Everett Transit annexation deal: $38.5 Million net, new 0.6% transit tax hike set for April 2027
EVERETT — The City of Everett and Community Transit on Wednesday released a proposed interlocal agreement (ILA) that would fold Everett Transit into the county agency on April 1, 2027, raise the city’s local transit sales tax from 0.6% to 1.2% that same day, and send the city a $54.5 million check while $16 million […]
Juvenile charged with assault after BB gun drive-by on Mukilteo Boulevard
MUKILTEO—A juvenile has been charged with assault after firing a BB gun from a moving vehicle at pedestrians walking on the sidewalk in Mukilteo last week. Mukilteo Police received a 911 call from Mukilteo residents on Wednesday, September 16, around 11:30 a.m. reporting that someone was firing a BB gun at them, as they walked […]
Executive proposes raising property tax to preserve $8.7M for essential services
EVERETT—Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers is recommending the county separate its mental health and community support/developmental disabilities levy and its veterans levy, from the county’s existing general levy, which would save the county $8.7 million for essential services but come at an added cost to homeowners. “We must preserve essential services and minimize impacts on […]
Nate Nehring: Tax Dollars Belong in Treatment, Not Syringes and Pipes
Our response to the crisis of drug addiction should be focused on a clear objective: helping people escape addiction and move toward treatment and recovery. Unfortunately, too much of what is called “harm reduction” has moved away from that objective. Many government programs distribute the very paraphernalia used to consume dangerous and illegal drugs, including […]
‘We the People’: Lynnwood voices celebrate the US Constitution
LYNNWOOD — The League of Women Voters of Snohomish County opened its second year of Constitution Day community readings marking 239 years since delegates signed the United States Constitution in Philadelphia. On September 17, in the chamber of the Edmonds School District Administrative Building, community members took turns reading sections of the Constitution and then […]
Packs for Kids Washington fundraiser Oct 18
MUKILTEO — Packs for Kids Washington, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving children in the Mukilteo School District experiencing the most severe food insecurity, will hold its Annual Fall Fundraiser on Sunday, October 18, 2026, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo. The event is co-sponsored by the City of Mukilteo. Packs […]
