NCAA bars transgender athletes from competing with biological women
The NCAA announced on February 6 its Board of Governors voted to update the Association’s participation policy for transgender student-athletes following the Trump administration’s executive order. The new policy limits competition in women’s sports to student-athletes assigned female at birth only. The policy permits student-athletes assigned male at birth to practice with women’s teams and receive benefits […]
School delays and cancellations for February 6
SNOHOMISH COUNTY—School districts across the Snohomish County have issued alerts of cancellations for Thursday, February 6, 2025. Arlington Home – Arlington Public Schools (wednet.edu) Due to poor road conditions in many areas of Arlington, we are closing schools for today. Edmonds Home – Edmonds School District (wednet.edu) All schools are CLOSED today, February 6, due to hazardous […]
Port of Everett and Lincoln Property Company announce office pre-leasing at Waterfront Place
EVERETT – Port of Everett and private development partner, Lincoln Property Company (Lincoln), are excited to launch pre-leasing for up to 120,000 sq. ft. of commercial office space in the new Millwright District at Waterfront Place. Located at the heart of the Port of Everett’s $1-billion Waterfront Place mixed-use development in the City of Everett, the 10-acre Millwright District offers […]
Larsen donates books to Mariner Sno-Isle Library, latest on new Mariner Community Campus
EVERETT—Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02) personally hand-delivered 47 children’s and young adult books to Mariner Library from the Library of Congress’ Surplus Books Program on Saturday, February 1 as part of the inaugural Mariner Future Fest presented by ChildStrive, Sno-Isle Libraries, and Sound Transit. He then sat down with kids and young adults and read to […]
School delays and cancellations for February 5
SNOHOMISH COUNTY—School districts across the Snohomish County have issued alerts of delays and cancellations for Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Arlington Home – Arlington Public Schools (wednet.edu) Due to rapidly changing weather conditions, we are changing to a two hour late start today. There will be no out-of-district transportation, no AM/PM APPLE Preschool or Presidents Preschool, […]
Judge denies Binda’s protection order against Lynnwood Times, a victory for freedom of the press
LYNNWOOD—A Snohomish County Superior Court Judge has denied Lynnwood City Council Vice President Josh Binda’s request for a protection order against Lynnwood Times’ owner and award-winning journalist Mario Lotmore, marking a huge victory for first amendment rights and freedom of the press for all journalists. In her decision on January 28, the presiding Judge wrote […]
Public invited to Light Rail Community Zone Design Workshop, Feb 8
EVERETT—The Snohomish County Planning & Development Services is hosting a FREE all-ages workshop on a newly proposed Light Rail Community (LRC) zone that will define the standards that development near future light rail stations will need to meet. The LRC zone aims to support high-density residential, commercial, and community service uses that are pedestrian and […]
Joe Kent nominated to serve as director of National Counterterrorism Center
YACOLT—Army Green Beret, former field operative for the Central Intelligence Agency, and former Washington 3rd District Congressional Candidate, Joe Kent, was nominated today by President Donald J Trump to serve as the next director of National Counterterrorism Center. “It is my pleasure to nominate Joe Kent as the Director of the National Counter Terrorism Center,” President […]
SnoPUD approves rate increase representing $32.9M in additional revenue
EVERETT—With a vote of two and one abstention, the Snohomish PUD Board of Commissioners approved a 4.6 percent system-average rate increase for all customer classes during its meeting on January 21, effective April 1, 2025. Both Commissioners Sid Logan and Tanya Olson voted to approve the motion; Commissioner Julieta Altamirano-Crosby abstained. “The most important thing […]
300+ recovery champions to meet lawmakers for Recovery Advocacy Day
OLYMPIA—On February 6, 2025, the Washington Recovery Alliance (WRA) will convene over 300 recovery champions at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia to meet with lawmakers and advocate for legislative priorities as part of Recovery Advocacy Day (RAD). Since 2014, the WRA has created a statewide community that celebrates and advocates for recovery. Since the […]
