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Could nuclear fusion power be in our future? Two companies in Everett trying to make it happen

Both in Everett, Helion and Zap Energy both are working to generate electricity using nuclear fusion at a feasible scale for consumers.

Monroe Improv group invites all to try

MONROE — On Wednesday nights in the Wagner Performing Arts Center at 639 W. Main St., the community theatre group Sky Performing Arts (SPA)’s Improv Team, currently a handful of members, sharpen their acting skills using quick-witted replies and on-the-spot thinking.

Monroe artist is advocate for rare diseases awareness

MONROE — Giusiana Prosser is vociferous about rare diseases.

Deaths of homeless individuals remind that services save lives when managed appropriately

Letter to the editor thanking the Tribune and questioning priorities to aid individuals in homelessness.

Pumpkin season thrives in the area

Local farms have opened their gates to embrace the fall season once again. Here's a great selection of what's new and what's happening in the Snohomish region.

Attendee says event was wonderful

SNOHOMISH PRIDE EVENT

A letter to the editor in the June 12 Tribune complimenting the Snohomish Pride event.

Redmon outlines partnerships, city projects in speech

SNOHOMISH — Mayor Linda Redmon’s State of the City speech Saturday in the Carnegie Building placed a spotlight on nonprofit partners the city government relies on to help fulfill local needs, and featured updates about major infrastructure projects such as its First Street plans.

Snohomish fixed-income senior renters in affordable housing find themselves in a bind

SNOHOMISH -- Fixed-income seniors who thought they had permanent affordable housing aren't sure what to do now with rent increases from an affordable housing organization. Social Security hasn't kept up with need. Details on what the costs are to live today, and how fixed-income seniors are finding themselves struggling.

Homeowners near Monroe hospital disturbed by potential upzone

STRAWBERRY LANE

MONROE — Homeowners living in the Strawberry Lane area just south of the hospital feel blindsided by a plan to upzone their area as part of the city's Comprehensive Plan. A few City Council members asked planners to create alternatives to avoid the rezone.

Clark Park project is to construct off-leash dog park to replace historic gazebo

EVERETT — The city has temporarily fenced off Clark Park at 24th and Lombard to begin deconstructing the park’s historic gazebo and constructing an off-leash dog play area in its place. City spokeswoman Simone Tarver said it could take until summer, when the 2,700-square-foot dog park is scheduled to be complete, before the fence is taken away.

Everett council may restart 12:30 p.m. monthly meeting - decision on Wednesday

EVERETT — The City Council may adjust its schedule to hold its fourth meeting of the month at 12:30 p.m., as well as the fifth when a month has five Wednesdays. The council will decide by a vote this week on Sept. 11 without a public hearing.

Plan submitted to develop barren acres at 13th St.–Ave. D into residential

SNOHOMISH — A developer is proposing more than 200 housing units on the former county public works yard at 13th Street and Avenue D.

Why to vote no on carbon tax repeal

WA INITIATIVE 2117

A letter opposing WA Initiative 2117.

Family in Lake Roesiger loses home to tree

SNOHOMISH — Nobody was inside when the trees crashed, but now a young Lake Roesiger-area family is left seeking a new home.

Student’s fake gun alarms Machias Elementary parents

On March 25, the boy came up to the bus stop, opened his backpack, and showed other students what he had. Ultimately, it was a blue gun with an orange tip, the sheriff’s office said. His parents identified to law enforcement that this was not a real gun, and witnesses felt it wasn’t, the sheriff’s office said. Parents say he also had a list of names, but the sheriff’s office said its office never saw a list. Fake or not, the incident horrified parents. Students have been staying home because of it, a Machias parent said earlier this month.

Other driver in Snohomish SR-9 head-on March 9th not yet out of hospital

SNOHOMISH ­— ­­The causing driver of a March 9 head-on crash just north of the Snohomish River Bridge on state Route 9 had open containers of alcohol in her car and told state troopers she hadn’t installed her mandatory ignition interlock device yet. The woman she hit is still hospitalized five weeks later. No charges have been filed here. A follow up on a crash.

Rural road in Machias being used as fast bypass, site of serious crashes, worries those on road

MACHIAS — For the third time in less than a year, a serious rollover crash happened where 161st crosses Carlson Road. It's concerning neighbors who are seeing drivers fly by on the rural road.

A Snohomish family’s dedication to dance

SNOHOMISH — For the Ogden family, dance is not just a pastime but a way of life. Wendy and Corey Ogden and their four children — Andrew (23), Naomi (18), Jocelyn (15), and Dallin (10) — devote their lives to training and performing. The Snohomish family, all homeschooled, dance for upwards of seven hours a day, six days a week. Their 75-mile round trip from Snohomish is justified by the prestige of being in the Pacific Northwest Ballet school.

Asbestos exposure to firefighters at Pine Ave. training, while not ruled out, was not likely

SNOHOMISH ­— It’s possible 64 firefighters from three agencies who did scenario training inside the former Steuber’s Distributing Co. offices at Third and Pine were exposed to asbestos. A final task force report couldn’t rule it out.

Plans for future Everett stadium, where AquaSox and USL soccer would play, refined

EVERETT — The City Council moved closer last week to approving an outdoor events center downtown that will house the AquaSox minor league baseball team and a new United Soccer League (USL) franchise.

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