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 19
Everett tackles yards of cars. Broken-down cars are a visual blight in neighborhoods, city officials say, and property owners face a host of new ordinances aimed at cleaning up Everett. “We’re trying to eliminate front yards that look like parking lots,” said Marian Krell, Everett City Council president. Last week, the council approved stricter rules against having junk vehicles, broken-down vehicles or just too many vehicles.
Jeff Switzer
Monday, June 20
Donovan homes to move. Half of the 22 historic homes slated for demolition as part of Providence Everett Medical Center’s $400 million expansion plan will be saved, relocated and resold. In a plan announced Friday by hospital officials and an area developer, this fall, 10 or 11 cottages on the block directly east of the hospital’s Colby Campus will be picked up and moved. The homes will travel half a mile east, across Broadway, to land near the intersection of Poplar and 12th streets.
Jennifer Warnick
Tuesday, June 21
I-5 speed will drop. Come July 1, drivers used to hitting the gas just after reaching Marysville on northbound I-5 will have to wait a bit before opening up the throttle. The speed limit on I-5 will be reduced from 70 mph to 60 mph on northbound and southbound lanes between Marysville and Smokey Point at the beginning of the Independence Day weekend. In announcing the change Monday, the state Department of Transportation said the 6.5-mile stretch of I-5 has changed from rural to urban since the freeway speed limit was last looked at in 1996.
Lukas Velush
Wednesday, June 22
Card offers drug discounts. Cheaper prescription medications for everyone, regardless of age or income, are available with a new Snohomish County drug card that hits the streets today. And it works for Fido and Mittens, too. There’s no fee and no paperwork. The only requirement is living or working in Snohomish County. The county is one of about 50 counties participating in a national test of the new card, offered through the National Association of Counties.
Jeff Switzer
Thursday, June 23
Tulalips lay claim to state park. The Tulalip Tribes want the state to halt development of the new Cama Beach State Park, and want to buy the land as the site of an ancestral village, The Herald learned Wednesday. Tribal Chairman Stanley Jones Sr. sent a letter Wednesday to state parks director Rex Derr saying the site needs permanent protection. He cited the discovery of four skeletal remains earlier this year. There has been continued unearthing of artifacts on the 400 acres of shoreline and uplands on the west side of Camano Island.
Jerry Cornfield
Friday, June 24
Climbers only needed a map. They’d climbed to the top of the 6,044-foot mountain and were on their way down. That’s when Peter Caldwell realized he had forgotten his map. It wouldn’t have been that bad if Caldwell and his friend, Chris Turchin, both 28, could have seen where they were going. But thunderstorms rolled in on the last leg of the climb Tuesday afternoon and brought rain, lightning and fog. With no map and no visibility, the two climbers were lost.
Chris Collins
Saturday, June 25
Coach violated rules. Former Meadowdale High School girls basketball coach Karen Blair resigned in May, accused of lying to her bosses, skirting district policies and ignoring school rules limiting out-of-state travel with student players, The Herald has learned. When she resigned May 25, the successful coach was on probation for what one school official called a “flagrant violation” of state rules designed to preserve the amateur status of high school competition.
Scott North
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