Snohomish County government
Woman injured during I-5 chase sues county, deputies
EVERETT -- Three Snohomish County sheriff's deputies are being sued by an Everett woman whose arm was nearly ripped off in 2010 when a felon trying to outrun the deputies crashed into her van on I-5.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Local News
2 years, no verdict on Paine Field passenger flights
EVERETT -- Allegiant Air and Horizon Air wrote letters to Snohomish County in 2008, asking to fly passenger jets from Paine Field.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Local News
Aide to Aaron Reardon critical of State Patrol probe
EVERETT -- An aide to embattled Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon wrote all the way to the governor's office early this year to complain about the Washington State Patrol's investigation of his boss.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News
2 county exec hires have ties to friend, legislator
EVERETT -- If you want to work for Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon, knowing state Sen. Steve Hobbs might give you a leg up.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Local News
County executive’s policy address is late this year
EVERETT -- Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon has yet to give his most visible annual speech -- one he usually delivers in the first two months of the year.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News
Conservation topic of fair in Everett on Tuesday
EVERETT -- Learn how to recycle, re-use and reduce at the city's first-ever Conservation Carnival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Carl Gipson Senior Center, 3025 Lombard Ave.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News
Gap in trail filled
After 15 years, Snohomish finishes Centennial Trail link
Date: 05/17/2012 | Local News
Woodway pitches smaller plan for Point Wells
WOODWAY -- The town of Woodway has drawn up an alternative vision for Point Wells, the waterfront industrial site where an international developer wants to build 3,100 high-rise condos.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Local News
In digital age, public-records law gets cloudy
Our recent story about at-work campaign activity involving an aide to Aaron Reardon wasn't just about the slow-motion scandal unfolding around the Snohomish County executive.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Need to Know
Biofuels firm to repay county
Company failed to fulfill contract for canola project
Date: 05/16/2012 | Local News
County executive's plan to fill budget gap riles council
EVERETT -- Some Snohomish County Council members made their annoyance clear Monday as embattled County Executive Aaron Reardon's finance staff discussed a looming budget shortfall next year of at least $5.5...
Date: 05/15/2012 | Local News
Public hearing Wednesday on county noise ordinance
EVERETT -- The Snohomish County Council on Wednesday is scheduled to consider revising the county noise ordinance to bring it in line with a state Supreme Court decision on excessive horn honking.
Date: 05/15/2012 | Local News
Filing begins, including 2 races for same seat
The political season heats up this week, as candidates file for local, state and federal offices.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Local News
On the Record: a selection of government data
Road tripsGovernment travel spending
Date: 05/12/2012 | Need to Know
Reardon takes his tax proposal to city officials
EVERETT -- A budget hole of about $5.5 million could force across-the-board cuts to Snohomish County government next year, County Executive Aaron Reardon told other county elected leaders, mayors and police chiefs Thursday.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Local News
Reardon to propose sales tax for criminal justice
EVERETT -- Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon has been making the rounds to warn elected leaders that police, prosecutors and other workers in criminal justice system could feel the brunt of looming budget cuts.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Local News
No timetable set on Reardon probe
COUPEVILLE -- Don't expect to hear the results of a criminal investigation into Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon anytime soon.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Local News
Evidence against Reardon aide troubles council leader
EVERETT -- The chairman of the Snohomish County Council says he's troubled by evidence suggesting campaign activity on the public dime by an aide to county Executive Aaron Reardon, but he wants to see what police and prosecutors do next in the case before diving in.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Local News
Construction permit boom hits Snohomish County
EVERETT -- Back in 2007, Stonewater Creek was well on its way to becoming a new neighborhood of 76 homes.Then came the financial downturn. Like so many other housing developments, Stonewater Creek got stuck in limbo -- ghost streets with utilities and empty roads, but no houses.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Local News
County staffer delivered dirt to Reardon campaign
EVERETT -- Aaron Reardon didn't need to dirty his own hands in unearthing embarrassing information about his opponent in last year's Snohomish County executive race.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Local News
Reardon probe forwarded to prosecutor
EVERETT -- Washington State Patrol detectives have sent prosecutors the results of their investigation into Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon, but they aren't saying what they've found.
Date: 05/05/2012 | Local News
On the Record: a selection of government data
Budget linesSpending gleaned from government consent agendas in Snohomish County and Olympia.Office of the Governor of Washington: $18,000 to M.D. Rushworth of Sammamish to paint an official portrait of Gov. Chris Gregoire.
Date: 05/05/2012 | Need to Know
Lack of autopsy hampers probe of boy’s death
MONROE -- Just three hours after Monroe police began investigating the suspicious death of a child, officials with the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office released his body to a funeral home without conducting a complete autopsy, newly released records show.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Local News
Occupy Everett has new mission
EVERETT -- It started with evening councils under streetlights and tents pitched on the grass at the Snohomish County Courthouse.Eight months later, Occupy Everett still maintains one tent near the courthouse -- although no one permanently occupies it.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Local News
Gold Bar asks county to make council appointment
GOLD BAR -- This Skykomish Valley city has spent the past three months trying to fill a City Council vacancy, without any luck.Notices posted at City Hall and the Post Office in this town of slightly more than 2,000 failed to attract any takers. Neither did newspaper ads.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Local News
Help steer parks' future
County wants to know your priorities for its six-year plan
Date: 04/28/2012 | Local News
Condo values drop in Snohomish County
Condominium values in Snohomish County dipped by 15 percent on average compared with a year ago, according to the latest notices from the county Assessor's Office.More than 20,600 notices are scheduled to hit the mail Monday.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Local News
On the Record: a selection of government data
Budget linesSpending gleaned from government consent agendas all over Snohomish County.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Need to Know
Kids get free trip to jail
EVERETT -- Nate Johnson, 12, flopped face-down on the mat. He lifted his arms behind him and waited for the handcuffs.Snohomish County corrections Sgt. Dan Stites looked at Johnson's mother."You'll love this, Mom," Stites said.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Local News
County’s elected officials get 1.5 percent raise
EVERETT -- A citizens panel decided Wednesday to grant a dozen Snohomish County elected leaders a modest pay bump over the next two years, in an attempt to mirror the financial realities of other county workers.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Local News
Expedited title service begins Tuesday
EVERETT -- Anyone who needs to get their state-issued car or boat title in a hurry should soon be able to take care of business at the Snohomish County Auditor's Office in Everett.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Local News
Deputy on motorcycle suffers minor injuries in spill
ARLINGTON -- A Snohomish County sheriff's deputy was injured slightly Tuesday morning after taking a spill from his motorcycle.The accident occurred after 9 a.m. near the southbound ramp of I-5 near Smokey Point, sheriff's office chief Kevin Prentiss said.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Local News
Anti-racism program Friday
EVERETT -- Snohomish County employees and the regional branch of the YWCA have planned an event billed as a "Stand Against Racism" for Friday at the county campus.The hour-long program begins at noon at 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Local News
Recreation expo on tap in Monroe
MONROE -- Bryan Lipscy will tell you why a barbecue competition goes so well with Snohomish County's expo this weekend at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Local News
Gregoire to sign construction budget today
Gov. Chris Gregoire is heading to Tacoma Community College this afternoon to sign this year's supplemental capital budget.
Date: 04/23/2012 | The Petri Dish
On the Record: a selection of government data
ConsultationsWho is being paid what by whom, and what they found out.
Date: 04/21/2012 | Need to Know
PUD reports record energy savings
EVERETT -- Customers of the Snohomish County Public Utility District saved more energy in 2011 through conservation measures than ever before, according to the PUD's calculations.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Local News
County ends contract with Lynnwood PAWS shelter
EVERETT -- If you're wondering what to do with that stray dog or cat you wanted to help, you'll soon have only one place to take it if you live in unincorporated Snohomish County.That would be the Everett Animal Shelter.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Local News
On the Record: a selection of government data
Budget linesSpending gleaned from government consent agendas all over Snohomish County.City of Snohomish: $556 to McDaniel Do It Center for park equipment.City of Snohomish: $1,637 to Integra Telecom for cellphone services.
Date: 04/14/2012 | Need to Know
Commission delays vote on elected leaders' pay
EVERETT -- A citizens commission tasked with deciding fair pay for Snohomish County's elected leaders has deferred action until late April, after failing Wednesday to reach an agreement.
Date: 04/13/2012 | Local News
Sullivan asks Reardon to move on garbage contract
EVERETT -- The Snohomish County Council has grown increasingly frustrated with County Executive Aaron Reardon's office over negotiating a long-term garbage contract.
Date: 04/13/2012 | Local News
45th Ave. SE near Bothell closes Monday
BOTHELL -- With a road closure scheduled to begin Monday, Snohomish County continues its pedestrian-friendly makeover of a neighborhood west of the Brightwater treatment plant on Highway...
Date: 04/12/2012 | Local News
On the Record: a selection of government data
Road tripsGovernment travel spending.
Date: 04/07/2012 | Need to Know
Mukilteo mayor miffed over Sound Transit post snub
EVERETT -- A rivalry is brewing between the mayors of Edmonds and Mukilteo for a spot on the Sound Transit Board of Directors.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Local News
New chief has high hopes
John Flood wants Snohomish police contract to succeed
Date: 04/03/2012 | Local News
County fights illegal trash exports
EVERETT -- The truck driver had traveled about 150 miles from Arlington hauling a trailer full of garbage when curiosity about the unmarked police car on his tail got the better of him.
Date: 04/02/2012 | Local News
Soaring popularity
Now profitable, Future of Flight aims for even more visitors
Date: 04/02/2012 | Business
On the Record: a selection of government data
Budget linesSpending gleaned from government consent agendas all over Snohomish County.Snohomish County: $92,811 to Symantec of Mountain View, Calif., for an automated system to retrieve county emails for public disclosure requests.
Date: 03/31/2012 | Need to Know
What Snohomish County officials earn
Appointees to the Snohomish County Citizens' Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials started meeting last month to decide what a dozen elected leaders should earn. These unpaid commissioners can...
Date: 03/30/2012 | Need to Know
County gets glowing audit despite records in 'disarray'
State auditors held an exit conference with Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon's staff Thursday morning and what they had to say was, by and large, positive.At times, the feedback sounded positively glowing.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Need to Know
Man shot by deputy in serious condition
MONROE — A Monroe-area man was listed in serious condition Tuesday after he was shot by a Snohomish County deputy who said he threatened her with a knife.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Local News
MD-80 makes emergency landing at Paine Field
EVERETT -- No injuries were reported after a plane made an emergency landing Monday at Paine Field.An Allegiant Air MD-80 made a precautionary single-engine landing, Snohomish County spokesman Christopher Schwarzen said.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Local News
Lots of snow is good news
Snowpack levels are high, good news for summer water needs
Date: 03/26/2012 | Local News
Boeing's history in Everett
With the 747 in 1968, all widebody jets are assembled here
Date: 03/25/2012 | Need to Know
Bothell annexation supporters plan debate
BOTHELL -- People who support Bothell annexing nearly six square miles of unincorporated Snohomish County in next month's special election have scheduled a debate for Wednesday.Some prominent opponents, however, have said they won't participate in the forum.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Local News
On the Record: a selection of government data
Budget linesSpending gleaned from government consent agendas all over Snohomish County.Snohomish County: $10,000 to help the Snohomish County Museum of History move artifacts from the county's Carnegie Building so that workers can make seismic upgrades.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Need to Know
Reardon's friend talks, shows us her phone bills
We've been reporting since December that bills for Aaron Reardon's Snohomish County government cellphone detail long calls with the county social worker who claims the two had a years-long affair.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Need to Know
A Honey Bucket in flight
Remote porta-potties have to get emptied somehow (photos)
Date: 03/21/2012 | Local News
Duty weapon not used in girl's shooting
STANWOOD -- The gun involved in the March 10 accidental shooting of a police officer's daughter in Stanwood was not the officer's duty weapon, officials said Tuesday.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Local News
Volunteers help maintain large new county park
MALTBY -- On a cool winter morning, Brian Crowley and the rest of the volunteer crew headed into the woods to do what they often do on weekends.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Local News
Report details fatal shooting by deputy in July
LYNNWOOD -- A Snohomish County sheriff's deputy was on his way home in July when he stopped to speak with a pedestrian who had crossed against the light in front of his patrol car near Lynnwood.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Local News
Mill Creek wetland boardwalk won’t soak feet after work is done
MILL CREEK -- The North Creek boardwalk floats on a marsh, giving visitors an up-close encounter with nature smack dab in the middle of suburbia.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Local News
No autopsy of Monroe child despite police requests
MONROE -- Police say they repeatedly tried to tell the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office that a 7-year-old boy who showed up dead at a Monroe hospital had a history of mistreatment and neglect.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Local News
Better garbage operations sought
EVERETT -- Snohomish County is negotiating to buy a rail yard from the Port of Everett to have more direct oversight of the system for sending local garbage to Eastern Washington.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Local News
What Obama's visit cost
The tally of police, fire staff for the president's trip to Everett
Date: 03/05/2012 | Need to Know
State elections agency may investigate Aaron Reardon but will wait for State Patrol report
EVERETT -- The state Public Disclosure Commission may launch its own investigation of Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon's campaign activities once state troopers wrap up their criminal probe.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Local News
The lost protectors
11 sworn officers in county have died on duty since 1902
Date: 02/29/2012 | Need to Know
County elected officials’ pay under review
Think Snohomish County's elected leaders deserve a raise? Or a pay cut, perhaps?
Date: 02/28/2012 | Local News
Bothell still wants to grow
BOTHELL -- The city wants another shot this spring at annexing a large swath of unincorporated Snohomish County.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Local News
Next move is Aaron Reardon's to make as council asks him to take leave
EVERETT -- The Snohomish County Council on Wednesday urged County Executive Aaron Reardon to voluntarily place himself on leave while he is the focus of a criminal investigation into his use of county resources.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Local News
Average property tax bill to drop by about $100
Homeowners in Snohomish County can expect property taxes to drop by about $100, on average, in 2012 compared to last year.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Local News
Promotion brings a change in police chiefs for Stanwood
STANWOOD -- The city is saying goodbye to one police chief and welcoming another.Former chief Ty Trenary was promoted to captain at the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Local News
County councilman calls for Aaron Reardon to go on leave during probe
EVERETT -- The Snohomish County Council on Wednesday plans to urge County Executive Aaron Reardon to go on administrative leave pending the outcome of a criminal investigation into his use of public resources.
Date: 02/21/2012 | Local News
Property tax statements mailed Friday
EVERETT -- Snohomish County Treasurer Kirke Sievers' office on Friday mailed statements for property taxes due this year.The information also can be viewed online at www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Treasurer/.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Local News
787’s technology draws admiration from the president
EVERETT -- President Barack Obama on Friday got the ultimate VIP tour of the Boeing Co.'s 787 production line at Paine Field.And Boeing got the ultimate praise.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Obama praises 787 in Everett
President highlights Boeing, American manufacturing
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Was Reardon snubbed at presidential receiving line, or just late?
In politics, perception can raise more questions than reality can clearly answer.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Photos: Obama in Everett
Updated gallery: Photos from the president's visit to Boeing
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Obama visits Boeing today
But don't count on getting much of a glimpse of him
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Red flags for Reardon's run
Exec used public resources for political fundraising, records show
Date: 02/15/2012 | Local News
Timeline of Reardon investigation
Key events during the investigation of Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon.Nov. 3, 2011
Date: 02/15/2012 | Local News
Woman details 6-year affair with Aaron Reardon
EVERETT -- A woman who says she had a six-year affair with Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon estimates he spent at least $1,500 of taxpayer money on her when she accompanied him on official trips. This is the second time Dutton has
Date: 02/15/2012 | Northwest
Rescuer becomes the rescued
Everett Mountain Rescue volunteer had to rely on teammates
Date: 02/15/2012 | Local News
Theft of $20,000 from PUD safe remains a mystery
EVERETT -- More than $20,000 belonging to Snohomish County Public Utility District ratepayers has turned up missing from a safe kept at the utility's Paine Field-based operations center.
Date: 02/15/2012 | Local News
County, ex-corrections officer settle sexual harassment lawsuit
EVERETT -- A former corrections officer at the Snohomish County Jail has settled a sexual-harassment lawsuit against the county for a six-figure payment and a formal apology.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Local News
Snohomish County may open trash hauling to bidders
Snohomish County leaders are gearing up to revisit a $20-million-per-year contract that sends garbage by rail to Eastern Washington and might soon open it up to competition.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Local News
On the Record: a selection of government data
ConsultationsWho is being paid what, by whom and why.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Need to Know
Keeping division in Everett was best for ATS, company officials say
EVERETT -- When Aviation Technical Services agreed to lease one of its hangars at Paine Field to the Boeing Co., the company could have moved the components portion of the business almost anywhere.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Business
Work to restore salmon habitat on Stillaguamish River near Darrington nearly complete
DARRINGTON -- A side channel along the North Fork Stillaguamish River once provided salmon habitat, until railroad tracks cut it off from the river's main channel in the 1930s.Now, work by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians to restore the waterway is nearly complete.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Local News
Probes under way into cause of industrial accident at Boeing
EVERETT -- Multiple investigations are under way after a Boeing employee was run over by a plane at Paine Field in Everett on Friday night.
Date: 02/06/2012 | Local News
Mussels gauge sea's health
Volunteers gather samples for crucial testing
Date: 02/04/2012 | Local News
Snohomish County's homeless population living on the streets on the rise
The tally isn't final, but Thursday's Point in Time count of homeless people in Snohomish County shows an increase over 2011 numbers.
Date: 02/01/2012 | Local News
Health officials hope to slow whooping cough epidemic with free vaccinations
EVERETT -- Whooping cough continues to spread at epidemic rates in Snohomish County. The number of cases reported so far this month nearly matches the number for the entire year in 2010.
Date: 01/30/2012 | Local News
Snohomish County Councilmembers defend the value of planned travel
EVERETT -- A visit to Chile's Casablanca Valley wine region, then a late-afternoon siesta. A tour of the late Nobel Prize- winning poet Pablo Neruda's home. Quality time in the port city of Valparaiso and the metropolis of Santiago.
Date: 01/30/2012 | Local News
Court of flaw
Renewed talk of rebuilding Snohomish County Courthouse
Date: 01/29/2012 | Need to Know
More emails released in Reardon investigation
EVERETT -- Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon's Office on Thursday released nearly 3,000 pages of emails from the past three years as part of a continuing investigation by the Washington State Patrol of Reardon's use of public funds.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Local News
Report storm damage to county
People whose property suffered damage during recent winter storms are being asked to make a report to Snohomish County's Department of Emergency Management.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Local News
PUD rate increase would bump up average residential bill $2.56 a month
EVERETT -- The average residential electricity customer will pay $2.56 more per month if a proposed rate increase by the Snohomish County Public Utility District is approved as planned.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Local News
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