Edmonds College Leads Snohomish County Education Innovation with Robotics, AI, and Free Training Programs

In 2025, Snohomish County schools and colleges navigated a dynamic year of expansion, adaptation, and advocacy. The following are the highlights of our education coverage in 2025. VIPs tour Snohomish County STEM’s ECHO Tour at Edmonds College On December 16, 2025, approximately 120 high school students from Edmonds Woodway, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, and Meadowdale High […]
Snohomish County Arts 2025: Top Cultural Events, Exhibitions, and Performances of the Year

In 2025, Snohomish County pulsed with the energy of cultural celebration, artistic achievement, and deep community connection. Below are our highlights for artistic events and achievements throughout last year. Edmonds’ Cascade Symphony Orchestra is committed to keeping classical music affordable The Cascade Symphony Orchestra, Snohomish County’s oldest community orchestra (founded 1962), emphasized accessibility with affordable […]
A conversation with Mayor Joe Marine and what his next term means for Mukilteo

MUKILTEO—Mukilteo Mayor Joe Marine won an historic fourth term in the November 2025 General Election, ushering in four more years of an administration under his leadership—the longest for any mayor since the incorporation of the city in 1947. To hear what’s in store for Mukilteo residents and businesses, Lynnwood Times Senior Reporter Kienan Briscoe met […]
Human remains identified as missing Tulalip woman Mary Johnson-Davis

TULALIP—The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the FBI Seattle Field Office and the Tulalip Police Department, announced Friday, October 31, that human skeletal remains discovered in a remote wooded area of North Snohomish County have been positively identified as those of Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, a 44-year-old member of the Tulalip Tribes who vanished […]
Hawaiian Council’s 24th annual convention comes to a close at Tulalip

TULALIP—The 2025 Native Hawaiian Convention came to a close today, Thursday, October 9, wrapping up four days of lūʻau, workshops, performances, and discussions all centered around the life, culture, and policies of the Native Hawaiian people. This year more than 1,100 people gathered on the Tulalip Tribes land – the first time ever the Hawaiian […]
Mukilteo unveils new Welcome Poles in continued recognition of the ancestorial lands of the Tulalip Peoples

MUKILTEO—In a celebration of ancestral fishing grounds and the continued connection of the Tulalip peoples to the land of Mukilteo, Mayor Joe Marine joined by Chairwoman Teri Gobin and members of the Tulalip Tribes celebrated the unveiling of two 10-foot Welcome Poles by world renowned artists Joe Gobin and James Madison during the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival on […]
YMCA opens new Early Learning Center in Marysville addressing the County’s childcare needs

MARYSVILLE—YMCA of Snohomish County cut the ribbon on its brand-new Early Learning Center in Marysville Tuesday, August 5, which, when it opens this September, will serve up to 68 children (aged 1-5), with 40% of them being from families below the poverty line. “Quality, licensed, childcare providers aren’t just falling from trees. It turns out […]
Larsen introduces the PROTECT Act to combat drug trafficking within tribes

WASHINGTON D.C.—Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA), joined by Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT.), U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) announced a bipartisan Protection for Reservation Occupants Against Trafficking and Evasive Communications Today (PROTECT) Act which aims to combat drug trafficking within tribal communities. If passed the PROTECT Act would expand Special Tribal Criminal […]
Tulalip Tribes, Commerce sign historic memorandum of understanding

TULALIP—The Tulalip Tribes and Washington State Department of Commerce signed a historic memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing government-to-government relations between the Tribes and the agency. The agreement removes administrative barriers, improves communications, implements culturally appropriate data privacy and security measures, and more. Tulalip Tribes Chairwoman Teri Gobin and Commerce Director Joe Nguyễn signed the agreement […]
Tulalip Tribes supports new legislation allowing prosecution of drug-related crimes

TULALIP—The Tulalip Tribes’ headquarters resounded with thanks on Tuesday, August 6, directed toward Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) for introducing in the US House of Representatives the PROTECT Act—Protection for Reservation Occupants against Trafficking and Evasive Communications Today—which, if passed, will give Tribal courts and law enforcement the ability to prosecute drug-related crimes for the first […]