Verdant Health Commission memorializes the legacy of Fred Langer
EDMONDS—Verdant Health Commissioners celebrated the completion of the two-year, $9 million, renovation of the Kruger Medical Building, located on the Providence-Swedish Edmonds Campus, with a renaming ceremony dedicated to former Public Hospital Commissioner Fredrick “Fred” Peter Langer. Snohomish County Public Hospital District No. 2, now operates as Verdant Health Commission. “I love that this facility […]
Federal charges officially filed in Colorado antisemitic terror attack
The Department of Justice today announced that it has officially filed federal hate crime charges against Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, an Egyptian national living in El Paso County, Colorado, in the country illegally, and the prime suspect in the attempted murder of several people of Jewish faith on June 1, 2025. Attorney General Pamela Bondi […]
Lynnwood CC candidate Brandon Kimmel seeks to be a voice for victims of violent crime
LYNNWOOD—Lynnwood City Council candidate Brandon Kimmel decided he would run for local government when he heard police sirens outside of his Lynnwood apartment on July 3, 2024. Looking out the window, he saw several Lynnwood PD Officers rushing off to nearby Alderwood Mall—where he used to work as a loss prevention officer for Macy’s. He […]
Snohomish Middle School student wins NASA’s Power to Explore Writing Challenge
SNOHOMISH—Valley View Middle School student, 8th-grader Maggie Hou, is one of three winners of NASA’s 2024-2025 Explore Writing Challenge – an essay competition for K-12 students on how radioisotope power systems can enable space travel. This year’s essay competition asked students to learn about NASA’s radioisotope power systems (RPS), which are like nuclear batteries and […]
Frontier Airlines now serving Snohomish County’s Paine Field International Airport
EVERETT—Frontier Airlines, “America’s Greenest Airline,” made its debut at Seattle Paine Field International Airport (PAE) on Monday, June 2 with its inaugural flight from Phoenix arriving shortly after 10:30 a.m. Approximately 1,000 new Frontier Airlines’ passengers are expected on days of flying into and from Paine Field enjoying affordable non-stop flights to Denver, Phoenix, and […]
Lynnwood-based rapper, Shane Diamanti, embarks on first out of state tour opening for Phora
LYNNWOOD—Lynnwood-based rapper Shane Diamanti is hitting the road this summer on a several weeks-long, multi-state, tour opening for well-known California-based rapper Phora. Diamanti, 30, was born and raised in Lynnwood. He recalls the first moment he got the spark for music production, making a mixed tape with his father’s blank cassettes as a kid. He […]
Larsen requests $37 million for local projects in latest federal budget
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) has requested $36,773,695 for 15 local projects in the Fiscal Year 2026 spending bill. Larsen submitted the requests to the House Appropriations Committee as the Committee begins work on legislation to fund the federal government. “My priority in shaping spending bills is to invest in Northwest Washington communities,” said Larsen. […]
Ninth Circuit sides with state in Olympus Spa transgender lawsuit
LYNNWOOD—The Ninth District Court of Appeals ruled that Olympus Spa – a Lynnwood-based, female-only, Korean spa that requires patrons to be fully nude – cannot sue the Washington State Human Rights Commission on First Amendment grounds for requiring transgender women into its facilities. “The HRC’s enforcement action against Olympus Spa was a straightforward application of […]
Bryce Owings, Lynnwood CC candidate, has made his mark on the city in more ways than one
LYNNWOOD—Born and raised Lynnwood resident, Bryce Owings, Lynnwood City Council candidate challenging incumbent Josh Binda, has literally helped build the City of Lynnwood over the years from his working in construction of Spruce Elementary; to the Lynnwood Link light rail extension; to the Edmonds College expansion. Now, as a husband and father of three, he […]
Lynnwood Mayor’s plan to resolve $4.27 million budget shortfall disclosed
LYNNWOOD—Finance Director Michelle Meyer shared with Lynnwood Finance Committee members on Wednesday, May 28, the mayor’s Budget Management Plan to address a projected $4,273,038 General Fund biennium budget shortfall. The plan identifies opportunities over the next two years (until December 31, 2026) for across-the-board reductions in General Fund department operating expenditures. The opportunities identified in […]
