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70 years of going fast: Evergreen Speedway gives generations of fans thrills with all kinds of motorsport

MONROE — The Evergreen Speedway in Monroe is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and it plans to celebrate all season.

Clearview community meets with concern of possible 2nd marijuana shop on Highway 9

CLEARVIEW — A second marijuana retailer wanting to open along Highway 9 aroused not just a formal complaint to county officials filed by a competitor but also a room-filling meeting about the topic last week.

Forest Park pool’s future to be studied

The city of Everett is considering what to do with the long-closed Forest Park pool.

Franklin’s State of City March 27

EVERETT — Mayor Cassie Franklin will deliver her annual State of the City address Thursday, March 27.

Monroe Community Court’s latest graduate celebrated for personal turnaround

The Monroe Municipal Court congratulated the latest graduate of the community court

City of Everett intends to ask voters to raise property tax rate to lessen budget shortfalls

The Everett City Council is being asked to place a permanent property tax levy lid lift before voters on August’s ballot to ask residents to bump up property taxes beyond the usual 1% to help the city’s troubled budget.

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 neighborhood’s attempt to solve speeding was blunted, but now city making uniform policy

A frustrated neighborhood’s aim to have drivers respect a 25 mph speed limit

VFW of Monroe to open new art gallery

A new art gallery opening downtown on Feb. 3 will feature a collection of pieces representative of Monroe from local artists and military veterans.

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.

Love parks? Monroe wants to hear

The city of Monroe is looking for the public’s opinions on its parks to help shape what activities and features it includes in future park planning.

Everett to further study merging Everett Transit with Community Transit

Everett City Council and Community Transit’s Board of Directors last week voted to conduct a joint study to explore in greater detail what a potential transit system consolidation would entail.

“Confessions of a Trespasser”

HISTORIC DESTRUCTION

A letter in the July 31 Tribune of concerns about destruction of the fly loft of the former Lon Brown Theater in Snohomish.

Snohomish Stories looking for tales of the former Pegasus

Did you see movies at Lon Brown’s Theatre on First Street, which today is marqueed as the Pegasus?

Comments sought on where to place Everett Link rail line

Where should the future Light Link Rail be routed through Everett? What should be demolished to make way for some of the line?

Youth sports teams need more umpires, umps ask for respect

If you have children who are involved in youth sports around Snohomish County

Fosse bill regulates use of grocery self-checkouts

OLYMPIA – Proposed legislation, House Bill 1739, would establish rules for when and how self-checkout stands could be used in grocery stores. If passed, self-checkouts could only be used when a regular checkout lane is open. An employee who monitors self-service lanes would have to do so exclusively, and be limited to supervising a maximum of two stands.

PAWS nears opening day for Snohomish animal shelter

SNOHOMISH — PAWS, the animal shelter, will be soon opening a larger new center on 25 acres south of Snohomish

Snohomish residents to be asked to renew city sales tax for roads

Voters will be asked this August to continue the city’s 0.2 percent sales tax for roads under what’s called the Transportation Benefit District

First Street tree removals were needed, but replacements won’t be soon

Late November's snowstorm severely damaged many of First Street's substantial mature trees