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City wants part of Avenue D land as way to help bring housing

No-go for city’s Avenue D land plan as first contemplated

Snohomish PD’s plans for license plate cameras for crime prevention

SNOHOMISH — City administration last week reaffirmed plans to add Flock-brand license plate reading cameras, which can aid in crime prevention when a car is being sought.

First Street board begins meeting

SNOHOMISH — The inaugural meeting of a city advisory board for planning First Street’s far-out future was last week. The appointed group of business owners and residents will dig into many aspects of the street plan over the next 10 months.

Planned shelter at Hope Church Everett site dead

EVERETT — The county won't be buying Hope Covenant Church on Rucker Avenue to turn into a homeless shelter site in central Everett.

Everett stadium to be downtown near arena, site selection made

EVERETT — Last week, the City Council voted 7-0 to place a future multimillion-dollar stadium near Hewitt and Broadway. The council chose this site over rehabilitating Funko Field to retain the Everett AquaSox minor league baseball team. More planning and more formal funding plans are due to come in January

The former Roosevelt Store to be marijuana retail shop

A marijuana shop is cleared to open soon in the former Roosevelt Store near Roosevelt and Trombley roads.

City, county to look for sites for new stadium in Everett

Webbly needs better stomping grounds.

Decision nears on townhome development proposal near 522 – Paradise Lake Road

A proposed townhome community off of Paradise Lake Road faced a new round of neighborhood opposition last week.

Fentanyl overdoses soaring as trends change

A candelight vigil will be Tuesday, Aug. 31 at County Campus, 3000 Rockefeller Ave.

Providence hospital over-capacity due to COVID

Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, like all hospitals, is grappling with the pressure of higher volumes of hospitalizations caused by the delta variant of COVID-19.

Monroe School Board member Jerry Martin resigns in light of widespread video

School board member Jerry Martin resigned Wednesday after a video showing him not getting involved over his teen's use of derogatory and racial words led to social condemnation.

Mayor Redmon’s Snohomish budget invests in water, sewer lines

SNOHOMISH — Mayor Linda Redmon’s proposed $115.5 million biennial budget includes major replacements of the city’s water and sewer lines, as well as traffic-calming and pedestrian infrastructure.

Port of Everett ponders making its tax district boundary countywide

The Port of Everett desires to expand its district boundaries beyond most of Everett, a bit of Marysville and much of Mukilteo.

Vaccine eligibility expands to all over age 16 soon

Gov. Jay Inslee announced this afternoon that on April 15, COVID-19 vaccines will be made available to every Washingtonian over age 16.

Expert to present area-wide property tax effects ofSnohomish’s proposal to spur development

At the Aug. 16 City Council meeting, the Snohomish County Assessor is expected to show their office’s calculations on the tax impacts for the broader area if council proceeds with a local development tax exemption for the Midtown District

Everett council 4-3 in instituting labor mandate

By a 4-3 council vote, the city will use mandatory project labor agreements on major city projects above $5 million

Four who died in plane crash identified

Stories of the lives of the four men who died in the Snohomish plane crash Friday, Nov. 18 are starting to emerge.

Hearing Examiner re-appointed but has his critics

Concerned residents seeking to oust the county’s current hearing examiner were disappointed their cause did not get traction from elected officials

Public STD clinic to open later this year in Snohomish County

The county's health department plans to begin operating a public clinic for sexually transmitted diseases as soon as this fall.