Former Lynnwood lifeguard earns Red Cross lifesaving award
After saving his friend from drowning in July 2020, a former city of Lynnwood lifeguard has achieved the American Red Cross National Lifesaving Awards Certificate of Merit, one of the organization’s highest honors. The awards are presented to individuals who have saved a life as a direct result of Red Cross training. Certificates of Merit […]
Snohomish County Festivals & Fairs: What to look forward to this season
It’s beginning to enter festival and fair season in Snohomish County and, while some events have begun their planning, many still await local and state restrictions to announce their commencement. Snohomish The Kla Ha Ya Days Festival in the city of Snohomish has begun its planning process with a scheduled carnival running from July 14-18 […]
Fire damages former NOAA Mukilteo Research Station
Mukilteo, Wash., May 14, 2021 – Mukilteo Fire Department was dispatched to a commercial fire at 802 Front Street, the former NOAA Mukilteo Research Station, at 7:39 p.m. tonight. Multiple callers reported heavy smoke which was confirmed by the first arriving engine at 7:42 p.m. Fire involved an outbuilding next to the main structure with […]
Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Lynnwood celebrates 100 years
LYNNWOOD, Wash. – Members of the Debre Bisrat Saint Gabriel and Saint Arsema Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church gathered together, May 9, to celebrate the hundred-year anniversary of their building. The building was bought by the church in November of 2017, with the goal to not only use it for prayer but to help children learn […]
Local leaders attend South Lynnwood Park groundbreaking
On May 10, local leaders gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the City of Lynnwood’s South Lynnwood Park renovation and renewal project. City of Lynnwood Mayor Nicola Smith, Lynnwood City Council members and Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department staff gathered with U.S Representative for the 2nd Congressional District Rick Larsen and State Representative for […]
Holly House Toy Drive, May 22
Holly House is a local Children’s Holiday Gift Program providing gifts and necessities for low-income children in primarily the Edmonds School District during the Holidays. Holly House has over two thousand two-hundred, 4 – 17 year old in-need children who won’t have gifts to open on Christmas morning without your help. Saturday, May 22nd 12 […]
Former police officer Derek Chauvin files motion for new trial
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 4, 2021 – Today, former police officer Derek Chauvin, through his attorney Eric J. Nelson, files motion for a new trial. Chauvin faces decades in prison after he was convicted of two counts of murder, and manslaughter on April 20, for the death of George Floyd. To view the motion, click here. […]
West African community gathered for the Ramadan tradition, “Grandma’s Sukuri Ndogu”
LYNNWOOD. Wash. – On April 17, members of the West African community came together at Gambian Talents Promotion’s offices to hold an event called “Grandma’s Sukuri Ndogu,” a West African tradition connected to Ramadan. In the English language, “Grandma’s Sukuri Ndogu” means giving something sweet to grandmothers so that they have food with which to […]
Cascade Symphony Orchestra virtual concert May 3
The Cascade Symphony Orchestra (CSO) will present “Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto,” its sixth and final virtual concert of the 2020-21 season, on Monday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. This online music program, as has been the case for all previous CSO musicales this season, is presented free of charge through the generosity of orchestra donors […]
Biden proclaims National Volunteer Week: April 18-24
On April 16, President Joe Biden Jr. proclaims April 18 through April 24, 2021, as National Volunteer Week. According to a 2018 Volunteering in America report 77 million adults volunteered through an organization last year. Americans volunteered nearly 6.9 billion hours, worth an estimated $167 billion in economic value. “I call upon all Americans to […]
