her annual State of the City address Thursday, March 27.

2025 MLK Prodigies for Peace winners

2025 MLK Prodigies for Peace winners

Everett homeless resource Hope ‘N Wellness may have host space

EVERETT — It’s possible the resource center Hope ‘N Wellness will be granted use of a space at the Catholic Church north of downtown’s core. Relocating would ease City Hall’s pressure on it to move.

County’s future public mountain bike park could be built either near Granite Falls or Monroe

The Snohomish County Parks and Recreation Department identified O’Reilly Acres near Granite Falls and Three Lakes Hill north of Monroe as two site options for the county’s potential future mountain bike parks, it announced early last week.

First Everett City Council race emerges

EVERETT -- A race for Council District 2 has opened up.

Monroe Improv group invites all to try

MONROE — On Wednesday nights in the Wagner Performing Arts Center at 639 W. Main St., the community theatre group Sky Performing Arts (SPA)’s Improv Team, currently a handful of members, sharpen their acting skills using quick-witted replies and on-the-spot thinking.

Popular Everett spot Hunan Palace says it won’t reopen

EVERETT — The lingering complications of a kitchen fire appear to have permanently closed Hunan Palace.

Frontier Airlines is coming to Paine Field

EVERETT -- Frontier Airlines is coming to Paine Field. The low-cost airline announced a schedule of flights starting June 2 serving Denver, Phoenix and Las Vegas three times a week.

After tax bills hit farms that branched into being venues, lawmakers intervene

SNOHOMISH — A wedding at a farm can be the perfect backdrop, but those farms that converted their barns into regularly booked wedding spaces or other uses got put on the back foot this summer. The barn’s not agricultural anymore, so the land around it is not allowed to be given a special lowered property tax rate named Open Space. The tax fee for changing the land use out of Open Space is seven years of back taxes plus a 20% penalty. At least a handful of farms in the Snohomish River Valley received sizable tax bills last summer. Local lawmakers noticed. They have a new bill to clarify the rules, and the county assessor is on board.

Election for Monroe mayor to succeed Thomas shaping up between Fulcher, Cudaback

MONROE — A race to succeed long-serving Mayor Geoffrey Thomas has begun as City Councilwoman Heather Fulcher and former City Councilwoman Patsy Cudaback have organized campaigns.

Recovery to recreation: ElderPlace PACE program in Everett attends to needs without nursing home

Providence ElderPlace PACE in Everett is the only Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in Snohomish County, a federal elder care program that serves people age 55 and older, and it is making important strides in helping with health and recovery.