The Snohomish County Council unanimously elected Councilmember Nate Nehring as Chair and Councilmember Stephanie Wright as Vice Chair at their January 6th administrative session.
This is the first time in recent history that a minority party member has been elected chair.
The Snohomish County Arts Commission is accepting grant applications for funding projects that support the creative community involved in the arts and cultural enrichment.
The Arts Commission has $24,000 available in grant funding in 2020.
The Snohomish Health District received its first reports of flu-related deaths for the 2019-20 season. At the same time, District staff are also investigating increasing numbers of hepatitis A cases in the county.
In spring 2019 Snohomish County announced a new community stewardship program called the Healthy Forest Project “to restore and care for the forested parks and natural areas managed by the county.”
There will be a formal project kick-off at McCollum Park starting at 10:00 am on Saturday morning, January 25th.
On January first, Lake Stevens Fire and Snohomish County Fire District 7 officially merged agencies. The new district serves over 162,000 people over 140 square miles.
The merger involves several steps and officials from the combined fire agency want to make sure both communities stay informed.
On Monday, December 23rd, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner identified the skeletal remains of a body found in February 2015 as Nathaniel Terrence Davies, who was 65 years old at the time of his death.
His remains were found in a shed near the Bothell-Everett Highway.
After 44 years in the fire service, Fire Chief Gary Meek announced his retirement. Having been fire chief of Snohomish County Fire District 7 for the last nine years, he will serve his final day on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.
Regional FIRST LEGO League Qualifier Competitions held the December 14th and 15th send nine Everett School District teams to Semi-Final Competitions hosted by Amazon in Seattle on January 18th and 19th.
A 27 year-old Monroe man was transported to Providence Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the arm after being shot at the Pilchuck Trailhead parking lot on Wednesday, December 18th.
In addition to increased reports of influenza in the community, Snohomish County is also seeing an uptick in norovirus-like illnesses.
A call was placed to the Snohomish Health District’s communicable disease surveillance line about individuals being sickened with gastrointestinal symptoms over the weekend of December 14th.
