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Future leaders being the change they want to be!

Leadership Launch future leaders

MUKILTEO, Wash., May 25, 2021 – The weekend of May 21-23, fourteen future leaders with Leadership Launch performed random acts of kindness throughout Everett and Mukilteo for their 2021 Community Launch Projects. The event this year consisted of high school students putting together a “LYLO & Link Challenge” to help and get help involving the […]

ORCA cards now free for youth riders

Beginning June 1, Puget Sound area youth (ages 6–18 years) will be able to get their first ORCA card at no charge (free). After loading a transit pass or E-purse balance, an ORCA card can be a young person’s ticket to easily reach destinations across the region on participating agencies’ buses, trains and ferries. “ORCA […]

B.V. Mays’ New Spy Thriller – CONTRACTOR – is Out!

B.V. Mays Contractor

LONDON, UK – April 29, 2021:  Olympia Publishers announces the release of B.V. Mays’ new book, thriller and spy adventure, CONTRACTOR.   Based on real events, this unusual post-Cold War adventure story is set in Poland and in Russia shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union.  Womaniser, Andy Gold, is an American living in Poland who has taken […]

Inslee approves $15M in Snohomish County requested projects

Snohomish County press release

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., May 25, 2021 – On May 18, Governor Inslee signed the 2021 capital budget that approved Snohomish County requested capital projects worth $15,260,000. These projects will be used to support agriculture, natural resource protection, and flood mitigation throughout the county.  “We are profoundly grateful to our legislative delegation and Governor Inslee for […]

June declared Snohomish County Farmers Market Month

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., May 25, 2021 – June has been declared Snohomish County Farmers Market Month by the Snohomish County Council and Snohomish County Executive, encouraging all Snohomish County residents and businesses to support local farmers and Farmers Markets in their community this summer. Snohomish County has a rich history of farming and agriculture since […]

Patrick Decker appointed to Lynnwood City Council

Patrick Decker Lynnwood

LYNNWOOD Wash., May 24, 2021 – Tonight the Lynnwood City Council voted 5-1 to appoint Patrick Decker to fill the Position 2 vacancy left by the resignation of Councilman Ian Cotton in April of this year. He will be sworn in June 1, 2021. Councilwoman Christine Frizzell broke away from her colleagues to vote for […]

Snohomish County seeks candidate for Climate Action Advisory Committee vacancy

climate action snohomish

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., May 24, 2021 – The Snohomish County Climate Action Advisory Committee is seeking a new member. The Committee provides recommendations to encourage adoption of policies, programs, and practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), address climate change, protect public health, and preserve the natural environment in Snohomish County. The Climate Action Advisory […]

Snohomish church hosts pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk

The House Church charlie kirk

SNOHOMISH, Wash. – Sunday afternoons are perfect for picnics, catching up with chores or, for those more politically inclined, to see popular conservative speaker Charlie Kirk at The House Church. Lead Pastor DJ Rabe wears a faded denim shirt and dark blue jeans as he welcomes attendees at the door for the May 2 event. […]

Foibles of the absent minded

Mindful Monday

Last summer I went backpacking with friends for an overnight sojourn at Janus Lake near Stevens Pass. After a 3.5-mile hike we arrived.  A fellow backpacker and his two Golden Retrievers were happily fussing around their campsite at the edge of the lake. We introduced ourselves.  He let us know he would be picking some […]

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