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Campaign finance data gives clues for who’ll be filing in local races

Pretty soon, the county will be in the thick of candidate filing week, which runs from May 5 to 9. State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) records reviewed April 17 give an indicative picture of the local races shaping up for Snohomish, Monroe, Everett and Lake Stevens.

Nurses stretched thin at Providence Everett, call for increased staffing

Nurses are feeling stretched thin by patient loads at Providence Everett

Outrage in Snohomish over situation, leadership response to May 31 events

As the evening progressed Sunday, May 31, the crowd shifted on First Street. A few bore Confederate flags.

Remembering the summer Snohomish sent its band to Europe: The 1968 tour

In the summer of 1968, Snohomish High's band students performed in six foreign countries on a European tour.

Go-kart track in Monroe

Go-kart racing is back in Snohomish County with a small track that recently opened outside Evergreen Speedway.

Snohomish vets memorial should be back to Carnegie by end of May

Snohomish’s veterans memorial should be installed beside the Carnegie Building by the end of May, and a celebration will be held on Memorial Day.

County budget includes 2.5% property tax jump

Snohomish County’s $1.2 billion budget for next year includes money to equip all sheriff’s deputies with body cameras,

Monroe School Superintendent Blasko resigns $396,000 richer

After being on paid administrative leave for more than six months, Monroe School Superintendent Justin Blasko has agreed to resign his position on July 31.

Man gifted car as next step toward rebuilding his life

It was a surprise that should mean a lot.

Everett utility rates to increase due to escalating costs of business

The city’s utility system is asking the City Council to authorize 5% utility bill increases

Everett Historical Commission calls for respect

When the city planning director overruled the all-volunteer historical commission

Snohomish’s finance director may leave for Mukilteo

The city’s finance director may be returning to his old city of Mukilteo if its council there says yes.

Lynn Schilaty resigns from Snohomish council as her family is moving

Longtime City Councilwoman Lynn Schilaty is leaving her position earlier than anticipated.

Next steps on East Monroe site

The landowner of the East Monroe greenspace wanted the city to enter into a letter of intent formalizing the city into purchasing 43 acres of land, but City Council members resisted June 23.

Prison-unit mothball plans by state DOC makes cuts in Monroe

The state prison system is consolidating capacity, including in Monroe

Snohomish’s future city logo, signage unveiled

Snohomish’s future city logo, signage unveiled

Snohomish City Council considers city fireworks ban March 4

SNOHOMISH — The City Council may decide as soon as March 4 whether to make fireworks illegal in town starting as soon as 2026. A public hearing on altering fireworks laws is set for the March 4 council meeting. The council meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the Snohomish Carnegie Building.

Snohomish educator accused of wanting sex with 12-year-old arrested in police sting

SNOHOMISH — A 61-year-old Snohomish man who taught in Woodinville’s Northshore School District for 30 years was arrested in a regional sting on allegations of attempted child rape in the first degree. This is different than the Snohomish School District educator who was arrested in November.

Monroe’s budget invests in parks, streetlights, sewers

MONROE — Mayor Geoffrey Thomas’s $92 million recommended biennial budget continues to build on past momentum, has cash toward Trombley Park on the northside and the future city plaza downtown, funds Flock license plate-reading cameras to quicken solving police investigations, and invests in a big sewer treatment project.