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Help needed in identifying woman who defaced signed petition

defaced petition

ISSAQUAH, December 18, 2023—A woman defaced a signed statewide petition for I-2124 Opt Out of State-run Long Term Care Coverage Act, at an Issaquah Costco located at 1801 10th Avenue NW on Sunday evening. First reported and witnessed by unDivided host Brandi Kruse, the incident took place at approximately 5 p.m. as petitioners were collecting […]

Mill Creek apartment fire leaves one injured, three displaced

Mill Creek apartment fire

MILL CREEK, December 16, 2023—South County Fire reports that one man was injured in an apartment fire early Saturday morning in Mill Creek. The fire was reported just before 2:15 a.m. on December 16 at the Ardent Apartments in the 1100 block of Mill Creek Blvd. Witnesses report flames shooting up the side of the […]

Car plows into Biden motorcade with POTUS just feet away

Biden motorcade

WILMINGTON, Del., December 17, 2023—A car plowed into a secret service vehicle of the presidential motorcade just feet from President Joseph Biden, on Sunday evening, shortly after he and First Lady Jill Biden left a dinner with staff at the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in downtown Wilmington. According to the White House press pool email sent […]

Residents bring awareness to global conflicts in march for peace in Mukilteo

march for peace

MUKILTEO, Wash., December 16, 2023—Residents from Mukilteo to Issaquah gathered to march for peace and to call for a ceasefire this holiday season to all global conflicts. “We want to bring people together and pray for what’s happening around the world,” Mukilteo City Councilman Riaz Khan told attendees. “We are here only to pray, wherever […]

That’s a wrap on this year’s Shop with a Cop!

Shop with a Cop

LYNNWOOD, Wash., December 16, 2023—Dozens of kids joined law enforcement officers of the Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo and Lynnwood police departments and the Washington State Patrol for its annual Shop with a Cop event on Friday evening. This event was made possible by the Mukilteo Police Foundation. “Our goal was to create lasting memories with […]

Marysville man with 27 convictions, arrested for 2019 sexual assault

Rhyan Tyler Vasquez

MARYSVILLE, Wash., December 15, 2023—Rhyan Tyler Vasquez, 28, who was wanted on felony warrants for first-degree rape, kidnapping, and escape from community custody was apprehended on December 14 near the 3100 block of Pine Street in Seattle. The operation occurred around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday and involved the Snohomish County Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF) […]

Mukilteo Councilman Riaz Khan invite public to Gaza Ceasefire Peace Rally

Ceasefire Rally

MUKILTEO, Wash., December 15, 2023—Mukilteo Councilman Riaz Khan is inviting the public to a Ceasefire Peace Rally on Saturday, December 16, from 3 to 4 p.m. “We all should be praying for humanity and we all should be loving each other,” Councilman Khan wrote in a statement to the Lynnwood Times. “My focus is to […]

COVID down, RSV and Influenza above threshold in Snohomish County

RSV Influenza

EVERETT, Wash., December 14, 2023—The Snohomish County Health Department announced on December 14 that due to respiratory virus indicators of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV exceeding threshold limits, healthcare facilities are to prepare for universal masking of staff, patients, and visitors. It is recommended to stay home if you are sick to prevent the spread of […]

Antisemitism hits Everett on the third night of Hanukkah

Antisemitism Everett

EVERETT, Wash., December 13, 2023—A red-soaked effigy of an upper torso representing a fake body next to the words written in chalk, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free; cease fire now,” was discovered at the entrance of the Everett Municipal Building and reported to Everett Police on Saturday evening, the third […]

Parental Rights Bill one step closer to becoming state law

Parental Rights Bill

TUMWATER, Wash., December 13, 2023—Citizen’s action group, Let’s Go Washington, announced on December 12, that it has surpassed the signature threshold to submit Initiative 2081, that if enacted into law, will establish Washington state’s first Parental Bill of Rights. According to the group, 423,399 signatures were turned into the Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday. Upon the […]

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