December 21, 2025 12:42 am

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Washington court could rule legal fines for Tim Eyman were ‘excessive’

Eyman fines

(The Center Square) – More than three years ago, tax protester and initiative sponsor Tim Eyman was ordered to pay millions of dollars in fines stemming from Public Disclosure Commission campaign finance violations in 2012. Now, a court plans to conduct a “trial on paper” to determine whether or not the fines imposed on him were too excessive […]

New youth swim school, Aqua-Tots, opens in Lynnwood early March

Aqua-Tots

LYNNWOOD—A new youth swim school, Aqua-Tots, is coming to Lynnwood that will offer swim lessons for children between the ages of four months to twelve years old. Aqua-Tots was founded in 1991 by husband-and-wife Ron and Jane Sciarro. Ron got the idea while working as a lifeguard in Tempe, Arizona, as a teenager and began […]

Musselfest 2025 Returns to Coupeville for a Weekend of Food, Fun, and Festivities

Musselfest

COUPEVILLE—Musselfest 2025 brings a weekend of celebration to Coupeville from March 8–9, honoring nearly four decades of history and love for mussels. Musselfest is hosted by the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association (CHWA) in partnership with Pacific Seafood–Penn Cove. Proceeds support town preservation efforts as well as scholarships for the Boys & Girls Club and Coupeville […]

Trump EO banning gender affirming care for minors blocked by federal judge in Seattle

gender affirming

SEATTLE—A federal judge Friday evening granted Washington state’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald J Trump’s Executive Orders banning gender-affirming care (including irreversible surgeries) to youth who identify as transgender. “This [Executive] Order denies the very existence of transgender people and instead seeks to erase them from the federal vocabulary altogether and eliminate […]

North Trunk Sewer Extension project underway thanks to DelBene

Extension project

SNOHOMISH—Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) on Friday, February 28, participated in the groundbreaking of the City of Snohomish’s sewer extension project. She secured $3 million in federal funding for the project that will help improve service, reduce the risk of sewer overflows, and support more affordable housing development. The North Trunk Sewer Extension project will divert […]

Nominations open for Marysville Business Awards

marysville business awards

The City of Marysville presents three business awards annually to outstanding local businesses. Help us honor the best of the best! Nominate your favorites in the following categories: Businesses must be located within Marysville city limits. Find the nomination form and submit your entry by March 31 at www.marysvillewa.gov/MarysvilleBusinessAwards. The 2025 winners will be announced […]

ORCA announces new Regional Day Pass fare to Improve Transit Affordability

Regional Day Pass

SNOHOMISH COUNTY—ORCA is making the Regional Day Pass fare permanent, creating more affordable and accessible transit for riders across the region. This price change, approved by the ORCA Joint Board, saves money and enhances convenience for customers who use multiple transit services in a single day. Effective March 1, 2025, the new ORCA Regional Day […]

CASA Program and local partners champion children’s literacy

casa literacy

SNOHOMISH COUNTY—This February, the Snohomish County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program celebrated Black History Month with a special initiative to promote literacy, representation, and cultural awareness. The program, in partnership with Rotary Club of Edmonds and Edmonds Bookshop, provided books that highlight Black history, culture, and achievements to children of all ages served by […]

Former Archbishop Murphy teacher charged with felony child sex abuse

Archbishop doty

KIRKLAND—On Monday, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (KCPAO) charged 32-year-old John Robert Doty, a now-former science teacher at Archbishop Murphy High School with multiple felonies. Doty was booked into the King County Correctional Facility on February 20 for the alleged “sexual exploitation of a child.” Filing charges on the 24th, the KCPAO requested that […]

EXCLUSIVE: Drop One of the Epstein Files

Epstein Files

WASHINGTON, D.C.—United States Attorney General Pam Bondi, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), on Thursday, February 27, declassified and publicly released approximately 200 pages of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his sexual exploitation of over 250 underage girls at his homes in New York and Florida, among other […]

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