MONROE — The Monroe Municipal Court is utilizing a program called Domestic Violence Moral Reconation Therapy (DV-MRT) to help convicted offenders in domestic violence cases. The program, used in 51 Washington courts across 12 counties, had seven graduates from Monroe in 2024. Research shows successful completion of DV-MRT lowers reconviction rates and offers a low-cost treatment option for domestic violence offenders.
Letters published in the Tribune from 2023 and 2022, in full
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%.
The PUD has begun deploying the first of 403,000 latest-generation electric meters, which give people an instant glimpse of power usage and the utility instant alerts of outages
A 5-1 City Council vote last week to formally condemn the Waits Motel now leaves the site with few ways to avoid being repurposed.
Says mold in Madison Elementary forced her home sick but requests for accommodations were denied
After neighborhood backlash, county leaders retracted on possibly buying the Hope Covenant Church
A program to let families with children sleep in their car overnight in St. Vincent de Paul's
Mayor Cassie Franklin last week vetoed the council's mandate that the city use a Project Labor Agreement
A seat up for election on the PUD’s board to represent Snohomish, Monroe, Lake Stevens and much of east county has three contenders.
When the Mukilteo Everett Pickleball Club formed in 2020
Jakob Diepenbrock knows the importance of financial literacy.
Remember When Antiques Mall, one of Snohomish’s five oldest antique shops, is closing in the coming weeks due to circumstances beyond its control.
MONROE — The amazing world of a maker of huge items, largely from a one-person shop
Down a long wooded lane, visitors will find to their delight imps and monsters frolicking and nestling together on the walls of Justin Hillgrove’s studio.
They didn’t reach space, but two eighth grade teams from Valley View Middle School just completed NASA challenges that could ease future life on Earth.
It starts with the feet, but circles around the flow.
At a City Council budget workshop last week, a draft of the council’s goals was proposed and selected by council members to be finalized at a future meeting.
Snohomish council issues statement, has plans for town hall
