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Since 2015, Snohomish resident Joe Hernandez and his family and friends have been picking up roadside litter along South Machias Road as volunteers with the Snohomish County Adopt-A-Road program. Hernandez’s group received recognition for its decade of volunteer service to the community at a ceremony on the county campus in Everett on Earth Day, Tuesday, […]

Today is Earth Day. Many Earth Day events took place last weekend, but many more take place this weekend. It’s a great opportunity to recycle the difficult-to-recycle items including electronics, styrofoam, and batteries. Electronics Recycling On Saturday, April 26, Snohomish County Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and Public Works are hosting a free electronics […]

Consider heading up to “Tulip Town” for a festive Easter weekend featuring special activities for all ages. The Easter Bunny will be on-site for meet-and-greets and photos and there will be separate Easter egg hunts for kids and adults. Tulip Town is in the heart of Skagit Valley. It obviously has tulips, but there will […]

While the State issued a drought advisory on April 8th, the advisory excludes customers served by the City of Everett. The current outlook for Everett’s water supply is good. Everett’s water source snowpack is 75% of normal as of April 1st, 2025. Everett’s Spada Reservoir is at 125% of normal storage (typical lake elevation for this […]

Today the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office announced that fully commissioned deputies and reserve deputies at the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office are now authorized to wear western-style cowboy hats as part of their uniform. The cowboy hats, which are not required, will be purchased by the deputies themselves. “Although wearing the hats is optional, our deputies […]

Today at around 6:17 am, Marysville Police responded to the 1200 block of 2nd St in Marysville to assist the Fire Department call regarding a male lying on the sidewalk not breathing. A neighbor found the 66-year-old Marysville man unconscious and not breathing. Upon arrival, police units observed the neighbor performing CPR on the male. […]

The City of Everett water utility had temporarily shut off service to a portion of a water transmission line east of Lake Stevens to conduct emergency repairs to a fracture in the pipeline, potentially impacting as many as 22,000 customers. No in-town City of Everett customers were impacted by this outage. Additionally, no property damage […]

At 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 8th, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue (SAR) unit, along with the volunteer SAR Swiftwater Rescue Team, recovered the body of a 15-year-old male. The male teenager had wandered away from his group of peers around 3 a.m. on Saturday. The group had been camping above the snowline […]

Washington State law requires larger companies to file layoff intentions with the Employment Security Department, which leads to notice from the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) system. A big one came through today announcing 612 Starbucks workers in Washington will be laid off. On Monday Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol stated the company would cut […]

A large crash involving three vehicles with a box truck leaking chemicals is blocking all of Highway 2, just west of Fryelands Blvd outside of Monroe. The collision occurred at around 9 a.m. in foggy conditions on eastbound Highway 2 about a mile from Fryelands Boulevard. The highway didn’t open up again until about noon. […]