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Instead of asking for more firefighters through Fire District 4 in levy, use who is already in-house

SNOHOMISH FD4 EMS LEVY IN AUGUST

A letter against the proposed purposes of the Snohomish Fire District 4 EMS levy measure.

Monroe man who led chase had felony warrant

MONROE -- The Monroe man who led a chase through the Fryelands in late January had a felony warrant for his arrest

Local Wolfpack arena football’s second season ready to go

The Wolfpack indoor football team is ready to howl again!

Bill on Ag Open Space tax rules passes in House

Bill on Ag Open Space tax rules passes in House

Everett homeless resource Hope ‘N Wellness may have host space

EVERETT — It’s possible the resource center Hope ‘N Wellness will be granted use of a space at the Catholic Church north of downtown’s core. Relocating would ease City Hall’s pressure on it to move.

Only we the people can stand against President Trump

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ACTIONS, CUTBACKS

A letter criticizing President Trump and Elon Musk.

First Everett City Council race emerges

EVERETT -- A race for Council District 2 has opened up.

Monroe Improv group invites all to try

MONROE — On Wednesday nights in the Wagner Performing Arts Center at 639 W. Main St., the community theatre group Sky Performing Arts (SPA)’s Improv Team, currently a handful of members, sharpen their acting skills using quick-witted replies and on-the-spot thinking.

Societal problems, crime have exacerbated issue

HOMELESSNESS

A letter on homelessness and criminality.

Popular Everett spot Hunan Palace says it won’t reopen

EVERETT — The lingering complications of a kitchen fire appear to have permanently closed Hunan Palace.

Frontier Airlines is coming to Paine Field

EVERETT -- Frontier Airlines is coming to Paine Field. The low-cost airline announced a schedule of flights starting June 2 serving Denver, Phoenix and Las Vegas three times a week.

After tax bills hit farms that branched into being venues, lawmakers intervene

SNOHOMISH — A wedding at a farm can be the perfect backdrop, but those farms that converted their barns into regularly booked wedding spaces or other uses got put on the back foot this summer. The barn’s not agricultural anymore, so the land around it is not allowed to be given a special lowered property tax rate named Open Space. The tax fee for changing the land use out of Open Space is seven years of back taxes plus a 20% penalty. At least a handful of farms in the Snohomish River Valley received sizable tax bills last summer. Local lawmakers noticed. They have a new bill to clarify the rules, and the county assessor is on board.

Recognize the need to preserve critical area buffers

NATURAL SPACES

A letter from a person interested in preserving nature who explains why the county's critical wetland buffers shouldn't shrink, but instead expand.

State pay-by-mile tax model fair approach, but delete gas tax then

STATE PAY-BY-MILE PROPOSAL

A reader explains why Pay-by-Mile is fair for EV and gas owners only if the gasoline tax is eliminated.

Recovery to recreation: ElderPlace PACE program in Everett attends to needs without nursing home

Providence ElderPlace PACE in Everett is the only Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in Snohomish County, a federal elder care program that serves people age 55 and older, and it is making important strides in helping with health and recovery.

Snohomish City Council considers city fireworks ban March 4

SNOHOMISH — The City Council may decide as soon as March 4 whether to make fireworks illegal in town starting as soon as 2026. A public hearing on altering fireworks laws is set for the March 4 council meeting. The council meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the Snohomish Carnegie Building.

New Community Officer at Snohomish PD is link between public and department

SNOHOMISH — After a handful of years without an Outreach Deputy in Snohomish due to the previous officer retiring and staffing levels being low, the position is finally filled by Deputy Taylor Davis. He began Feb. 1.

Architects directed to lower Snohomish Civic Campus pricetag

SNOHOMISH — The city has asked its contracted architecture firm for its future Civic Campus for design revisions that decrease the total pricetag, Mayor Linda Redmon shared with the City Council last week.

New coronavirus in bats transmissable to humans ID’d

Scientists in China identified a new infectious coronavirus in bats that can be transmitted to humans.