Musselfest 2025 Returns to Coupeville for a Weekend of Food, Fun, and Festivities

COUPEVILLE—Musselfest 2025 brings a weekend of celebration to Coupeville from March 8–9, honoring nearly four decades of history and love for mussels. Musselfest is hosted by the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association (CHWA) in partnership with Pacific Seafood–Penn Cove. Proceeds support town preservation efforts as well as scholarships for the Boys & Girls Club and Coupeville […]

Trump EO banning gender affirming care for minors blocked by federal judge in Seattle

SEATTLE—A federal judge Friday evening granted Washington state’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald J Trump’s Executive Orders banning gender-affirming care (including irreversible surgeries) to youth who identify as transgender. “This [Executive] Order denies the very existence of transgender people and instead seeks to erase them from the federal vocabulary altogether and eliminate […]

North Trunk Sewer Extension project underway thanks to DelBene

SNOHOMISH—Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) on Friday, February 28, participated in the groundbreaking of the City of Snohomish’s sewer extension project. She secured $3 million in federal funding for the project that will help improve service, reduce the risk of sewer overflows, and support more affordable housing development. The North Trunk Sewer Extension project will divert […]