OLYMPIA — Native American Heritage Day is one step closer to becoming an official state holiday, under a bill passed on Friday, Feb. 14, by the Senate.
As the ballots for the Feb. 11 special election in Snohomish County continue to be counted, the Marysville School District seems poised to receive approval of both of its levies, while the fate of the Lakewood School District’s bond remains up in the air.
The Cedarcrest Middle School cafeteria has remained as much of a packed house as ever for the annual city of Marysville Parks and Recreation Department’s ninth annual Father/Daughter Dances, which have booked a near-record total of 840 for the Saturday evenings of Feb. 1 and 8, with two separate dances slated for each night, as always.
Local voters still have time to fill out and return their ballots for the Feb. 11 Special Election.
TULALIP — Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring’s State of the City address for 2014 on Friday, Jan. 31, sounded a cautiously optimistic note for the year to come, as he acknowledged the city’s partners and cited the city’s investments in the community.
TULALIP — The Tulalip Tribes will be one of three American Indian tribes in the nation to exercise special criminal jurisdiction over certain crimes of domestic and dating violence, regardless of the defendant’s Indian or non-Indian status, under a pilot project authorized by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The two other tribes are the Umatilla in Oregon and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
MARYSVILLE — Longtime local business owner Mike Leighan is often quick to credit his fellow Marysville Rotary Club members for their commitment to serving the needs of their community.
MARYSVILLE — The cause of an apartment fire on the morning of Friday, Feb. 7, appears likely to have been a lit cigarette on a sofa.
MARYSVILLE — Just before 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, Marysville Police officers responded to a call of a man pointing a gun at someone in a vehicle, in a parking lot on the corner of 88th Street and State Avenue. While en route, officers were advised the suspect was motioning the person or persons to get out of the vehicle.
MARYSVILLE — Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary’s visit to Marysville on Wednesday, Feb. 5, had a slightly sparser attendance than the community gathering in Stanwood on Saturday, Jan. 25, which kicked off his “Coffee with the Sheriff” series of meet-and-greets, but however many members of the public turn out, Trenary wants to ensure that they have access to their sheriff.
MARYSVILLE — Due to low temperatures in the evenings, the volunteer operators of the emergency cold weather shelter at the Damascus Road Church in Marysville expect to be open nightly through Saturday, Feb. 8.
MARYSVILLE — Colton McGuire hopes to help clients of the Marysville Community Food Bank not need to decide between feeding themselves or feeding their pets.
The Totem Middle School cafeteria was packed with families as the Marysville School District kicked off its kindergarten registration for the coming school year with its annual information fair on Saturday, Jan. 25.
