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Health care program for military, families is only 1 in state
Veterans, current service members and their families can all use it.
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Arlington considering utility fee to close funding gap for EMS
The proposed $15 charge does not have to be approved by voters.
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Sno-Isle Libraries levy officially passes by less than ½%
Of 120,261 ballots cast in Snohomish and Island counties, 60,678 — 50.46 percent — were in favor.
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Sno-Isle Library levy too close to call in special election
Meanwhile, in Darrington, a school levy was passing in the early results.
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A close friendship is lost to fire
An 88-year-old Smokey Point mobile home resident died despite a valiant effort by neighbors.
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New road set for fast-growing area in Arlington
Arlington Valley Road will be another route for businesses along busy 67th Ave. to reach the highway.
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Sno-Isle Library District seeks tax hike on April 24 ballot
The library district’s levy rate would rise to 47 cents per $1,000 in assessed property value.
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Experimental micro electrical grid to be built in Arlington
It would incorporate multiple energy technologies and provide backup in emergencies.
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Former vacant Smokey Point space celebrated as new library
SMOKEY POINT — For a 7-year-old with a stack of books balanced precariously in his arms, the reason…
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Sno-Isle library to open in Smokey Point, in leased space
It’s a chance to assess what the area needs, and it kicks off planning for a possible permanent…
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Girls in STEM find their voice — and a local problem to solve
Lakewood High students won national recognition for an outreach project on invasive aquatic animals.
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Hope takes the form of affordable housing in Smokey Point
Families settle into Twin Lakes Landing, Housing Hope’s largest project to date.
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Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital accepting adolescent patients
The facility is the first mental heallth unit in the county to offer in-patient services for children.
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‘They trucked in hope’ — including 5,000 bags of groceries
The Convoy of Hope event in Arlington provided services for 2,857 guests, many of them working poor.
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Boy, 16, who drowned in lake near Smokey Point is identified
SMOKEY POINT — Chance Vanvalkenburgh is the teen who drowned in a lake this week near Smokey Point,…
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This Sno-Isle library is a test lab to find out what clicks
EVERETT — About 200 people pass through the doors of the Mariner Library each day.
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Arlington enacts Stay Out of Designated Areas law
SMOKEY POINT — New rules here will allow judges to order people who have been charged with or…
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Marysville opens a one-stop permit center
MARYSVILLE — The city has opened a one-stop permit center geared toward helping home and business owners who…
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2 challenge 26-year incumbent for spot on Marsyville council
MARYSVILLE — Two new candidates are challenging a councilwoman who has held a seat here for 26 years.
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New hospital to provide 115 psychiatric beds for all ages
SMOKEY POINT — Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital, a $22 million building that will provide a variety of mental…