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Mental health pro selected for Snohomish school board

The school board’s newest member is Sarah Adams.

Snohomish Farmers Market to move again

The weekly Thursday afternoon Snohomish Farmers Market is moving back to Cedar and Pearl as soon as this week.

Periodic mandatory testing for drug residue atcounty-owned homeless shelter facilities proposed

County Councilman Nate Nehring has introduced an ordinance to require annual testing of drug chemicals in county-owned supportive housing facilities.

Food bank in Monroe broken into

The phone call made Matt Campbell’s heart sink.

Everett Station area improvement plan city has proposed by using localized taxes put on pause

The city pulled back its plan to introduce a special assessment tax to fund improvements in the area around Everett Station in part after property owners challenged data suggesting the majority of owners favor the idea.

Everett may formally pursue red light cameras

City officials are asking the City Council to authorize soliciting bids from automated traffic camera companies to have red light cameras in the city

Police shoot murder suspect in Clearview grocery store parking lot

Three law enforcement officers with a King County-based SWAT agency shot a murder suspect as the result of an incident

Challenge to Port’s ballot measure dismissed

Challenge to Port’s ballot measure dismissed

Repeat vandal to Snohomish Zion Lutheran Church caught

Repeat vandal to Snohomish Zion Lutheran Church caught

Boeing to set dedicated line in Everett for largest next-gen 737 MAX 10

Boeing to set dedicated line in Everett for largest next-gen 737 MAX 10

Closed Snohomish fishing dock also to get new decking in fixes

The closed Snohomish fishing dock also to get new decking for its repair work.

Backlash has county pause on mid-Everett homeless shelter

After neighborhood backlash, county leaders retracted on possibly buying the Hope Covenant Church

Snohomish school board mixed on proposal about sixth graders

The school board has scattered opinions on whether moving sixth grade up to middle school starting in fall 2025 is right, and whether this is the right move right now.

Everett council adjusts final budget to fund senior center, cut elsewhere

Not everyone will get what they want in the city’s $651 million budget for next year.

Equestrians feel sidelined in newest Lord Hill Park plan

The recently released final plan for Lord Hill Regional Park, the large recreational woodland between Snohomish and Monroe, again tweaks the trail system and reverses decisions.

Officer Dan Rocha may get road name honoring his life

Police Officer Dan Rocha, who died in the line of duty in March 2022, is poised to have a street section named for him near Everett Community College.

Plaque for Supt. Mester placed at Aquatic Center

The new small rock arrangement and plaque honoring former Superintendent Bill Mester at the Snohomish Aquatic Center is something even he may have been too bashful to allow

County selling 144 acres beside Glacier Peak HS to developer

The county is selling 144 wooded acres off of Cathcart Way to a division of national housing developer D.R. Horton

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,

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