Financial Crisis of the Year goes to city of Edmonds with special mention Marysville School District
The Lynnwood Times’ Financial Crisis of the Year goes to the City of Edmonds for its $13 million deficit made worse from the city overestimating revenues by $200,000 and made worse by overestimating the beginning budget balance by $550,000 and paying more than $250,000 in un-budgeted funds to laid off employees. To deal with this […]
As 2025 session begins, here’s what to expect from Senate Republicans
Note: This article on the 2025 legislative session was written prior to Governor Ferguson’s swearing-in and inaugural speech Jan. 15 Those of us who take to heart President Lincoln’s words that government is “of the people” appreciate being asked to offer a forecast of an upcoming 2025 session. Our constituents and others, such as the […]
UTC approves over $12,000 in railroad safety for city of Marysville
MARYSVILLE—State regulators approved $12,067.69 in funding from the Grade Crossing Protective Fund (GCPF) to purchase one aerial drone and accessories for trespass enforcement along more than ten miles of BNSF railroad tracks that run through Marysville. The project will provide one drone to the Marysville Police Department. The device shows live aerial surveillance of the […]
Bob Ferguson is officially the governor of Washington state
Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, took the oath of office for governor on Wednesday in front of family, friends and lawmakers in a crowded House of Representatives chamber. The 59-year-old Seattleite began his new role after 12 years as the state’s attorney general. He is Washington’s 24th governor. In his inaugural address, Ferguson mapped out his priorities: […]
Investigation underway in shooting at the Twin Lakes Shopping Center
MARYSVILLE—Detectives with the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART) are investigating a use of force incident that occurred on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, near the Costco at the Twin Lakes Shopping Center located at 16616 Twin Lakes Avenue in Marysville. At approximately 8:00 p.m., a Marysville police officer initiated a traffic stop on the […]
Mukilteo PD among 12 agencies awarded funds by AG’s Office to combat gun violence
SEATTLE—The Mukilteo Police Department is among 12 local law enforcement agencies across Washington state receiving monies for gun violence prevention efforts. Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced on December 12 that his office will be awarding nearly $2 million to local police departments, tribal law enforcement and sheriff’s offices across Washington state to fund efforts such […]
15 dead, dozens injured after terror strikes New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS—At approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, New Year’s Day, an individual identified as 42-year-old Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 15 and injuring at 30 others. Find the full list of victims here. Louisiana Governor […]
Terror attack investigation underway after Cybertruck explodes at Trump hotel
LAS VEGAS—The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is treating the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck that drove up to the main lobby entrance (valet area) of the Trump International Hotel as a possible act of terror. “We were told that a 2024 Cybertruck pulled up to the front of the hotel, and, in fact, I […]
Menorah Lighting 2024: Where light is, darkness cannot exist
LYNNWOOD—Over two hundred residents attended the 13th annual Giant Menorah Lighting & Celebration, hosted by Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County in partnership with Sound Transit and the city of Lynnwood. As dusk began on Sunday, December 30, Rabbi Berel Paltiel lit candles commemorating the fifth day a single day’s supply of oil lasted while Jewish […]
Lake Stevens parents of special needs child calling upon law makers for more support
LAKE STEVENS—After Jessica Morrow, a Lake Stevens mother to a special needs child, had to stay at home to be full-time caretakers, she and 5,000 parents statewide, are now banding together to ask law makers for more support. One of Morrow’s two children, Jayden (15), has multiple special needs with his two main diagnoses being […]
