North Sound Stories

Initially, thefts were not reported. However, as they continued, reports were filed and Property Crimes detectives worked with victims, the Port of Everett and local businesses to identify two suspects.

The Lynnwood Police Department handed out 185 speeding tickets during its pedestrian safety campaign in the month of September. The campaign was focused on addressing violations within school zones and in areas with active road construction.

From 2017 to 2018, e-cigarette use for high schoolers jumped from 11.7% to a whopping 20.8%, and for middle schoolers 3.3% up to 4.9%. In the same period, no other areas of tobacco/nicotine products increased, only the vaping.

Locals gathered on social media to try to find a missing woman, who printed what appears to be a suicide note on a footpath near Lowell. She has reportedly been contacted successfully since.

There is a new restaurant in town, and they take good food seriously. I popped by for a chat with the chef/owner and a sandwich.

Without additional funding, pressing issues like the dwindling orca population, management of hatcheries, shellfish inspections which allow for safe harvesting and many other services will see additional cuts.

In Snohomish county, that wage minimum jumps to $36.62. That is more than double the state minimum wage and ten dollars an hour more than the minimum to rent on average statewide.

The KC-46 program has been besieged by blunders since deliveries began rolling into the Air Force. Boeing issued a statement on the latest development.

PUD is preparing for stormy weather. Make sure you do, too.

The funds raised go to specialized camps for children who have been touched by substance use within their families, or those which require higher levels of intensive care.