Backyard poultry keepers have been on alert of a new wave of avian flu, and are calling on people to lock up their flocks.
EVERETT -- Two efforts to increase the minimum wage are afoot.
On May 1, the City Council will consider allowing a property tax break to the Riverfront Development project if affordable housing is built at the new portion currently under development.
There are plans for a roundabout on state Route 9 where it meets the intersection at Avenue D.
A decision over what to name the public park adjacent to the new Everett Y on Colby Avenue is expected Jan. 29 by the City Council, but it could be a tough call.
Janelle Drews thinks it will be a banner year for the Monroe Farmers Market.
The Albertsons and Kroger mega-merger of grocery store chains is dead.
EVERETT — The Everett public library system will be open fewer days and fewer hours starting Dec. 1, and be providing fewer general services, its director outlined at City Council.
Whooping cough is rising in Snohomish County
A 4-3 vote by the City Council last week put an end to talks of offering developers a tax waiver that intended to jointly encourage development and affordable housing in the Midtown District up Avenue D.
EVERETT — Everett Transit’s plan to dispense with nine of its electric buses isn’t part of a paradigm shift for the agency, its director said last week. It has 14 more electrics arriving over the next few months to keep half its fleet electric. The past few months, though, it has been ordering reconditioned diesels as part of its fleet turnover.
The City Council voted unanimously last week to give themselves a little more time to decide whether to spend $1.15 million for two consulting firms to work toward what would be the long-term public stadium of the AquaSox minor league team.
A special style of court to rebuild the lives of people charged with low-level crimes is being sought by legal professionals within Snohomish County.
MONROE — SharinaBean’s on Main is hunting for a new spot. The coffeehouse at 103 W. Main St. announced it will be closing Saturday, April 19 as its lease isn’t being renewed. It has been here 8½ years. The building was purchased. McCrain said she sensed from conversations early on that her shop wasn’t part of the plan for the building’s future.
The Monroe School Board on Thursday selected Marci Larsen
One of the city’s solutions for the residential street of Terrace Avenue is making it a “shared road” where oncoming cars have to pull over behind bikes and pedestrians.
Sixty-four people, if not more, died in Snohomish County without shelter during the past 12 months.
Voters last week did not pass an education levy renewal asked by Monroe Schools, as the measure was rejected by about 500 votes.
MONROE — A shakeup is happening in the 12th Legislative District after Sen. Brad Hawkins opted to not run for re-election.
The city’s in the running to win a national small-town contest that would award a cool $25,000.
