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Repairing Blackman Lake: The next steps to try to curb lake’s decline

The city hired Herrera this fall to begin monitoring blue-green algae blooms (cyanobacteria) in the lake and recommend ways to manage the toxic flora. This December 2022 story discusses how it is being done.

News Bites for February 23, 2022

Monroe hospital to add urgent care

Get with neighbors for National Night Out on Aug. 1

Residents throughout Snohomish County will kick off August with a celebration.

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.

Decisions soon for selecting Everett city ballot measures to help its finances: Library merger, fire department merger and property tax lift

For a few years now, City Hall has been talking about asking voters to annex the city library system into Sno-Isle Libraries, to ask voters to spin off the Everett Fire Department to be part of a regional fire authority and to ask voters to increase property taxes above the state’s 1% annual limit.

Updated: City gets settlement for damages related to Larimer Road failureEVERETT —

The city and a blueberry farm are privately settling a conflict over drainage changes at the farm that the city says allowed water to undermine Lowell-Larimer Road a few years ago.

Roundtable talks racism in Snohomish Schools

Racially insensitive remarks sometimes were heard in hushed voices and sometimes echoed in the halls of Snohomish Schools, students of color said during a recent roundtable talk on racism.

State to use contact tracing and expand testing for COVID-19

Drive-up COVID-19 test sites are currently being conducted outside the Stanwood Library and the Marysville Library.

Everett budget plans being developed in long shadow of deficit

The City of Everett has an estimated $16.5 million deficit next year,

Residents want Monroe to stay cozy and neighborly, citywide survey finds

Monroe, here is what you’ve said you want for the city’s future.

Walsh Hills development taken to court

A land-use petition seeking a judge’s review could wedge a stop to the city-approved Walsh Hills housing development in an enclave of northeast Snohomish.

Monroe, Snohomish plan to add more pedestrian alerts at crosswalks

The state Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) recently gave the city of Monroe grants for two road projects. Also, Snohomish received TIB grants for projects.

News Bites for April 17, 2019

First challenger for Snohomish council, Planned Kelsey­/Blueberry intersection changes would add left turn lane and more-

Everett’s future plans of having no park rangers

EVERETT — With the removal of park rangers next year, the city’s parks department presented plans for maintaining park safety at a City Council committee meeting Nov. 20. The committee also discussed plans to update the rules for noise ordinance violations.

End of one of Monroe's historic Buck Houses, 'not too late' to save other

MONROE -- Demolition began Oct. 21 on one of the historic Buck Houses on S. Ann Street.

A rebuttal defense of FD4’s levy needs

FIRE DISTRICT 4 EMS LEVY MEASURE

A letter with a rebuttal defense of FD4’s levy needs.

Larry Countryman, an artist and politician, dies

"He was a very talented artist. If you look at his comics, it was a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor,"

Annual Sky Valley motorcycle show May 18 to be in Granite Falls

The annual motorcycle show on the third Sunday of May will line Granite Falls’ streets, not Snohomish’s. The show will be Sunday, May 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Stanley Street. Why was there a venue change?

Boeing Everett to have assembly line building 737 MAX

A new, fourth line for the 737 MAX is coming to Boeing’s Everett plant.

Monroe PD’s domestic violence advocate provides bilingual one-on-one support

When police hear someone is being hurt, she gets the call to give care. Jamie Ruiz is the domestic violence advocate with the Monroe Police Department.