What to expect when holiday shopping at Alderwood Mall this year
LYNNWOOD, Wash., December 15, 2021 – Alderwood Mall has decked the halls, returning to full capacity and hosting plenty of events just in time for shoppers looking for an in-person shopping experience this holiday season. Alderwood has a collection of 166 retailers and dining options with something for everyone. Throw in the state-of-the-art AMC Theater […]
Frizzell supports sales tax increase, requests county council to provide long term services
LYNNWOOD, Wash., December 15, 2021 – In a letter sent to the Snohomish County Council on Tuesday evening, Mayor Christine Frizzell shared that the current proposal for a 0.1% sales tax increase doesn’t do enough to combat homelessness. “I ask that for every new housing unit created that long term services also be provided to […]
Over 50 elected leaders demand a public vote on Snohomish County sales tax increase
UPDATE: [9:54 a.m. Dec 15, 2021] Lynnwood Mayor Christine Frizzell sends letter of support to county council. SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., December 14, 2021 – Ahead of Wednesday’s county council vote, 58 local elected officials from 20 jurisdictions throughout Snohomish County have signed a letter opposing the effort to increase the countywide sales tax in Snohomish […]
Vaughn’s Teaching Farm returns for its second annual Christmas lights and cocoa
LYNNWOOD, Wash., December 14, 2021 – When traveling to Vaughn’s Teaching Farm and Kitchen, you may at first second guess if you’ve inputted the correct address. It almost seems unreasonable that a three-acre farm raising goats, chickens, rabbits, and ducks could exist tucked behind department stores, just right down the road from Lynnwood’s bustling Alderwood […]
County poised to pass 0.1% sales tax as inflation hits 40-year high
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., December 13, 2021 – Just weeks after the Snohomish County Council approved its $1.25 billion 2022 budget on November 9, County Executive Dave Somers along with County Council Chair Stephanie Wright and County Council Vice Chair Megan Dunn propose a county-wide 0.1% sales tax for affordable housing programs. If adopted, some Snohomish […]
US Trail Running Conference heads to Mukilteo in 2022
MUKILTEO, Wash., December 11, 2021 – Active at Altitude, organizers of the US Trail Running Conference have announced that the tenth edition of the industry-leading Conference will be held in Snohomish County, Washington, in the city of Mukilteo, October 19 – 22, 2022. Snohomish County, located in northwest Washington State just 15 miles north of Seattle […]
Council discusses of a $25.8 million bond issuance
LYNNWOOD, Wash, December 7, 2021 – At Monday’s City Council Work Session the issuance of the city’s 2022 Bond Ordinance was discussed. Lynnwood’s Finance Director Michelle Meyer gave a brief presentation on the topic. “This agenda item is to just review the bond authorizing ordinance itself, and then this will be brought back to [council] […]
Snohomish County Council votes to become a Purple Heart County
EVERETT, Wash., December 6, 2021 – On the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor, tonight at its 6 p.m. Administrative Session, the Snohomish County Council will vote to become a Purple Heart County. Snohomish County will be the third county in Washington state following Thurston and Lewis counties to officially be recognized as a […]
Op-Ed: Rehumanizing the unvaccinated
While debates surrounding COVID-19 vaccines continue, late-night talk shows and popular news outlets have sought to sort the general public into two different camps: the “rational” pro-vaccine side that trusts the science and the “irrational” vaccine-hesitant side that does not. However, as is the case with most issues concerning the human race, it isn’t that […]
Inslee announces FEMA mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit coming to Western Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash., December 2, 2021 – Gov. Jay Inslee in partnership with the Washington State Department of Health, the King County Executive’s Office, Public Health – Seattle & King County, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Washington State Emergency Management Division, and King County Emergency Management, announced today that FEMA is preparing to send […]
