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15-story buildings in former Baker Heights site redevelopment concerns Delta neighborsAn overview of the requested heights in the PDO.

Concerned residents say the Park District apartments would become the tallest buildings seen between Seattle and Vancouver.

VFW of Monroe's new art gallery opens with celebration Feb. 3

Veterans, community leaders and members of the community gathered on Saturday to welcome and celebrate the opening of a downtown art gallery.

At River’s Edge Apartments in Monroe, flood-displaced families wait

Residents displaced from a freak flood in the River’s Edge Apartments are taking it day by day after having their belongings ruined, their food spoiled and their sense of home interrupted.

GroundFrog Day will continue after all

GroundFrog Day lives, as the organizers of Kla Ha Ya Days will be continuing the annual January event starting next year.

More comment on proposal to place Snohomish sixth graders in middle schools

Superintendent Kent Kultgen restated last week the school district is listening to viewpoints on its proposal to shift sixth graders from elementary school to middle school starting in 2025, which continues to get mixed views.

Hi-rises not needed to meet Snohomish population growth, ADUs can do it

AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONCEPTS

A response to a letter to the editor in the Jan. 10, 2024 Tribune.

Local water systems opting out of DuPont, 3M PFAS class action settlements

Local water systems have been opting out of taking settlements in two national class action lawsuits over PFAS “forever” chemicals for a variety of reasons.

Proposal to place Snohomish sixth graders in middle schools gets mixed views

The school district’s proposal to move sixth graders from elementary school to middle school in 2025 is creating vigorous conversation among parents of elementary-age children.

Everett seals Waits Motel purchase

The city has bought the Waits Motel, 1301 Lombard Ave., as the City Council gave a 7-0 approval on it last week. A sale price of $1.85 million was agreed in December.

Affordable housing idea could be done in Snohomish

COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS

An idea that could be used in Snohomish.

New movement on Pine Ave. fire station-city campus plan, contamination still to be investigated further

Officials with Fire District 4 and the city say they are still on track with a joint public safety campus which will have a future fire station and future city hall and other services in the block along Pine Avenue between Third and Fourth streets later this decade.

County Council pauses Lord Hill Park equestrian parking lot swap

The county’s parks department must hold its horses on swapping the equestrian parking lot at Lord Hill Regional Park to one with back-in angle parking.

The Murder on Pine

On May 28, 1933, blood shed at a house at Pine and Fourth with the crack of a gun.

Property tax exemptions for seniors and people with disabilities expanded for 2024

Senior citizens and people with disabilities who have not previously qualified for property tax assistance are in for a pleasant surprise in 2024.

News Bites for Jan. 3, 2024

Rep. Low pre-files bills to penalize fentanyl use, standardize animal cruelty punishments

Letters in the Tribune from 2023 and 2022

Letters published in the Tribune from 2023 and 2022, in full

Snohomish Eagles bartender in now in competition for national recognition

Angela Simonet has seen a lot of craziness during her long career tending bar in Snohomish County.

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.

Snohomish brewer sentenced to six months in jail

Brewer Frank Sandoval was sentenced to jail for six months, which started Dec. 13, on one count of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes by Snohomish County Superior Court Judge George Appel Dec. 13.

Snohomish proposed affordable housing incentives get go-ahead at Planning Commission

The Planning Commission Dec. 6 signed off on incentives to encourage the development of low-income housing.