Dive team retrieved vehicle
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Dive Rescue Team recovered a stolen truck from the Stillaguamish River near Boe Road last Sunday.
Retrieval of the abandoned vehicle was a joint effort with North County Regional Fire Authority. The dive team was omitted in the original article. Full Story
Gunter’s flying ships
Jack Gunter discusses his work, “Mukilteo Traffic Jam” with Chris DeBruler and Rob Putnam at the new Arlington Airport office. Full Story
CT proposes 25 cent fare increase
Community Transit has announced a series of public meetings to discuss fare increases and service cuts.
For the third year in a
row, Community Transit
has had to make cuts to its budget because of lower revenues due to the economic recession. The agency cut about $14 million in staff, training and marketing over the past two years that did not impact customers. Full Story
Scott Weisse and Cory Calkins have left their mark on Stanwood High School (SHS). Now they hope the sun shines down on it.
Senior students in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) department spearheaded a project to develop a solar panel on campus under the guidance of Ryan Ovenell, instructor for the agriculture/ natural resources program. Full Story
Bikinis not for Stanwood
Recent patrons of Country Mudd, Inc., may have noticed something missing, lately.
Skin.
Stanwood’s bikini barista coffee stand has layered up: effective Jan. 1, baristas now wear the same amount of clothes to work as everyone else. Full Story
Energy grants will spur conservation and green jobs
Federal recovery funding also will be used to reduce traffic congestion, create solar-charging stations for electric vehicles, establish a “green fleets” automotive internship program and create an energy and sustainability position for Snohomish County to coordinate these efforts, thanks to funds from the U.S. Department of Energy. Full Story
Grand centennial celebration
Bob Ansell installs Camano Island artist Jack Archibald’s latest stained-glass mural that measures 13 feet high by 25 feet wide at Cascade Valley Hospital in Arlington. Full Story
Nighttime lane closures this week
In response to readers’
requests, the
NEWS will run weekly updates on
the General Mark Clark
Bridge project on Camano
Island and the SR532 corridor
project in Stanwood.
Full Story
