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Cascadia Art Museum is looking for a part-time Museum Educator to join our team. The Museum Educator plays an essential role in providing and delivering arts engagement experiences to our community. The Museum Educator oversees the strategic plan, creates and delivers education programs serving children through older adults. Days and hours are flexible. Resumes can…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – we’re planning to reduce lanes on southbound I-5 from I-90 to Spokane Street this weekend to replace old expansion joints. Lane reductions will start at about 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 20; all lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, May 23. No, it’s not Groundhog Day….

The Snohomish County PUD Commission is hosting a virtual workshop Tuesday, April 26 on the impacts of the Lower Snake River dam operations to PUD customers. Currently, most of PUD’s power is purchased from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), and most of BPA’s power is generated by dams built by the federal government throughout the…

Those with an interest in environmental issues are invited to attend Community Action Training School, a free training program on scientific issues including watershed health, clean water, native plants and salmon habitat/population restoration. The program administrators support attendees in the design and implementation of stewardship action projects in their own communities. Community Action Training School, sponsored…

Edmonds School District parents who need supplemental food over the weekend for their chilldren can arrange for meal kits through the Foundation for Edmonds School District’s Nourishing Network program. Parents can contact their child’s school to get connected to the Nourishing Network. Meal kits contain a weekend’s worth of meals per child as well as…

In addition to electing a mayor and mayor pro tem (see our earlier story here), the Mountlake Terrace City Council had another important piece of business to conduct during its remote Monday night meeting: honoring long-time Senior Planner Edith Duttlinger, who is retiring later this week after nearly 35 years with the city. One by…

Updated development and impact fees will go into effect in the City of Mountlake Terrace Jan. 1, 2022. Each year the city considers and adopts fee schedules for development services, which includes the review, permitting and inspection of land use and construction projects. Impact fees are used to fund the costs of capital improvements, such…

With more Edmonds School District bus drivers getting vaccinated against COVID-19, district leaders this week announced that all students who are eligible for bus routes will not lose their bus service. At the Oct. 12 Edmonds School Board business meeting, Superintendent Gustavo Balderas briefed the school board on efforts to encourage district staff to get…

Irons Brothers Construction President and Ramp Captain Joseph Irons and his team of employees and skilled volunteers on Wednesday began building a free wheelchair-access ramp for a woman in need, part of the annual Master Builders of King & Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) Rampathon program. Irons and his team began their work early Sept. 22 and will…

The Lynnwood Convention Center is hosting a Pop-Up Blood Donor Center Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 21-22. You can make an appointment at www.lynnwoodcc.com/blooddrive.  Appointments and masks are required. There is no deferral from donating if you receive the COVID vaccine. See the COVID-19 safety measures webpage for more information.

The early morning fire that severely damaged all 14 businesses at the Plum Tree Plaza in Edmonds Saturday, Sept. 11 is being investigated as arson, Edmonds police said Monday. Edmonds police detectives are working with South County Fire as well as agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) as they continue the…

While not as large or long as in past years, a COVID-safe 9/11 observance at the Edmonds Fallen Firefighter Memorial drew an estimated 50 people to contemplate and remember during the 20th anniversary Saturday of the horrific event that took more than 3,000 lives. “With the pandemic still very much a part of our lives,…

Article updated to reflect that there were 1,700 new cases in past week. New COVID-19 cases in Snohomish County are now at the second-highest rate since the pandemic began, with 1,700 new cases reported in the last week. County leaders say hospitals are under “significant pressure” to handle the increase in COVID patients. But there…

With variables like student enrollment still unknown, the Edmonds School District Board of Directors voted last week to adopt the district budget for the 2021-22 school year. The board unanimously voted at its Aug. 9 business meeting to adopt the budget proposal, which included $372.8 million in the district’s general fund — an increase of…

Last summer, as I sat there one day at my dining table (AKA my office) I could hear my parents in my kitchen making themselves lunch. It was just another day out of the five weeks they stayed with us, visiting from New Zealand. I could hear the low hum of their casual conversation and…

Boys Basketball Mountlake Terrace defeated Cascade 67-49 Scoring highlights Mountlake Terrace: Jeffrey Anyimah 19, Vito Mkrtychyan 10, Jace Breakfield  10 Cascade: Devin Gilbert 11, Makai Bloomfield 11, Charlie Nelson 10 Records: Mountlake Terrace 2-0; Cascade 1-1 Mountlake Terrace next game: vs Shorewood; Wednesday May 19; 7:15 p.m. Kamiak defeated Edmonds-Woodway 66-46  Scoring highlights Kamiak: Brendan…

Charges are expected to be filed soon against a man Mountlake Terrace Police Department investigators believe to be responsible for a rash of crow shootings earlier this year. Senior police staff provided the update as part of their quarterly report to the Mountlake Terrace City Council at its April 29 work/study session. Chief Pete Caw…

The Edmonds School Board Tuesday held a brief community forum aimed at explaining how funds from a proposed $180 million capital levy in late April would provide much-needed school district building upgrades, address capacity challenges and improve existing facilities. In January, the district announced it would be seeking voter approval of a proposed capital levy…