Snohomish News

Snohomish resident Colleen Hill liked to stay busy. The owner of Country Kids Childcare in Snohomish for the past 14 years, Hill spent much of her time caring for children.

Another wave of layoffs is due to sap Snohomish County's already depleted planning department.

You can pretty much draw a line through Snohomish County to see where Referendum 71 went from winning to losing among a majority of voters.

As utilities completed repairs Thursday to the latest wind-caused power outages in Western Washington, forecasters said the breezy wet weather would continue with snow in the mountains and parts of Eastern Washington.

The Camano Holiday Home Tour, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 5, will feature five decorated homes followed by a free Good Time Party at Oddfellows Hall, 96 S. Camano Ridge Road.

Hal Moe eliminated as site for new pool facility SNOHOMISH- The citya s new pool facility will not be built on the Hal Moe site next to the skate park on Second Street, and the Snohomish School District will revisit whether the facility can be built at the Freshman Campus, the district told the school board last week.

A couple dry days last week gave residents a chance to clean up leaves in their yards.

Michael O'Leary / The Herald Brianna Monlux gets a lick from Cooper after she and Chris Thompson examined the Australian shepherd during class at Snohomish High School.

A man in Snohomish is suspected of shooting and killing his neighbor's dog and the dog's owners believe it's not the first time it's happened.

A cold front moving through Western Washington Friday is bringing wind, rain and up to 4-to-6 inches of snow to the Olympics and Cascades, say forecasters.

A couple dry days last week gave residents a chance to clean up leaves in their yards.

The state hit a small Snohomish County water system with one of the largest fines ever for water quality violations.

It's a sign of the season. As the weather gets colder, our heating bills go up. But what if you could see how much your bill was before you paid it, and only use as much heat as you could afford? One local utility, Snohomish PUD, has just received a huge grant to put that plan in motion right now.

Snohomish County celebrated the opening of its second off-leash dog area at Cavalero Hill Community Park on Monday while also beginning construction on an 8-mile segment of the Centennial Trail.

Emerson Elementary third-graders are making kits for cancer patients. Michael Whitney photo When cancer impacted teacher Kim Moritz' family, she thought of a way for the community to help others.

Justice Barbara Madsen was elected Thursday by members of the state Supreme Court to be its new chief justice.

Swine flu is being investigated as the possible cause in the death of an infant in Snohomish County earlier this week.

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office declined late Monday to identify an armed intruder shot and killed by a Lake Stevens police officer on Sunday evening.

A police officer responding to a domestic violence call shot and killed a man at Lake Stevens.

County officials are warning thousands of residents in low-lying areas to start preparing now for the possibility of floods.