County unanimously passes ordinance to improve childcare access

EVERETT—The Snohomish County Council unanimously passed an ordinance on Wednesday, March 19, aimed at eliminating barriers and restrictions for new childcare centers to open county-wide. Ordinance 25-015, sponsored by Councilmembers Nate Nehring and Jared Mead, will do this through simplified zoning codes and streamline the permitting process for childcare centers, two barriers leading childcare industry […]
County and education leaders celebrate the expansion of new Youth Child Care Workforce Initiative

EVERETT—Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers joined local education leaders at Mukilteo School District’s Pathfinder Kindergarten Center on Wednesday, June 5, to announce that the successful new Youth Early Childhood Education Career Pathways program will be expanding to four additional school district this fall. The program is expanding to Arlington, Granite Falls, Monroe, and Sultan, with […]
Hundreds attend Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center Apprenticeship Career Fair

EVERETT, Wash., November 20, 2023—Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center hosted its 7th annual Apprenticeship Career and Job Fair on November 16, attracting hundreds of young adults eager to start careers in construction and advanced manufacturing, aerospace, transportation, healthcare, culinary, carpentry, IT, and even maritime. “Earn while you learn,” said Trudy Swain, Partnership Coordinator, Sno-Isle Tech Skills […]
Sno-Isle TECH’s Criminal Justice Program, preparing students in law and beyond

EVERETT, Wash., August 6, 2023—Sno-Isle TECH’s Criminal Justice program allows students explore a wide variety of careers in law enforcement and the criminal justice system and now, thanks the passing of a Senate Bill this year, it’s more accessible than ever. One of the benefits of the program, Myron Travis, Criminal Justice Instructor at Sno-Isle, […]
Washington poised to be the next Silicon Valley of the space industry, it just needs workers

KENT, Wash., July 6, 2023—Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and several Washington space industry leaders at the Washington Space Summit on Wednesday, July 5, to discuss regional economic opportunities as the United States revamps its space program to return to the moon and beyond. Washington’s space industry has doubled in the […]