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County Executive’s proposed budget adds SCSO body cameras, avoids layoffs and braces for 2021

County Executive Dave Somers’ 2021 budget aims to be resourceful since 2020 left little to work from.

Everett may allow more marijuana shops to open with October vote

Soon, three new marijuana shops could open around town, if the council increases Everett’s cannabis store limit to eight.

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.

Election 2020:PUD Commissioners guide the utility and set rates

Voters will select a commissioner on the Snohomish County PUD’s board to represent Everett, Marysville and across all of north county.

Local farms opening steadily for guests

Snohomish is a farm town, down to the roots.

Local National Guard’s new commander has lots to do

Throughout the country, National Guard units have stepped forward to serve their community in a time of dire need.

New no-shooting zone buffer set around Monroe

After a close call with a stray bullet in the Eaglemont subdivision on the Fourth of July, residents clamored for a no-shooting zone north of their homes.

Long-time Everett camp site being cleared for good

Volunteers are clearing a longtime homeless camp site for a proposed housing project that comes with a twist

Franklin releases 2021 budget, public hearings in October

Mayor Cassie Frankin’s $411 million budget doesn’t reverse most of the city’s coronavirus-driven cutbacks during 2020

Everett Planning Commission mixed on accommodating Housing Hope project in historic area

A nonprofit’s request to upzone an area and clip the boundaries of a historic neighborhood so it can build a low-income housing apartment project

Relief at last coming to Skyview Estates neighbors

Community residents saw their road destroyed in a February landslide

Two Glacier Peak High students working to supply PPE to schools for safe reopening

During a time of national civil unrest, coinciding with a worldwide pandemic causing school closures, it is hard to imagine what senior year might look like for a local high schooler.

Preservation plan builds for Wood Creek forest

A nearly hundred-acre woody watershed once seen as at-risk to development could be protected for its long-term future.

Not much wiggle room in Everett’s budget balancing plan

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

Snohomish City Council vacancy open for applications

Applications are being taken for the City Council seat throughout this month, with the council scheduled to decide who to appoint onto council next month.

Burn ban lifted, recreational fires allowed again

Recent rains and anticipated cooler weather conditions mean recreational campfires and fire pits are allowed again.

Fire District 7 deploys crew to California wildfires

A Snohomish County Fire District 7 engine crew of five firefighters arrived in Napa, California Aug. 23

COVID-19 has ignited a new interest in nursing

In the many ways that the novel coronavirus has placed critical focus on public health’s importance, the pandemic has sparked renewed interest in the nursing field.

NEWS BITES for September 2, 2020

Pilchuck River Bridge update

Locals sign-wave to “save the post office”

Drivers honked and folks waved as a group gathered in front of the post office and stood along Avenue D to express gratitude to post office employees and support the U.S. Postal Service.