City announces eligibility to receive up to $1.88 million in CARES Act funding
City announces eligibility to receive up to $1.88 million in CARES Act fundingby Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff At its May 26 virtual business meeting, the Lynnwood City Council was joined by Public Information Officer Julie Moore, who confirmed the city of Lynnwood’s eligibility to receive up to $1,188,000 in Federal CARES Act funding […]
Stay Home ends, Safe Start plan begins
Stay Home ends, Safe Start plan beginsby Luke Putvin | Lynnwood Times Staff At his May 29 press briefing, Governor Jay Inslee opened by saying that Washington can begin to see the opening of more businesses and enterprises. “We have new tools, and we intend to use them,” Inslee said. The governor’s Stay Home, Stay […]
Candle light vigil for George Floyd on June 3
Candle light vigil for George Floyd on June 3By Shawn Green | Lynnwood Resident | Lynnwood Times This is a notice of a socially distant, peaceful protest to mourn the horrendous murder of George Floyd. We are hoping that all members of the community can join us for a united show of support and solidarity […]
Harbour Reach Corridor Construction project underway after 15 years of speed bumps
Harbour Reach Corridor Construction project underway after 15 years of speed bumpsBy: Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff MUKILTEO- Construction of a new roadway connecting Beverly Park Road to Harbour Pointe Boulevard is finally underway after a decade and a half of planning. The roadway will provide a north-south alternative to the Mukilteo Speedway, increasing […]
Pierce County joins Snohomish County push for Phase 2 variance
Pierce County joins Snohomish County push for Phase 2 varianceBy Mario Lotmore | Lynnwood Times Staff Comments by elected officials Today Pierce County joins Snohomish County leaders applying for Phase 2 of Governor Jay Inslee’s “Safe Start Washington” phased COVID-19 reopening plan. Just after 4 p.m. today, in a tweet, County Executive Bruce Dammeier, County […]
Extended: Congressional Art Competition submission due June 1
Extended: Congressional Art Competition submission due June 1- Lynnwood Times DUE DATE EXTENDED: All artwork must be submitted no later than Monday, June 1, at 4:00 p.m. (was May 31). Due to COVID-19, submissions may be emailed to CongressionalArt.WA02@mail.house.gov. Each spring, the U.S. House of Representatives holds a nationwide high school arts competition. The Congressional Art Competition is an […]
Inslee announces state’s long term care testing plan and farmworker protections
Lynwood Times Inslee announces state’s long term care testing plan and farmworker protections- Widespread testing for employees and residents of long term care facilities and protections for farmworkers in housing, transportation, and job sites. By Office of thr Governor | Press Release Gov. Jay Inslee today laid out additional health and safety guidelines for the […]
Cloth mask drive w/ Lynnwood Food Bank
By: Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff Lynnwood City councilmembers Julieta Altamirano-Crosby and Shannon Sessions teamed up with the Lynnwood Food Bank to make homemade face coverings available to residents and re-opening small businesses to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The two elected officials, also food bank volunteers, have collected at least 1,000 homemade […]
Snohomish County Leaders Push to Enter Phase II of Opening
Action by Board of Health and County Council necessary to advance proposal By Snohomish County Goverment | Press Release Updated 12:26 p.m. May 28: Added links to 10 a.m. meeting, 11:30 a.m. meeting and copies of agendas EVERETT, Snohomish County, May 28, 2020 — Today, Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers, Board of Health Chair Stephanie Wright, and […]
Washington State hit hard by unemployment fraud
by Luke Putvin | Lynnwood Times Staff On May 14, Employment Security Department (ESD) Commissioner, Suzi LeVine, released a statement touching on the rise in unemployment imposter fraud attempts. “Since the start of May – and particularly in the past week – the Employment Security Department has seen a significant rise in reports of imposter […]
