SMOKEY POINT — Walmart has opened a temporary hiring center near its new store location to fill approximately 350 positions.
The center, located at 3704 172nd Street NE, began accepting applications on Monday, Aug. 20, and will continue to do so from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ARLINGTON — The three Snohomish County Waste Division sites, including one in Arlington, will be closing early later this month for one-day training sessions.
The Everett-based Airport Road, Mountlake Terrace-based Southwest and Arlington-based North County recycling and transfer stations will close at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 15, 16 and 17, respectively.
County waste division officials are asking customers of each facility to arrive by 3 p.m. for processing before the closure.
Republican John Koster has moved ahead of Democrat Rick Larsen in the race for Congressional District 2.
According to the most recent Primary Election voter results released on Wednesday, Aug. 25, Koster held a 160-vote lead over the incumbent Larsen.
The new Walmart near 172nd Street NE is continuing to take shape.
Construction crews are slated to have the 154,000-square-foot store completed by the end of September and officials said they are still planning for an Oct. 27 grand opening, said Jennifer Spall, Walmart spokesperson.
With the school year right around the corner, volunteers will soon be giving away 500 backpacks to children in need.
The Back2School Rally takes place at 2 p.m., Aug. 29, at Presidents Elementary School, located at 505 E. Third Street.
Two area networking groups are kicking off the first of a series of events aimed at increasing commerce in the Arlington and Marysville communities.
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ARLINGTON — Transportation crews will soon be closing a two-mile section of SR 530 as they install solar-powered road reflectors.
Crews will close all lanes of the road between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20 and Saturday, Aug. 21, while they put in the reflectors between both entrances to Oso Loop Road between Arlington and Darrington.
Local traffic will be able to access the road during construction, while other traffic will be detoured to Oso Loop Road.
Sara Deeter describes herself as soft-spoken.
To that end, the 16-year-old Arlington High School student remained quiet during her first Arlington School Board meeting as junior class student adviser.
An Arlington High School to-be senior was among scholarship winners during a recent state competition.
Corinne McClure, daughter of Bob and Wendy McClure of Arlington, was awarded a $200 scholarship during the Washington state Distinguished Young Women program.
ARLINGTON — Crews responded to a shed fire in a mobile home park on Tuesday, Aug. 17.
Nobody was injured in the fire, which occurred in the 20000 block of 67th Avenue NE, but a nearby mobile home sustained heat damage and a broken window.
“The crews were very aggressive with putting water onto the fire, thereby confining the fire to the shed (and) minimizing damage to any living spaces around it,” said Arlington Fire Chief Jim Rankin.
MARYSVILLE — A Northwest pharmacy chain is holding a school supply drive at all of its 58 locations.
Bartell Drugs and World Vision have launched the seventh annual School Tools for Kids in Need program, which is taking place until Aug. 29.
The drive benefits Federal Way-based World Vision. The organization will provide Puget Sound area teachers whose students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch programs to “shop” for school supplies free of charge.
Items will be available at World Vision’s Teacher Resource Center.
