Fire Chief Shaughn Maxwell explains Proposition 1 on November Ballot

As your fire chief, I want to explain an issue on your November 3 General Election ballot. South County Fire is proposing Proposition 1, a Fire and EMS Construction Bond that would fund essential improvements to fire stations and emergency response facilities across our service area, impacting every resident we serve. South County Fire operates […]
Ferguson and First Spouse invite trick-or-treaters to the Executive Residence for Halloween

OLYMPIA – Governor Bob Ferguson and First Lady Colleen Ferguson invite trick-or-treaters to join them at the Executive Residence on Saturday, October 31, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for Halloween. Link to campus directions and parking. Last year, Governor Ferguson dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi with a lightsaber alongside his wife, Colleen, in a white […]
Washington’s new police use-of-force database shows force used in 0.56 of every 1,000 police calls

EVERETT — Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joined law enforcement leaders, police oversight officials, community advocates and researchers Thursday evening at the Henry M. Jackson Conference Center to mark more than a year of data collection under the Washington State Data Exchange for Public Safety (WADEPS), the state’s centralized public platform for reportable police use-of-force […]
WA State Treasurer visits Marysville Pilchuck High School’s RAP program

MARYSVILLE—Washington State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti and former State Representative, now Outreach and Community Engagement Director for the Treasurer’s Office, Jesse Johnson, visited Marysville Pilchuck High School’s Regional Apprenticeship Pathways of Snohomish County (RAP) program Friday, October 23, to see how Snohomish County’s only state-recognized construction career and technical education course for high school students provides […]