Did you miss your news last week? Here’s a selection of the week’s top news items from across Snohomish County as they appeared in The Herald. For the full stories, go to www.heraldnet.com.
Sunday, June 10
Price check: And the winner is Fred Meyer.
That’s the chain grocery market in Snohomish County that had the lowest prices during Herald shopping trips in May.
We took a grocery list of mostly staples, our clipboards and pens and hit the aisles to provide a snapshot of prices at eight local supermarket chains.
Eric Fetters
Monday, June 11
Hungry for organics: Not all apples are created equally.
Some come with fewer pesticides than others. But eating one of these a day certainly will keep more dollars away, because organic apples, like most organic foods, can carry a steep price tag.
Higher prices haven’t kept Snohomish County residents away from their organic foods of choice. Nearly every grocery store in the region carries at least a handful of organic produce and other goods.
Michelle Dunlop
Tuesday, June 12
Property values at $105 billion: Snohomish County property values have broken the $100 billion mark and continue to soar, the county assessor announced Monday.
New property value assessments are in the mail, and they average 17 percent higher than last year for homeowners, county assessor Cindy Portmann said.
Jeff Switzer
Wednesday, June 13
Police nab three big-time shoplifters: An Old Navy shopping bag was the clue that something wasn’t right.
A security guard at Alderwood mall spotted three women Friday carrying the store’s bags. The hint: There’s no Old Navy in the mall.
Police believe the women are members of a Portland, Ore.-based retail crime ring that’s been operating for more than a dozen years.
They allegedly were caught with $9,000 in stolen merchandise from stores in Lynnwood and elsewhere in Washington.
Jackson Holtz
Thursday, June 14
Nail spill snarls U.S. 2: Nails, caulking guns, extension cords and other construction equipment littered U.S. 2 after a head-on crash Wednesday morning closed the highway for several hours.
Traffic snarled as it was diverted onto surface streets through Snohomish. State Department of Transportation crews used brooms to sweep up the debris on the highway.
Two separate accidents along U.S. 2 between Bickford Avenue and Highway 9 injured nine people, two of them seriously. All but one of those injured was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Jackson Holtz
Friday, June 15
New cancer center a high-tech marvel: Providence Regional Cancer Partnership, housed in a $62.4 million building that opens Monday in Everett, will offer the newest diagnostic and cancer-fighting technologies.
Nearly $11 million in high-tech cancer machinery will coexist in a building with a variety of complementary or integrative medical therapies, such as yoga and hypnosis. Alternative treatments are now requested by up to 75 percent of cancer patients.
Sharon Salyer
Saturday, June 16
Battle over sprawl: Three cities are opposing a plan by a developer to build as many as 1,200 homes in a rural area north of Lake Goodwin.
There is no sewer or water system in place to serve the homes, officials with Arlington, Marysville and Stanwood said.
And the development would dump more traffic onto already clogged roads, officials said.
Each of the three cities has sent a letter to Snohomish County opposing the zoning change that would allow the homes to be built.
Bill Sheets and Jeff Switzer
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