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St. Alban’s hosting popup food distribution in Edmonds July 10
Edmonds’ St. Alban’s Episcopal Church will host a popup food distribution truck from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 at the church. The food will be available for those in need, as part of the church’s commitment to respond to food insecurity in the community. Available food will...
E-W boys basketball team earns tournament sweep as AD takes on coaching role
After longtime Edmonds-Woodway boys basketball coach Robert Brown resigned from the post in early June, the Warriors were left rudderless for the start of this year’s important four-week spring practice window. So, in stepped the school’s athletic director Tyler Geving to serve as E-W interim coach for the month....
Local gardeners celebrate progress of Scriber Creek restoration
Several volunteers from the Scriber Creek restoration project and members of the Edmonds Floretum Garden Club, Lynnwood’s Alderwood Garden Club and Woodinville’s Cottage Gardeners Garden Club gathered in the rain Thursday to witness the fruits of their efforts in planting native plants along Scriber Creek. Since Nov. 4, many of the native seedlings have sprouted to become saplings over a fresh layer of mulch. However, there are still many invasive reed canary grass and English ivy coating the creek bed.
Fireworks outside of authorized shows are illegal here
All our local cities are issuing statements about fireworks being illegal in their jurisdictions. Shoreline, Woodway, Kenmore, Bothell, Mountlake Terrace, and Lake Forest Park has also posted notices at every "Welcome to Lake Forest Park" entrance to the city. Snohomish county finally closed their loophole in South County by banning...
Council to consider city-proposed alternative to Landmark purchase at July 2 meeting
When it comes to next steps regarding the Landmark 99 property purchase, the City of Edmonds has served up an alternative, and the ball is now in the Edmonds City Council’s court. After Mayor Mike Rosen publicly reiterated his opposition to the project during a Rotary Club of Edmonds...
Educational resources available to help reduce the loss of crab pots
Recreational crabbing in Puget Sound began on July 1. According to a news release, each year an estimated 12,000 crab pots are lost in Puget Sound, resulting in the capture of an estimated 180,000 Dungeness crab a year with no one to harvest them. The Snohomish County Marine Resources Committee...
Calling all Snohomish County businesses for Foreign Trade Zone roundtable
Calling all Snohomish County businesses! The Port of Everett, in partnership with Economic Alliance Snohomish County, is hosting a Foreign Trade Zone 101 roundtable for area businesses on July 16. This crash course will go over what a Foreign Trade Zone is, how to access this tool and why incorporating...
Snohomish County sees spike in number of kids injured from window falls
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — Snohomish County officials are warning parents and caregivers about the dangers of kids falling from windows, following a reported jump in emergency calls. South County Fire rushed a 4-year-old girl to Harborview Saturday after she fell through the screen of the third-story window of a...
Companis honors Wally Webster for outstanding service to the community
Companis, a champion for volunteerism in the nonprofit sector in Snohomish and King counties, honored civic leader and Lynnwood resident Wally Webster June 27 with its annual community service award. Companis Board President Emerita, Dr. Sarah Speck, MD, presented Webster with the Janet G. Newell Award for Community Service, at a dinner ceremony at Fogo de Chão restaurant in Lynnwood.
Lynnwood City Center Station campus earns LEED Gold certification
LYNNWOOD—Just two months ahead of the opening of the Lynnwood Link Extension on August 30, Lynnwood City Center Station has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The certification is for the entire station campus, including the station, parking garage and public plaza areas. LEED certification provides independent verification of sustainable design and is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement.
City of Mountlake Terrace permit portal offline July 11-15
The permit portal for the City of Mountlake Terrace will be down July 11-15 during a software transition. According to a city announcement, no permit applications or inspections can be submitted or processed during that time. More information about the new portal will be coming soon, the city said.
YOUR MONEY: The $1.3 million boondoggle South Mukilteo Park
MUKILTEO—Mukilteo City Council on Monday, July 1, approved $1.3 million to “renovate” an existing park in Harbour Pointe, using $800,000 of your tax dollars on a “South Mukilteo Park” project that is now $550,000 over budget; yet is asking Mukilteans to cough up $180 per home or $1.5 million per year for an EMS Levy in an August ballot proposition because of “budget shortfalls.”
Council selects eight applicants to interview for vacancy
LYNNWOOD—After reviewing 22 applications and supplemental information, the Lynnwood City Council during their July 1 Work Session, selected eight applicants to interview to fill the vacancy left Councilwoman Shirley Sutton:. Tuesday, July 9 Special Work Session Interviews:. Ki Seung Cho. Derica Esamilla. Keton Handy. Gray Petersen. Lisa Soros. Wednesday,...
Seattle’s Largest Youth Homelessness Provider Slashes Staff, Plans to Close Some Shelter and Housing Programs
YouthCare, which provides shelter, housing, and services to youth and young adults, informed employees this week that the organization will be closing two of its shelters and two housing programs and cutting staff as the result of “a strategic realignment to ensure long-term financial stability and enhance the effectiveness of our services.”
Subhash Tripathi, PhD, on Developing Safe, Specific Engineered Treg Cell Therapy
The senior researcher at Seattle Children’s discussed advantages of engineered Tregs compared with natural Tregs. “There are disadvantages associated with current adaptive cell therapies, which are based on natural regulatory T-cells. To cite some of those key technical hurdles, there is a huge rarity of these populations in vivo. So if you get them, you have to scale up for manufacturing, which is very difficult, and then they are very unstable and have plasticity. They have a very poor engraftment in vivo. And sometimes, if you get these cells from patients, they might be defective.”
How to spend Fourth of July weekend in Seattle
It may be Fourth of July weekend, but there's plenty to take in after Thursday's fanfare, from Missy Elliott's verses to local artist Fantasy A's quest for a mattress. Here are some things that look like fun — they'll bust any and all cases of post-Independence Day boredom.Wednesday🎻 With some help from symphonic collaborators, Beck goes orchestral at Chateau St. Michelle today at 7pm. Tickets from $131.Thursday🎇 Choose your own adventure for Fourth of July fireworks: We've got a roundup of choices, from Seafair's Fourth of July to celebrations farther afield.👯 If explosions in the sky aren't your vibe, consider...
Seattle plastic surgery provider accused of posting fake positive reviews must pay $5M
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider accused of threatening patients over negative reviews and posting fake positive ones must pay $5 million to the state attorney general’s office and thousands of Washington patients, according to a federal consent decree. The consent decree filed Monday resolves a...
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