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 […]
Publisher of Everett Daily Herald says goodbye, named new CEO of Wick Communications
EVERETT—Senior Vice President & Group Publisher at Carpenter Media Group (formerly Black Press), and publisher of the Everett Daily Herald, Josh O’Connor, has been named CEO of Wick Communications—an Arizona-based family-owned media company that operates community news publications and digital advertising agencies across 10 Western states, from Alaska to Minnesota. O’Connor will join Wick in […]
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 […]
Mud Bay aims for record-breaking donations to PNW animal shelters this holiday season
Independent pet retailer Mud Bay is looking to propel record-breaking donations—including 15 tons of pet food—to local PNW animal shelters this holiday season. “We’ve all seen how the shelters in our communities have been at max capacity,” said Mud Bay Shelter Programs Manager Justin Anderson. “This year we’re really focusing on helping with taking care […]
Representative sought for Snohomish County Boundary Review Board
SNOHOMISH COUNTY—Applicants are sought for an upcoming vacancy on the Boundary Review Board, a quasi-judicial body that provides an impartial, inter-governmental decision process for citizens, municipalities, and special purpose districts (fire districts, water districts, etc.) on proposed annexations, incorporations, and mergers of jurisdictional boundaries. The board consists of five citizens who are appointed by the […]
Government shutdown looming; what could this mean for Washington?
WASHINGTON D.C.—A government shutdown could occur on Saturday, December 21 unless Democrats and Republicans agree to a new federal spending bill that requires Congressional approval by Friday, December 20, just before midnight. The government’s current federal spending bill is set to expire on December 21 at midnight unless. Congressional leaders presented a stopgap measure Thursday […]
Snohomish County Jail Intelligence-K9 Unit Intercept and Seize Delivery of Narcotics to Inmate
EVERETT—On Friday, December 13, 2024, The Intelligence-K9 Unit of the Snohomish County Jail collaborated with detectives to intercept and seize a delivery of narcotics being brought to a 35-year-old male inmate at the Snohomish County Jail. On the afternoon of 12/13/24, a social worker arrived for a scheduled visit with the male inmate. The social […]
Snohomish PUD says farewell to Commissioner Rebecca Wolfe
EVERETT—Snohomish Public Utility District honored outgoing Commissioner Rebecca Wolfe with a reception following the final meeting of the year on Tuesday, December 17. Wolfe did not seek re-election this year to retire and spend time with her family. “She came into the utility with no background in the industry but quickly picked it up,” fellow […]
Larsen holds town hall, selected as top Dem on House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
EDMONDS—Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) hosted an in-person town hall event in Edmonds on Sunday, December 15, to discuss his priorities for the 119th Congress and hear directly from his constituents who he represents in Washington’s second Congressional District. He hosted a similar event in Ferndale the prior day. For someone that has received over 40,000 […]
WA Democrats Chair Shasti Conrad running for DNC Vice Chair
SEATTLE—Washington State Democrats Chair, Shasti Conrad, announces her candidacy for Vice Chair of the Democrat National Committee (DNC), which is responsible for articulating and promoting the Democratic platform and coordinating party organizational activity. Conrad was the first woman of color and youngest person to be elected Chair of the Washington State Democrats as well as the […]
