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Let local Boy Scouts recycle your Christmas tree

Boy Scouts christmas tree

Support your local Boy Scouts by participating in this holiday season’s Christmas Tree recycling fundraiser drive.  The trees are used as mulch and the donations go directly to fund character-building scout activities including summer camp and outings. Place your Christmas tree curbside in the same location as you place your trash cans for curbside pickup. […]

Help needed in identifying woman who defaced signed petition

defaced petition

ISSAQUAH, December 18, 2023—A woman defaced a signed statewide petition for I-2124 Opt Out of State-run Long Term Care Coverage Act, at an Issaquah Costco located at 1801 10th Avenue NW on Sunday evening. First reported and witnessed by unDivided host Brandi Kruse, the incident took place at approximately 5 p.m. as petitioners were collecting […]

Car plows into Biden motorcade with POTUS just feet away

Biden motorcade

WILMINGTON, Del., December 17, 2023—A car plowed into a secret service vehicle of the presidential motorcade just feet from President Joseph Biden, on Sunday evening, shortly after he and First Lady Jill Biden left a dinner with staff at the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in downtown Wilmington. According to the White House press pool email sent […]

Residents bring awareness to global conflicts in march for peace in Mukilteo

march for peace

MUKILTEO, Wash., December 16, 2023—Residents from Mukilteo to Issaquah gathered to march for peace and to call for a ceasefire this holiday season to all global conflicts. “We want to bring people together and pray for what’s happening around the world,” Mukilteo City Councilman Riaz Khan told attendees. “We are here only to pray, wherever […]

County Auditor seeks committee members for local ballot statements

local ballot statements

EVERETT, December 16, 2023—The Snohomish County Auditor’s Office is seeking individuals to write statements for or against local ballot measures for the February 13, 2024, Special Election local voters’ pamphlet. Pamphlets will be mailed to voters as an insert with the ballot packet. Committees are comprised of up to three individuals, one of whom is […]

That’s a wrap on this year’s Shop with a Cop!

Shop with a Cop

LYNNWOOD, Wash., December 16, 2023—Dozens of kids joined law enforcement officers of the Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo and Lynnwood police departments and the Washington State Patrol for its annual Shop with a Cop event on Friday evening. This event was made possible by the Mukilteo Police Foundation. “Our goal was to create lasting memories with […]

District aims for in-person learning at Endeavour Elementary in January after fire

Endeavour Elementary

MUKILTEO, Wash., December 16, 2023—Mukilteo School District Superintendent Allison Brynelson sent out an email update to staff and families on Wednesday regarding the overnight fire at Endeavour Elementary which affected half of the school on December 4. The email highlighted a repair and cleanup strategy, which is already underway, and two different plans for student’s […]

Marysville man with 27 convictions, arrested for 2019 sexual assault

Rhyan Tyler Vasquez

MARYSVILLE, Wash., December 15, 2023—Rhyan Tyler Vasquez, 28, who was wanted on felony warrants for first-degree rape, kidnapping, and escape from community custody was apprehended on December 14 near the 3100 block of Pine Street in Seattle. The operation occurred around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday and involved the Snohomish County Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF) […]

CHPW donates $250k to local organizations who advance equity

CHPW

SEATTLE, Wash., December 15, 2023—Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW), a not-for-profit healthcare insurance agency, recently awarded 25 different community-based local organizations its 2023 Advancing Equity Fund grant totaling $250,000—including three in Snohomish County. CHPW has provided a total of $980,000 to 68 different Washington organizations since 2020. The grants typically focus on health, including […]

More than books: Mukilteo Library celebrates 25th year Anniversary

Mukilteo Library

MUKILTEO, Wash., December 15, 2023—In 1932, the first library in Mukilteo opened in a modest 400-square-foot space, established on the site of an old post office on second street. Now, 90 years later, the Mukilteo Library, built in 1998 on Harbour Pointe Boulevard, is celebrating its 25th year anniversary in its new location. Held on […]

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