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LT Exclusive: Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney candidates

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., March 10, 2022 – A Lynnwood Times Exclusive interview with Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney candidates Jason Cummings (D) and Brett Rogers (R). Watch as they share their motivation to lead the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office, qualifications, top priorities, and more! According to its website, “The Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is responsible for prosecuting […]

Sheriff’s Office Dive Team recovers bodies of missing brothers from Lake Howard

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STANWOOD, Wash., February 25, 2022 – Yesterday, the Sheriff’s Office dive team recovered the bodies of who they believe to be the two missing Port Orchard brothers, 19-year-old Alexander Tennyson and a 21-year-old Andrew Tennyson, who went missing on Lake Howard on Saturday, January 29. Lake Howard is located in a residential neighborhood near Stanwood. Around […]

Which Snohomish County cities allow New Year’s Eve fireworks

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., December 31, 2021 – New for this New Year’s Eve, all fireworks use is banned in unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County. All cities served by South County Fire now ban fireworks every day of the year: Brier, Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace.  According to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, residents can legally […]

Historic vote: County Council appoints Lovick and Donaghy to state legislature

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., December 16, 2021 – At its 3 p.m. meeting yesterday, Snohomish County Council members voted to appoint John Lovick as state Senator and Brandy Donaghy as state Representative to the 44th Legislative District. This is a historic moment for Snohomish County as the 44th LD becomes the first and only district in […]

Snohomish parents seeking whereabouts of son

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UPDATE 11:26 p.m. Nov 30, 2021: Added statement from parent. UPDATE 11:06 p.m. Nov 30, 2021: Snohomish County reports that Tamam McDowell is no longer missing. He has been located and is safe. SNOHOMISH, Wash., November 30, 2021 – Tamam “Taye” McDowell, 17, was last seen Monday, November 29 at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Ingraham […]

The small community of Snohomish loses one of its biggest hearts

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Tejpal Singh was a 60-year-old husband and father who was murdered while working a shift at a Chevron station in Lynnwood, WA. The gunman has yet to be identified as the community mourns its loss. On Sunday, September 26, the city of Snohomish lost a dear member of its community. Tejpal Singh, a Snohomish city […]

Sheriff’s Office “rolls ahead” to add electric patrol vehicles to its fleet

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash, September 21, 2021 – The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office announced on June 8 that it will search for an all-electric patrol vehicle to add to its fleet and help promote clean energy.  Currently Sherriff’s Office personnel drive 3.5 million miles per year using the existing 250 patrol vehicles, 30 of which are […]

Snohomish County’s VOTF – real life crime fighters

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MARYSVILLE, Wash., September 20, 2021 – The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF), an A-team cast of officers from across Snohomish County, arrested a 48-year-old male outside his Seattle residence for the 2004 murder of 31-year old Hoang V. Nguyen, Thursday, September 9.  On the morning of October 23, 2004, Everett police officers responded […]

Sheriff’s youth mentor program “leads the way” to brighter futures

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Snohomish, Wash. September 3, 2021 – Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney’s first Lead the Way program for youths at the crossroads in life, came to a close with a graduation ceremony at Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center on Thursday, September 2. Over the past eight weeks, attendees of this first-ever Sheriff’s Office program met once a […]

Applications for the Sheriff’s 2021 Citizen’s Academy now open

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The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office offers a free 12‐week 2021 Citizen’s Academy for residents interested in learning about their local law enforcement. Classes are held Wednesday evenings (6-9:30 p.m.) with two weekend field trips. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office 2021 Citizen’s Academy program includes classroom training by patrol deputies, detectives and corrections deputies for hands‐on […]

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