Volunteers plant trees at Qwuloolt Estuary
Kirk Boxleitner
Sam Harb, habitat restoration technician for Sound Salmon Solutions, protects the base of a newly planted shrub at the Qwuloolt Estuary Marsh on Feb. 18.
February 22, 2012
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Proposed budget cuts focus of Marysville protest
Marysville School District administrators, teachers and other staff members were joined by parents and students on the sidewalks of State Avenue near Comeford Park on Thursday, Feb. 16, as they donned red shirts and hoisted signs high to raise awareness among passing motorists and pedestrians alike about the impact of proposed budget cuts to local education.
February 22, 2012
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Marysville students earn scholarships from WWU
MARYSVILLE — Two Marysville seniors at Western Washington University have earned scholarships totaling $2,550 between them for the 2011-2012 academic year.
February 21, 2012
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GOP caucus on March 3 in Marysville for Districts 38, 39 and 44
MARYSVILLE — The Republican caucus for Marysville will meet on March 3, and due to budget cuts, the Washington state presidential primary has been cancelled for the year, so the only way you will be able to vote in the Republican primary is by attending the caucus, since no ballots will be mailed.
February 21, 2012
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New WSDOT cameras, hardware map 16 miles of I-5 between Everett, Arlington
MARYSVILLE — For years, drivers in Snohomish County had to guess what traffic conditions would be like on Interstate 5 north of Everett. Cameras and traffic flow information stopped at the Snohomish River bridge, and the 16 miles of I-5 between Everett and Arlington showed up on the Seattle-area traffic map, at www.wsdot.wa.gov/Traffic/seattle, as a stretch of gray with the words, "No equipment available."
February 21, 2012
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Marysville City Council adopts 'Stay Out of Drug Area' downtown
MARYSVILLE — On Feb. 13, the Marysville City Council adopted new laws establishing a "Stay Out of Drug Area" downtown to deter drug-related criminal activity and impose stiffer penalties on repeat offenders, and amended existing laws aimed at reducing aggressive panhandling and lewd conduct in public places.
February 21, 2012
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Epidemic continues in Snohomish County: Free whooping cough shots for adults, Feb. 25
In response to the ongoing whooping cough epidemic in the area, Snohomish Health District and Group Health Cooperative will offer free vaccine to protect adults from whooping cough, also called pertussis, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Group Health Everett Medical Center.
February 21, 2012
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Rep. Larsen visits Qwuloolt Estuary
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, took the time on Monday, Feb. 13, to visit the site of one of the Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters Restoration Projects that his support helped make possible, right in south Marysville.
February 21, 2012
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House Republicans unveil Legislature’s first budget proposal for 2012
Rep. Barbara Bailey helps unveil all-priorities state spending at news conference
At a noon press conference in the state Capitol building Feb. 17, House Republicans introduced the Legislature’s first complete supplemental budget proposal for the 2012 session. Rep. Gary Alexander, R-Olympia, and ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, spent weeks in deliberations with...
Statement from Rep. Barbara Bailey on state revenue forecast
“Today’s revenue forecast is welcomed news for budget writers but, more importantly, Washingtonians who are struggling in this down economy. It helps budget writers in the short term, but we cannot allow it to be used as an excuse to sidestep meaningful state government and economic reforms. We must change the culture in Olympia if...
Rep. Bailey holds telephone town hall on Feb. 20
OLYMPIA — State Rep. Barbara Bailey is inviting her constituents in the 10th District to a telephone town hall meeting on Monday, Feb. 20. The community conversation, which will be conducted like a call-in radio show, will run from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
