Happy Lunar New Year 2023: The Year of the Rabbit
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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., January 22, 2023—Asian communities around Puget Sound are welcoming the 2023 Lunar New Year with family reunions, festivals, and lots of food as they say farewell to the Year of the Tiger and usher in the Year of the Rabbit that begins January 22, 2023. Edmonds welcomed the Year of the Rabbit […]
Lynnwood Police Week in Review, January 20, 2023
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The Lynnwood Police Department is committed to effective and inclusive community outreach and engagement. To learn more about the ways your police department engages with the Lynnwood community, click here! Here’s a summary of some of the most notable incidents your Lynnwood Police Officers responded to in the last two weeks leading up to Friday, […]
Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office of Neighborhoods is back!
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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., January 19, 2023—Today, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office announced that after a six-month hiatus, the Office of Neighborhoods (OON) outreach team is back in the field helping Snohomish County residents. Founded in 2015, OON began as a part of the city of Everett’s safe street initiative, a multi-agency task force comprised of […]
UPDATE: New information released in Lake Stevens shooting
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LAKE STEVENS, Wash., January 19, 2023—The Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (START) released new details in its ongoing investigation on the shooting involving a Lake Stevens officer and an alleged carjacking suspect that occurred on January 13, 2023, in the 9600 Block of 20th Street SE in Lake Stevens. At around 11:30 a.m. Friday, […]
Mariner High School students win Second Congressional App Challenge
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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 19, 2023—The 2022 Congressional App Challenge winning entry for Washington’s Second Congressional District is WordToASL, submitted by Azul Rangel and Sydney Vo from Mariner High School in Everett. The students created the app as part of an AP Computer Science Principles project. The class is taught by their instructor, Colby Soule. “Those […]
New funding will improve childcare, Murray says
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OLYMPIA, Wash., January 19, 2023—U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) was in Olympia January 18 to promote passage of a $1.85 billion increase in federal funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant which will help improve childcare programs across the nation. “It will help our struggling providers to keep the lights on and it […]
Imagine Children’s Museum invites everyone to celebrate Lunar New Year
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EVERETT, Wash., January 19, 2023—On Saturday, January 21, Imagine Children’s Museum in downtown Everett will host its annual Lunar New Year celebration with special art activities and a lion dance performance. Lunar New Year is an annual festival that is one of the most important holidays in East and Southeast Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese, […]
Applicants sought for public facilities and infrastructure projects
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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., January 19, 2023– Snohomish County is encouraging nonprofit organizations and government agencies to review the Notice of Fund Opportunity (NOFO) and submit applications for public facility and infrastructure projects designed to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the direct and indirect effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, and to mitigate future risks. Approximately […]
Snohomish County Council adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., January 18, 2023—The Snohomish County Council unanimously approves resolution 2023-0072 adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism today, January 18, at its General Legislative Session. John Michael Graves, with StandWithUs, an international educational organization, spoke in favor of the resolution, sharing a time when he walked to his favorite […]
New year, new career: Opportunities in transit offer a promising future
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SNOHOMISH COUNTY—The new year is here! And with it, more people are looking for new job opportunities and seeing the potential of a career in transit. “We’re seeing applicants who are feeling burnt out and looking for a new career,” says Melissa Anderson, who works in Community Transit’s employee engagement department. “Especially those who work […]