School districts are still working out whether to shrink from six feet to three feet
MONROE — A statewide insurance pool that insures abut 160 cities, fire districts, and 911 centers had paid more than $275,000 so far to the attorneys defending Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue in a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by eight unvaccinated firefighters. The case initiated in 2022 has gone through U.S. District Court and the decision is now being appealed to the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
School boards and other government boards have limited authority for setting a closed-door session where the public can't attend.
If the City Council agrees to put in place a temporary tax waiver on new multimillion-dollar residential buildings in the city’s Midtown District along Avenue D
Pharm A Save Monroe, by how the public knows it, ceased this week when it transferred its prescription files to Rite Aid.
Public defenders need to be juggling fewer cases per year, says the state’s bar association. The state court system is considering it. It could frame up a conflict of priorities, though. Indigent defense is taxpayer-paid out of local government budgets, and they’re already strapped.
A $7.4 million state Legislature earmark is being proposed for a much better ballpark in Everett to retain the AquaSox minor league team
Stories of the lives of the four men who died in the Snohomish plane crash Friday, Nov. 18 are starting to emerge.
The City Council authorized a $500,000 payout to settle a long-drawn-out federal lawsuit over the city’s “bikini barista” rulebook
EVERETT — Everett's property tax levy ballot measure will be on August ballots. The city asks to increase the cap it can charge for its property tax levy.
A letter from The Tulalip Tribe opposing the Port's Proposition 1 boundary and tax district expansion has now received a responding statement from the Port.
When 350-plus runners take off at Lake Tye Park on Sunday, Oct. 3, the broader community is who benefits.
EVERETT -- A petition circulating to raise Everett’s minimum wage
MONROE -- Monroe Schools looks to create a policy to limit devices in classtime. The School Board is discussing the nuances of the issue.
COVID-19 case counts have been slowly creeping up since July
Arraignment scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 19
The kind gentleman at Weed’s Variety, the little shop with nearly everything, enjoyed his lifelong community and friends.
The city will bump up its sales tax rate as part of a goal to foster more affordable housing in town.
SNOHOMISH — A majority of City Council members voiced that fireworks use should be banned within city limits, giving burn risks and jarring noise among reasons why during a workshop last week. The council anticipates returning to the topic in 2025 after finishing off its budget deliberations and comprehensive plan decisions this fall and winter.
OLYMPIA — The state Legislature Saturday approved a bipartisan, $15.5 billion transportation plan that in part increases the state gas tax for the first time since 2016. The state tax on regular gas will rise from $0.494 per gallon now to $0.554 on July 1. It codifies a 2% annual gas tax increase from summer 2026 onward. Diesel gas tax will rise by 3 cents per gallon July 1, and another 3 cents in summer 2027, then have 2% increases every year from 2028 onward.