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Residents needed for citizen advisory committee
Want to help low- to moderate-income people in Marysville? A city advisory committee that helps decide how to allocate federal block grant funds in our city has two vacancies for residents who represent any of these interests:. business,. education,. faith,. charity,. civic,. low- and moderate-income people,. people with disabilities,. senior...
AG candidate changes website bio after request from King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Candidate for Washington Attorney General Manka Dhingra has updated her campaign website twice to clarify her employment status with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. On June 20, King County Human Relations Director Heidi Parkington-Thal emailed Dhingra following the release of a campaign video on...
MLB Commissioner Hints At All-Star Game Change Fans Will Love
The 2024 MLB All-Star Game is on Tuesday at Globe Life Stadium in Arlington. As always, fans have been buzzing about the Home Run Derby and festivities leading up to the Midsummer Classic. The Home Run Derby drew plenty of eyeballs, especially due to a questionable rendition of the national ...
New study shows potential health risks related to the Port Townsend paper mill
Environmental health scientists from a federal agency visited Port Townsend last Wednesday, July 10th, to discuss recently published results from a study of the health risks related to the Port Townsend Paper Company. The study’s first and most alarming conclusion stated that breathing sulfur compounds in the air near the...
Skull found at Lynnwood park, believed to be man in his late 20s
A skull was found at Scriber Lake Park in Lynnwood on March 24, reported the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday. The remains, according to the medical examiner, are likely a Black man believed to be over 25 years old, with an unknown height and weight. He is...
Art Beat: Art Walk and Sketcherfest, ARTSplash, pub crawl, Cascadia Writers — and hop on the STRUM Party Bus
If you’ve never been to Art Walk Edmonds, this is the month to take the plunge. Edmonds Sketchers and Shoreline Watercolor and Sketching are teaming up to fill downtown Edmonds with sketch artists during the Art Walk this Thursday, July 18, from 5-8 p.m. Edmonds plays host this weekend to artists from around the world for Sketcher Fest 2024. Many of those visiting artists will be out and about capturing the evening with their sketches. Most will be in locations along 5th Avenue, including Cafe Louvre, the Hazel Miller Plaza and Main Street. Among the many businesses welcoming artists are Camp Vintage and Graphite (which will also have live music). If you are an artist, bring your art supplies and join the sketchers.
Edmonds standoff ends with 33-year-old man arrested
A Tacoma man is behind bars after a three-and-a-half-hour standoff with police in Edmonds. Police say it started on Monday when officers responded to a disturbance call at the victim’s home. By the time officers arrived, they say the 33-year-old suspect fled. During their investigation, police say they discovered...
Judge temporarily blocks release of videos from deadly Alderwood mall shooting
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A judge ruled Wednesday the Lynnwood Police Department cannot release copies of surveillance video of the shooting at Alderwood mall that killed a 13-year-old girl earlier this month. Judge Richard Okrent issued a temporary order for one week that blocks the video’s release in response...
Port of Everett an economic driver for Washington state
EVERETT—Port of Everett CEO Lisa Lefeber delivered her annual Port Report at the Port’s newest hotel, Hotel Indigo, on Tuesday, July 16, addressing the POE’s focus on sustainability, new developments, and the upcoming plan to seek voter’s approval of expanding its boundaries this August. The biggest...
VFW District 1 spearheads first ever auction gala
EVERETT—The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) District 1, Department of Washington invites you to attend the inaugural District 1 Warbirds & Whiskey Gala, benefiting veterans across Snohomish County. This brand-new event takes place Saturday, October 19, 2024, at the iconic Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington....
Chuckanut Brewery celebrates its 16th anniversary on July 27
Sixteen years of award-winning, pioneering beers at Chuckanut Brewery. Few breweries so immediately made a splash. Before most beer lovers around the Northwest had even heard of Chuckanut Brewery, it was winning medals at the most prestigious beer competition in the nation, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). The brewery opened in 2008 and by 2009 it had won Small Brewery of the Year at the GABF. That was just the beginning. Over the years, Chuckanut Brewery has earned 26 GABF awards, 7 medals at the World Beer Cup, 52 medals at the Washington Beer Awards, and many other accolades.
Everett man killed in fatal motorcycle accident
EVERETT—Alexis Hernandez Cerritos, 27, of Everett, died in a motorcycle accident near Russell Way and SR-99 on the evening of July 16, 2024. Cerritos was traveling southbound on SR-99 on his Honda VTI300 motorcycle. An unknown vehicle travelling northbound turned left in front of Cerritos onto Russell Way in South Everett. Cerritos attempted to overcorrect and unfortunately loss control of his motorcycle and died. He was wearing his helmet.
Reminder: Tour de Terrace parade Friday, car show Saturday
Tour de Terrace — a Seafair-sanctioned, free summer festival — gets underway in Mountlake Terrace with a parade at approximately 6:45 p.m. this Friday, July 19, followed by a day-long car show on Saturday, July 20. Operated by a nonprofit with support from the City of Mountlake Terrace, the three-celebration — which also includes food booths, a beer garden and carnival rides — runs Friday-Sunday, July 19-21.
WA troopers investigate deadly motorcycle crash in Everett
EVERETT, Wash. - The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is investigating a deadly motorcycle crash that happened in Everett Tuesday night. According to the WSP, at around 8:31 p.m., officers responded to reports of a crash on southbound SR-99 near Lincoln Way. About an hour later, troopers announced that SR-99 was...
Proposed budget amendments sign of tough choices ahead for city council
City budgeting and finances continued to be a focus for the Edmonds City Council as it met in committees Tuesday. The council finance committee — with Will Chen as chair, Jenna Nand as member and Council President Vivian Olson occassionally weighing in — discussed revisions to the draft City of Edmonds financial policy framework that had also been on the committee agenda in May. Among the issues discussed: Whether the city should keep its fund balance reserve at current policy-required levels — 16% of annual operating expenditures along with a contingent reserve fund of 4% — for a total of 20%. And what about the current 12% reserve levels required for the city’s other major operating funds — the water utility and the sewer/wastewater treatment plant fund?
Snohomish Aquatic Center patrons petition to prioritize seniors’ open fitness hours in summer
SNOHOMISH — Mother and daughter Elizabeth and Kelly Holderman began going to Snohomish Aquatic Center together as a way to bond. Kelly Holderman, 72, has been going to the center for a few years, her daughter joining more recently in May. Soon after Elizabeth joined, the aquatic center’s schedule...
Neil Tibbott to appear at next ‘Conversation with the Council’ event July 24
Neil Tibbott is the next councilmember to participate in the Edmonds Civic Roundtable’s “Conversation with the Council” event, set for 7:45-9 a.m. Wednesday, July 24 at Pancake Haus, 530 5th Ave. S., Edmonds. This is an opportunity for the community to get to know councilmembers in an...
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