AquaSox prepare for Tuesday’s Home Opener against Tri-City
EVERETT, Wash., May 7, 2021 – The 2-1 Everett AquaSox will play their first home opener game at Everett’s Funko Field since 2019 against the Tri-City Dust Devils on May 11. Although the 2021 season is the AquaSox first season at the class High-A rank, manager Louis Boyd says it wouldn’t be possible without a […]
Edmonds establishes HASCO as city’s official Housing Authority
EDMONDS, Wash., May 5, 2021 – A motion was passed, 6-1, at Tuesday’s city council meeting held May 4, for the city of Edmonds to partner with the Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO). The inter-local agreement (ILA) establishes HASCO as the city’s official housing authority, allowing the organization the ability to provide additional housing […]
Safety, a top priority to Sound Transit
In a study conducted by Morgan Neiss, Department of Economics at the University of Akron, in 2015, it was found that public transportation affects crime rates in neighborhoods surrounding its implementation. “It can give criminals easier access to potential targets and decrease the probability of getting caught” according to Neiss, Morgan (2015) ‘Does Public Transit […]
Youth turn to a Mukilteo warehouse to play basketball
MUKILTEO, Wash. – Even as schools reopen from the shutdown, available venues for kids to play sports, such as gymnasiums, remain closed. That’s why some local Mukilteo moms and dads, decided to take measures into their own hands in order for their kids to play basketball. When Peter Zieve, CEO of Electroimpact, received a call […]
Target Zero, Washington state continues its effort to reduce fatal car crashes
Motor collisions and fatalities on Washington roads continue to rise leading legislation to continue its effort to make roads safer. One of these strategies is Target Zero, which is an agenda that aims toward zero deaths and serious injury on Washington roadways by 2030. Target Zero ‘is built on the belief that not one death […]
Pursuit NW church to Health District, “We ain’t cancelling church!”
Snohomish, Wash. – The Pursuit NW, located in the city of Snohomish, received a 14-page letter from the Snohomish Health District on February 22 warning the church of potential prosecution by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office for complaints that it was violating the Governor’s Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery proclamation orders. In the […]
Memorial for Lake Stevens trooper defaced
Lake Stevens, Wash. – In the days leading up to the resolution of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction, a Lake Stevens memorial, honoring the life and service of fallen trooper Sean O’Connell, was defaced with an anti-police message. In May, 2013, motorcycle state trooper Sean O’Connell, 38, was killed on duty during the […]
Snohomish County leaders reacts to the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin
Snohomish, Wash., April 21, 2021 – Last year the world erupted in the largest mass protest movement in U.S. history, when video surfaced of George Floyd, 46, slowing dying uttering the words, “I can’t breathe,” as now former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck during a May 25 arrest. Hundreds of thousands […]
$186 million in major transportation capital projects to absorb Lynnwood’s growth
Lynnwood, Wash. – A briefing concerning major transportation capital construction projects was held at the Lynnwood City Council Work Session meeting, Monday, April 5. A total of $186 million over the next 15 years aim to provide vehicular capacity, bike lanes and much needed sidewalks. Public Works Director William “Bill” Franz began the presentation on […]
Edmonds man files lawsuit against city gun laws and wins
EDMONDS, WA – When Brett Bass first read Edmonds City Ordinance 4120, requiring firearms to be stored in lockers, his immediate response was confusion. “The brazen nature of the city government discussing the illegality of the measure and then passing it anyway was extremely frustrating,” Bass told the Lynnwood Times. On July 24, 2018, the […]
