ARLINGTON The 17-year land-use dispute over Island Crossing took its first steps toward the Washington State Supreme Court June 28.
MARYSVILLE Even as local officials continue to lobby to bring a new branch campus of the University of Washington here, at least one state representative says the new school isnt necessarily needed.
When the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $200 million program to help eradicate polio worldwide, local Rotary International members had reasons to take notice.
STANWOOD Steve Winter was grateful for the course in hazardous work operations and emergency response he took at Fremont Maritime Nov. 14, because he was able to apply what hed learned that same day.
Lynnwood All we have to do is redefine our whole system, was the message of keynote speaker Dr. Fred Kirschenmann, from Iowa State Universitys Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. He provided an inspirational speech during the exquisite lunch featuring all local products at the Snohomish Countys Fourth Annual Focus on Farming Conference Nov. 29. He started with the assumption that we have an energy crisis and a climate crisis that should inspire thinking outside the box and redefining the way we do things.
ARLINGTON Arlington Cub Scouts of America Pack 92 is hoping to surpass its previous years holiday collections for local families in need.
PUD electricity rates will go down under a proposal that will be considered by the Snohomish County PUD Board of Commissioners today. The proposed 1 percent rate reduction will be discussed in a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. and is scheduled to be acted upon by the Commission at its afternoon meeting. The rate reduction, to be effective April 1, 1997 would cut PUD customer bills by a total of $2.5 million. An average residential customer would see his or her rate drop by about $8 a year under the new rate. A large industrial customer might save nearly $8,000 a year, according to Andrew Muntz, PUD Customer and Media Relations. Kathy Vaughn, president of the PUD Commission, thanked the utilitys staff for its excellent performance over the past year. Its because of their hard work and the success PUD has had in securing lower cost power that the board, for the first time in over a decade, is able to lower electric rates for its customers, she said. The utility has been able to save money in power purchases because of the new competitive atmosphere in todays power market. We want to pass those savings on to our customers and are planning more rate reductions in the years ahead. The public hearing about the proposed rate reduction will be held at the PUD Headquarters Building.
After a year and a half sharing the downtown Arlington Edward Jones office with John Meno and Kathy Burkholder, Heather Hafner has moved into her own fancy, new 1,300 square-foot Edward Jones office in the Prairie Creek Development, a.k.a. the Haggen complex, south of 204th Street and west of SR 9.
SMOKEY POINT The Progressive Animal Welfare Society is partnering with dozens of local animal organizations and veterinary clinics in the Snohomish, Island and Skagit counties to offer low-cost spaying and neutering surgeries for pets on Spay Day Feb. 27.
Janice Mabee has was selected as the new official chairwoman of the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe by the Tribal Council at its first regular meeting in January. The Tribes reservation is located northeast of Darrington, in the foothills of the Cascades.
ARLINGTON For Michael Luque, Beau Hamilton and several other Arlington-area children, cleaning up went from being an individual chore to being a team-building exercise in civic-mindedness Jan. 27, when they got together at Terrace Park to gather up a suburban van full of windstorm debris in garbage bags.
ARLINGTON Eighteen school-aged children received $11,000 worth of dental work Saturday, March 10 when Eagle Family Dental Clinics doctors and staff offered their time and talent to replace the Smilemobiles cancelled visit to Arlington last winter.
ARLINGTON The city of Arlington is requesting input from the community on two different issues at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting Monday, March 19.
