Two arrested in early morning armed carjacking South County crime spree

LYNNWOOD—The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office arrests two males in connection with an early morning crime spree on Saturday, January 27, in the Mill Creek/Lynnwood unincorporated areas of Snohomish County that left two injured, including the suspect. Both suspects are pending Class A and B felony charges that if convicted would result in life imprisonment. Shortly […]

Washington is sixth in the list of the states most interested in gig work, according to new study 

Experts at JeffBet.com analyzed the search volume of various gig work related terms, including ‘become DoorDash driver’, ‘grocery delivery driver jobs’, and ‘work for Uber’. The search volumes for every term were combined in each state to determine the ranking.              Rank            State      […]

Washington is the second most expensive state for business owners

Business consulting firm Venture Smarter analyzed eight metrics that could influence the cost of setting up and running a business in each state. This included each state’s corporate tax rate, average LLC filing fees, average commercial rent costs, and the hourly minimum wage.  These metrics were gathered for all 50 states with each scored out […]

One year in, Snohomish County’s newly formed Health Department has big plans for 2024

SNOHOMISH COUNTY—On May 2022, after years of financially struggling, the Snohomish County Health District announced that its local public health services would be integrating to the county government structure as the newly formed Snohomish County Health Department. Despite financial constraints, the District had an eventful final year before the integration commenced on January 1, 2023: […]