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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.
Excessive heat and critical fire risk through the weekend following dry thunderstorms in Eastern Washington & Oregon
Excessive Heat Warning for the Yakima and Kittitas Valleys from until 10 PM Thursday…. Stay hydrated, wear sunscreen and find cover from the sun when possible. Heat Advisory for Eastern Washington into Northern Oregon from noon Tuesday to 10 PM Wednesday…. High temps expected are 95-105°. Moderate risk of heat...
Washington faces shortfall of qualified special education teachers, audit finds
Washington lacks qualified special education teachers and teachers’ aides, but the state doesn’t know how bad the problem really is — just that at least 1.5% of the teachers aren’t qualified for their jobs. That’s according to a new state audit, which found that alongside high vacancy rates in special education, a “significant number of […] The post Washington faces shortfall of qualified special education teachers, audit finds appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.
A New Wildlife Crossing Provides Safe Passage Over a Busy Interstate
If you drive down Interstate 90 through Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state, there is a good chance an animal might be traveling above or below you. This busy travel corridor, heavily trafficked by motorists and fauna, is now home to an impressive network of wildlife crossings that safeguard the region’s biodiversity by providing animals safe passage across once-treacherous highways.
‘All about accessibility’: Officials celebrate completion of Scriber Creek Trail Phase 2
Elected officials joined City of Lynnwood staff, project engineers and construction workers Monday to celebrate the completion of Phase 2 of the Scriber Creek Trail Project. Completion of the Phase 2 project – which cost $9.2 million – comes six weeks before the opening of the Lynnwood City Center light rail station. Phase 1– still under construction by Sound Transit – will connect the Interurban Trail to Scriber Creek Park along the light rail station’s southwest edge.There is also a planned Phase 3, which will extend the trail from the terminus of Phase 2 just north of 200th Street Southwest to Wilcox Park.
Monroe council debates levy lid lift, action may come July 23
MONROE — The City Council’s members, during their July 9 meeting, discussed preparing a resolution for action on July 23 to place a property tax levy lid lift on this November’s ballot. In June, the council deliberated on a levy lid lift ballot measure to increase property...
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 ...
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?
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