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State DCYF to pay $3M to Martinez’s victim

A jury determined the state Department of Children Youth and Families must pay $3 million to the woman who was groomed as a child by former Monroe police Sgt. Carlos Martinez.

End of the line for annual Taste of Music summer festival

Music and chocolate lovers will have to get their fix elsewhere: there will be no August Taste of Music or spring Chocolate Walk this year.

Everett museum’s exhibit is about toys, merriment from years ago

EVERETT — The Everett Museum of History's current exhibit is about toys from years ago

Clark Park gazebo would be put in storage, city says

EVERETT -- The city intends to dismantle but not destroy the historic gazebo at Clark Park, but it's tenable if it will ever be seen again.

Virus cases now in most cities

Tracking data provided to the public by the county’s health district shows the tally of COVID-19 cases has surpassed 100 in Everett and two dozen in Snohomish.

Recent tennis event injected $4 million into local area

Area leaders are elated that the prominent tennis event at Angel of the Winds Arena Feb. 7 and 8 rained an estimated $4 million into Snohomish County.

Early learners can return to classrooms in late October

The Snohomish School District has set a date for the first wave of students returning to classrooms.

Discarded Christmas trees go onward to renewed uses

The tradition of boy scouts recycling Christmas trees is as synonymous with the holiday season as milk and cookies.

Many reasons to vote yes on Monroe Prop. 1

CITY OF MONROE PROPOSITION 1

A letter on Monroe Proposition 1 on November ballots.

Snohomish County-wide Earth Day cleanups lookfor volunteers

Multiple clean up events to celebrate Earth Day are planned for this month:

44th District Rep. 2 race between April Berg, Mark James a toss-up for open seat

Democrat April Berg and Republican Mark James are in the running for an open seat in the 44th Legislative District, which includes Snohomish and Lake Stevens.

Monroe School Board member Jerry Martin resigns in light of widespread video

School board member Jerry Martin resigned Wednesday after a video showing him not getting involved over his teen's use of derogatory and racial words led to social condemnation.

Council districts map nearing completion, not all are happy

Time is closing for volunteer decision-makers to finish the map used to set district boundaries for electing most of the City Council members using geographic districts.

Murder suspect nabbed in California

Jeremy Staeheli confessed to shooting Snohomish man

Altered HS sports schedule set, placing less-contact sports earlier

he state’s K-12 athletics regulators, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), announced a tentative high school sports schedule on July 22.

Monroe to look again about new road benefiting Eaglemont, Sinclair Heights neighborhoods

A council committee last week directed city administration to restart the pursuit on a new connection road from the Eaglemont housing developments to the Chain Lake Road roundabout.

Snohomish gets “Story Trail” to boost reading

Twenty-two new signs opposite the Snohomish Library invite you to walk and trace the steps of a book.

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.

COVID-19: Indoor mask rules in Washington state may be eased soon (2022)

As COVID-19 cases drop, the state may set a date to drop its indoor mask mandate.

Update after press time:

Everett council declines grant that would pay for up to 16 police officers