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, Oct. 2
Feeling the burn. Many residents will feel hot under the collar when they open their heating bills this winter. The costs of natural gas, heating oil and propane all have risen by double-digit percentages, and even firewood is more expensive. Much of the reason can be traced back to expensive crude oil.
Eric Fetters
Monday, Oct. 3
Talk begins over north county’s growth. The future of change in north Snohomish County is scheduled for debate today as officials begin four straight days of hearings on plans that will govern growth through 2025. At issue is where the county will put nearly 300,000 more people who are expected to arrive here over the next 20 years. Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon has proposed opening up more rural land for housing and commercial developments to make room for more people and jobs.
Herald staff
Tuesday, Oct. 4
PUD might cut rates 4 percent. Snohomish County PUD’s top official on Monday proposed lowering electricity rates by 4 percent. PUD General Manager Ed Hansen presented a draft 2006 budget that looks to save the average residential customer $37.44 per year. Hansen said the PUD’s budget is balanced and stable, but added that pressure to raise rates could come if the Bonneville Power Administration increases the wholesale rate it charges.
Lukas Velush
Wednesday, Oct. 5
What strike? The 28-day Machinists union strike has hurt the Boeing Co. less than Wall Street expected, an analyst said Tuesday. Investors, cheered by last week’s strike settlement, reports of new jet orders and a better-than-expected delivery picture, pushed Boeing stock prices to a four-year high on Tuesday. The company announced Tuesday that it had delivered 62 jets during the most recent quarter. That was the lowest third-quarter total for deliveries since the last Machinists strike in 1995, and 23 fewer than Boeing delivered in the second quarter. But it still was a better-than-expected showing.
Bryan Corliss
Thursday, Oct. 6
Man guilty in murder of neighbor. A man who shot a neighbor to death over a property line dispute was found guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday. Stanley Douglas Nyberg, 62, claimed that he feared his neighbor wanted to crush him with rocks, so he shot her in self-defense. Dina Camp, 44, died March 20 at the scene of the disputed property line, along a riverbank in the Sky Country Club near Index. Nyberg stands to serve between 15 and 20 years in prison.
Jim Haley
Friday, Oct. 7
Vaccine hailed as triumph. An experimental vaccine to prevent the most common forms of cervical cancer proved 100 percent effective in a two-year test on more than 10,000 girls and women, drug maker Merck &Co. said Thursday. “I see this as a phenomenal breakthrough,” said Dr. Gloria Bachmann, director of the Women’s Health Institute at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J.
Associated Press
Saturday, Oct. 8
Leak at county investigated. Snohomish County Councilman Jeff Sax is being scrutinized for allegedly leaking secret documents outlining a proposed $70 million deal to end the county’s opposition to King County’s massive Brightwater sewage treatment plant. Prosecuting attorney Janice Ellis on Friday said the state Attorney General’s Office has agreed to oversee an independent investigation to determine how the documents wound up in the possession of Brightwater opponents.
Scott North
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