News bites for Nov. 29, 2023

The city won’t take a 1% property tax increase this year. A 6-1 vote at council decided to take no increase. Councilwoman Karen Guzak gave the dissenting vote.

Transit bus fares went up July 1, low-income fares introduced

Reduced fares became available for low-income riders who sign up through DSHS

Lake Stevens Fire, Fire District 7 exploring merger

Learn more at meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26; potential merger would combine Clearview, Monroe and Lake Stevens service

Direct flights from Everett to Spokane begin Nov. 4

Whether you call it the Lilac City, Spokaloo, or the home of the Gonzaga Bulldogs, Alaska Airlines will begin daily nonstop flights to Spokane from Paine Field starting a few weeks before Thanksgiving.

Everett Farmers Market on Sundays moving to downtown

The Sunday Everett Farmers Market is moving to downtown from its longtime home at the Port of Everett.

Company can conduct in-home COVID-19 test for vulnerable adults in Snohomish County

A company called LetsGetChecked is working with in-home health care provider ConcertoHealth to provide its FDA EUA authorized Coronavirus (COVID-19) Sure-Track tests to at-risk individuals who, because of their age, severe medical problems, low income, or disabilities, are eligible for Medicare and/or Medicaid.

COVID-19 vaccine equity one topic of town hall

Snohomish County Chair Stephanie Wright and Vice Chair Megan Dunn will be co-hosting a regional Town Hall Meeting

Council majority declines to sign police reform letter

A City Council majority on Tuesday, Oct. 5 informally rejected a request from Mayor John Kartak to send a letter on behalf of Snohomish

Snohomish Little League teams make it to State championships

The teams are on the move.

Have your say on Homestead Park

A letter in the Nov. 27 Tribune about Snohomish's Homestead Park.

Responses to recent Tribune letters on First Street, Trump

TRIBUNE LETTERS

A letter to the editor responding to letters about First Street and criticisms of President Trump.

Current street not an issue, so why this rush to alter it?

SNOHOMISH FIRST STREET PLAN

A letter to the editor regarding First Street planning.

Not much wiggle room in Everett’s budget balancing plan

Mayor Cassie Franklin is scheduled to release her 2021 budget on Sept. 16

The 1956 Rabenstein gas station fire

SNOHOMISH — While it may not have been one of the largest of fires in the Snohomish’s history, The 1956 Rabenstein gas station fire tends to be one of the most remembered by those who were here at the time.

Students gain drawing skills in afterschool program

A student saunters in the door to a portable classroom at Seattle Hill Elementary and lets his backpack tumble, then his coat follows, landing in a lump on the floor.

COVID-19: Latest virus wave largest yet as officials act (January 2022)

In just the first week of January, more than 10,000 people in Snohomish County tested positive for the coronavirus

St. John’s Episcopal welcomes public to see fully renovated church May 14

For over a century, St. John’s Episcopal Church at 913 Second St

There’s still time to make a run for Everett council

With less than six weeks before the official filing week

Enjoy a peaceful lake and mountain views

HIKE OF THE MONTH: Peek-a-boo Lake (off of Mountain Loop Highway)

Monroe intends to use debt financing for recent $1.6M downtown land purchase

A rough outline of the combined properties the city bought for a future public space are marked in black.