Monroe/Sky Valley Family YMCA welcomes new Executive Director
MONROE—The Monroe/Sky Valley Family YMCA is excited to announce its new Executive Director, Anthony Schmidt, who brings nearly 15 years of YMCA experience to Monroe, with extensive work in membership and programs. He has spent all of his Y career at the Marysville Family YMCA, with a brief stint as interim executive director in Monroe […]
Online reservations now open for Governor’s Mansion commemorative tours
OLYMPIA — Online reservations are now open for tours of the Governor’s Mansion commemorating the 115th anniversary of the Mansion’s first housewarming event. The Governor’s Mansion was completed in December 1908. In January 1909, two housewarming ceremonies were held – one for the public and one for the Legislature and state officers. In honor of […]
Letter-to-Editor: Christmas Trees from around the world
The Capitol Christmas tree in Washington, D.C., is decorated with 3,000 ornaments that are the handiwork of U.S. schoolchildren. Encircling evergreens in the ‘Pathway of Peace’ represent the 50 U.S. states. The world’s largest Christmas tree display rises up the slopes of Monte Ingino outside of Gubbio, in Italy ‘s Umbria region. Composed of about […]
Bills to modernize national weather alert system passes Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio Modernization Act (NWR Modernization Act) and the National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act, bipartisan bills aimed at modernizing the nation’s weather communication and radio alert system, both passed the U. S. Senate on December 18 unanimously and how heads to the House for vote. U.S. […]
Nic’s Barbershop holds annual Cuts of Cops event
MUKILTEO, Wash., December 25, 2023—Mukilteo Police partnered with Nic’s Barbershop on Saturday, November 18, to raise money for Prostate Cancer Research with its annual “Cuts with Cops” event. From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., community members could get a haircut from a member of the Mukilteo Police Department. During the event, Nic’s staff supervised officers […]
