Snohomish County PUD customers will be seeing a 5.8% rate increase starting April 1. The PUD Board of Commissioners agreed to the rate increase during its March 5 commission meeting….
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Sponsor spotlight: Apply for Lynnwood Public Facilities District Board of Directors position
Become part of Lynnwood’s future by joining the Lynnwood Public Facilities District Board of Directors. The Lynnwood PFD oversees the operation of the Lynnwood Event Center and the surrounding 13…
Sponsored: Lynnwood City Council seeks nominations for Public Facilities District Board of Directors
The Lynnwood City Council is seeking nominations of an individual from interested organizations for Position No. 2 of the Lynnwood Public Facilities District Board of Directors. The Lynnwood Public Facilities…
Snohomish City Councilmember Tom Merrill selected as Community Transit board chair
Snohomish City Councilmember Tom Merrill was selected by his peers this week to serve as chair of the Community Transit Board of Directors for 2024. Merrill has lived in the…
Burn ban lifted for Snohomish County
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has lifted the Stage 1 burn ban for Snohomish County, effective at 2 p.m. Nov. 27. The ban went into effect on Nov. 25,…
Snohomish County Historic Preservation Commission Grant Program open for applications
The 2024 Snohomish County Historic Preservation Commission Grant Program is open for applications. This program was started in 2009 to fund and promote historic preservation projects across Snohomish County to…
State and EPA ready grants to restore salmon habitat, improve water quality near Puget Sound
In areas where native trees and vegetation are allowed to thrive along a riverbank, streams typically have better water quality, provide more suitable habitat for salmon and are more resilient…
State Parks Commission to meet virtually Nov. 15
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold its regularly scheduled commission meeting virtually on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Commission meeting items include a camping inventory update from Parks Director…
What advocacy groups want from lawmakers in 2024
This story was updated on Nov. 13 to include priorities from four new advocacy groups. The Standard will continue to update this story until the legislative session starts in January….
How housing and homelessness are shaping local elections across Washington
An expensive mayoral race in Spokane where candidates are fighting over vastly different approaches to solving homelessness. A proposed Seattle levy that could pay for more affordable housing across the…
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Washington’s long road to replacing the gas tax
Washington lawmakers embarked in early 2012 to learn if charging drivers for the miles they travel could eventually replace taxing them on every gallon of fuel they buy. The concern…
How a Washington agency is trying to get housing built on public land
A half-acre concrete lot in Spokane. A 655-acre expanse of cropland in Pasco. Sixty acres off the side of Interstate 90 in Benton County. Washington’s Department of Natural Resources owns…
WA counties lawsuit presses state to cover more legal defense costs for the poor
The state and its 39 counties are in another legal tussle. This time it centers on how to cover the cost of counsel for those facing criminal charges who cannot…
Community Transit appoints Behee, Cauley to new leadership roles
Community Transit veterans Roland Behee and Melissa Cauley will play key roles on the agency’s executive leadership team following appointments announced Tuesday by CEO Ric Ilgenfritz. Behee will serve as…
Judge upholds Washington’s $17B transportation package
An effort to derail a sweeping state transportation package failed Friday, with a Thurston County judge upholding the law. But opponents hinted that the legal fight may not be over….
PUD’s new power meter does more than measure electricity
Snohomish County PUD demonstrated an installation of its new power meter at a Mill Creek home on Thursday and answered questions about accuracy, security and longevity. The PUD is switching…
Washington State Department of Revenue’s Unclaimed Property program sets all-time high in returned money
The Washington State Department of Revenue’s Unclaimed Property (UCP) program is breaking records, returning an all-time high of $138.9 million in unclaimed property back to thousands of Washingtonians this past…
Sno-Isle Libraries digital equity initiative gets ARPA funding boost from county
Snohomish County is investing $1.5 million of its federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation into a digital equity initiative operated by Sno-Isle Libraries. According to a Monday announcement, this…
Snohomish County Public Works ADA Advisory Committee seeks three new members
Mobility is extremely important to quality of life and safety. Making sure all residents have the same pedestrian access is essential to providing those elements. The Americans with Disability…
WA Supreme Court strikes down restrictions on sheriffs’ use of tear gas
Washington’s Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on Thursday invalidated some of the restrictions the state Legislature put on law enforcement’s use of tear gas to suppress riots. The ruling…
Larsen encourages Northwest Washington students to compete in 2023 Congressional App Challenge
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen is encouraging all middle and high school students who live in or attend school in Washington’s Second Congressional District to compete in the 2023 Congressional App…
Common ground cultivated at ‘Building Bridges’ event
About 50 people gathered at the Lynnwood Library on Tuesday for Building Bridges, an event designed to combat political polarization. City, county, and state officials with voters of all parties…
The outlook for new statewide renter protections in Washington
Steep rent hikes across Washington have spurred local governments into taking action to help keep tenants in their homes, despite landlord pushback against these types of policies. In Bellingham, a…
WA Supreme Court says state isn’t responsible for 100% of school construction costs
The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday the state is not required to fully cover school construction costs, dealing a blow to districts unable to raise the local tax dollars they…
Mountlake Terrace Police Blotter: Aug. 23-29, 2023
Aug. 23 21900 block of 66th Avenue: Police responded to an assault report. 6100 block of 220th Street SW: Police responded to a male subject throwing glass bottles at cars….