Snohomish County’s VOTF – real life crime fighters
MARYSVILLE, Wash., September 20, 2021 – The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF), an A-team cast of officers from across Snohomish County, arrested a 48-year-old male outside his Seattle residence for the 2004 murder of 31-year old Hoang V. Nguyen, Thursday, September 9. On the morning of October 23, 2004, Everett police officers responded […]
Mukilteo considers budget options for 2022 Preliminary Budget
MUKILTEO, Wash., September 17, 2021 – As the city of Mukilteo approaches the November 15 deadline for their 2022 Preliminary Budget, council met September 13 at a Special Meeting to review Expenditure considerations, Revenue considerations, and other budget ideas. The 2022 Preliminary Budget has the city of Mukilteo receiving $35,504,156 in total revenue and expending […]
9/11: Revisiting Everett’s role in paving American history
EVERETT, Wash. – When Sgt. Mike Atwood of the Everett Police Department returned home from a graveyard shift at Snohomish County Jail on September 11, 2001, the last thing he expected was to be awakened by his family notifying him of the attacks on the world trade center. He watched the towers fall on the […]
Rebuilding a Life: A journey from homelessness and drug abuse to self-redemption
SNOHOMISH, Wash., September 15, 2021 – Billy McGarry, 35, lost track of how many days he had been awake with no sleep. It was the middle of winter, and he had just been kicked out of the McDonald’s bathroom where he passed out on the floor. He hadn’t eaten in days but had no appetite, […]
Mukfest returns for a weekend of festivities at Lighthouse Park
MUKILTEO, Wash., September, 14, 2021 – A few sprinkles of rain could not dampen the smiling faces at the Mukilteo’s Lighthouse Festival held at Lighthouse Park September 10 through 12. The festival returned a year after the COVID-19 shutdown with live music, rows of vendors, food trucks, a beer garden, lighthouse tours, parades, and more […]
Sheriff’s youth mentor program “leads the way” to brighter futures
Snohomish, Wash. September 3, 2021 – Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney’s first Lead the Way program for youths at the crossroads in life, came to a close with a graduation ceremony at Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center on Thursday, September 2. Over the past eight weeks, attendees of this first-ever Sheriff’s Office program met once a […]
Afghanistan: An end to the United States’ longest war
KABUL, Afghanistan – The last U.S. military plane departed Afghanistan on Monday night, officially ending the longest war in U.S. history while Taliban fighters celebrated driving out the world’s most powerful military from one of the world’s poorest countries. The Taliban, who governed the country under a radical interpretation of Islamic law from 1996 to […]
Everett Community College’s AMTEC hosts aerospace roundtable
EVERETT, Wash., August 31, 2021 — Rep. Rick Larsen, chair of the aviation subcommittee, and Elliot Black, Director, Airport Planning and Programs with the U.S. Department of Transportation, met with local leaders in the aviation industry at Everett Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing Training & Education Center (AMTEC) building on Friday, August 20, for a roundtable […]
Washington’s electoral districts: Gainers and Losers
LYNNWOOD, Wash., August 30, 2021 — The U.S. Census Bureau released additional 2020 Census results, August 12, that will shape the Washington State Redistricting Committee’s once-in-a-decade redrawing of the state’s congressional and state legislative electoral districts. There are 10 congressional districts and 49 legislative districts in Washington State, a state of 7.6 million people according […]
Rep Larsen provides assistance to aviation job layoffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The second round of applications for the Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Program (AMJP) under the American Rescue Plan Act has reopened to provide temporary relief for aerospace supply chain employees furloughed, or at risk of being furloughed, due to the pandemic. The AMJP aims to provide funding to eligible businesses, paying up […]
