October 6, 2024 3:18 pm

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‘We’re never gonna let these bastards try to control us!’

ila

NORTH BERGEN, N.J.—Nearly 50,000 dockworkers represented by the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) union headed to the picket lines Tuesday, October 1, effectively freezing the flow of goods from 36 ports along the coasts from Maine to Texas. “We are now demanding $5 an hour increase in wages for each of the six years of a […]

Highway 2 reopened after vehicle chase in East County

vehicular pursuit

SULTAN—Three Snohomish County Sheriff Deputies were taken to hospital on October 1 following a vehicle chase on Highway 2 near Monroe. Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies responded to a report of a vehicle theft in the 12000 block of 316th Ave SE at around 6:00 a.m. on October 1, and quickly located the stolen […]

Sound Transit Lynnwood Link new construction road closures Oct 3

Lynnwood road closures

On the evening of Thursday, October 3, Sound Transit’s contractor will begin road striping on 236th St SW in Mountlake Terrace. This work will require closing the street at night. The contractor has obtained a temporary noise variance to complete this work. Detours will be provided (see map). Nightly full closure of 236th St SW […]

Public safety sales tax online town hall to be held on October 2

sales tax

SNOHOMISH COUNTY—Snohomish County voters are invited to join Executive Somers, Sheriff Johnson, and Prosecuting Attorney Cummings at a public safety town hall, hosted by Safe Snohomish County, to discuss Proposition 1—the proposed 0.2% Public Safety Sales Tax—on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at 6 p.m. To participate, please join us on Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86358103981) on Wednesday, October […]

A Marysville resident may be $10,000 richer and not know it

winning ticket

OLYMPIA—Washington’s Lottery is encouraging players to double check their lottery tickets, as there are two $10,000 Match 4 prizes expiring in October. One winning ticket was purchased in Marysville at WinCo Foods located at 3947 116th St NE and expires on October 22. The second winning ticket was purchased in Graham at the Safeway located […]

Seattle PD to decommission Mounted Patrol Unit

Mounted Patrol Unit

SEATTLE—The Seattle Police Department announced on September 30 the decommissioning of its Mounted Patrol Unit due to the loss of hundreds of officers over the past four years. “As SPD continues to recover from loss of hundreds of officers over the past four years, we have to carefully prioritize how to use existing scarce resources,” […]

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