Many public employees of Everett and Snohomish County will continue to telework until the end of 2020.
The city manager is under fire for hiring friends, laying off long-timers and soaring legal bills.
The developer says the filing is a temporary setback that won’t block 112 planned homes near Picnic Point.
Long wait times for test results are hampering efforts to contain the virus through contact tracing.
The ACLU urged city leaders not to sweep the stopgap camp off Rucker Avenue. It was cleared Thursday afternoon.
Police gave a deadline of noon on Thursday, saying the conditions threaten public health and safety.
The encampment isn’t “legal, authorized or safe,” police say. Neighboring businesses are pushing back.
Some fear the local behavioral health system, which has bled revenue, isn’t ready for the onslaught.
Residents of the Everett tent city aren’t sure what’s next. Operations at local shelters have been curtailed.
The county has a nearly $1.7 million grant for the initiative, which focuses on repeat offenders.
Dozens of people live in tents on a patch of concrete in downtown Everett. The county does what it can to help.
Key federal money was rescinded because of a technicality, the Port of Everett says, and it has reapplied.
Some denied that systematic discrimination exists. Others called for reforms to fix the problem.
Lynnwood also announced a funding opportunity for local establishments struggling amid the pandemic.
Snohomish County is hosting the meeting via Zoom on Monday.
The new site at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe is expected to save the county money.
The tests will be offered in the parking lot of a local food bank on Thursday.
