Lynnwood City Council Vice President Stephanie Wright has been selected by a 3-to-1 margin to replace Mike Cooper on the Snohomish County Council.
On Saturday, precinct committee officers from District 3 voted for their recommendation to take Cooper’s seat. Cooper left the County Council after he was appointed the new mayor of Edmonds.
Wright received 33 votes. [...]
Entries from July 31st, 2010
City Council VP is party’s top pick for County Council
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
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Lynnwood man killed in early morning collision on I-5
July 31st, 2010 · 5 Comments · Community
4 p.m. Update: The names of the deceased from this morning’s accident have been released. The passenger was 23-year-old Jordan Swenson of Lynnwood. The driver was 23-year-old Matthew Diven of Brier (the State Patrol earlier reported he was from Tumwater.) Both were in the 2002 BMW 745 when it lost control on I-5 and crashed [...]
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Major collision closed northbound Highway 99 at 177th
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Community
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All lanes of northbound Highway 99 in the 17700 block were closed Friday afteroon due to a serious collision involving a Community Transit bus. Police say the bus was filled with passengers at the time but it doesn’t look like anyone on the bus was hurt.
One person in one of the other [...]
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Is Dick’s Drive-In coming to Lynnwood?
July 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Business
Dick’s Drive-In might be coming to Lynnwood.
Councilman Jim Smith revealed the news at a city council meeting last week. He made the comments while discussing the potential police cuts and the negative effect it would have on the business climate here.
“We will not attract businesses to Lynnwood if Lynnwood is deteriorating in their police [...]
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Endorsements keep coming in the race for Snohomish County Council
July 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · General, Politics
Today Edmonds City Council member D.J. Wilson announced his list of endorsements in his bid for the Snohomish County Council. He’s seeking the seat of Mike Cooper, who just left the Council to become the new mayor of Edmonds.
Wilson’s endorsements include State Senators Paul Shinn and Darlene Fairley, South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce President [...]
Prolific ZEB graffiti turns up in Lynnwood
July 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Crime
A notorious graffiti tag that has been spotted in several Seattle neighborhoods has turned up in Lynnwood.
The letters ZEB have been sprayed in prominent locations in Capitol Hill, Ballard, Belltown, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Wallingford, the U-District, South Lake Union and SODO.
Now it’s also been sprayed behind the strip mall that houses Celtic Bayou, Grocery Outlet [...]
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Rep. Inslee talks about Lynnwood police cuts on House floor
July 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Politics
Representative Jay Inslee addressed the potential Lynnwood police cuts on the floor of the House. He made the comments yesterday during debate of a war spending bill.
I wish to address the security of our citizens. Here’s a headline July 26 that we’re going to see repeated across the country in the next year: “Lynnwood [...]
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Lynnwood Police Department facing ‘devastating’ budget cuts
July 26th, 2010 · 28 Comments · Politics
Lynnwood police officials are preparing for cuts that would “decimate” the department.
That’s how Chief Steven Jensen described the situation last week to Lynnwood City Council members.
The City Council is starting the new budget phase with a possible shortfall of more than $20 million in 2011 and 2012. That number could get even bigger because the [...]
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Hundreds of cell phone tickets dismissed in Lynnwood
July 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Transportation
Hundreds of cell phone tickets are being dismissed in Lynnwood after all.
Last week the Department of Licensing released a list of jurisdictions not affected by a mistake that nullifies thousands of distracted driving citations statewide. Lynnwood was erroneously put on that list.
Lynnwood Municipal Court Administrator Jill O’Cain says the city has 966 cases that are [...]
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Do red light cameras improve safety?
July 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Transportation
KING 5 took an in-depth look at red light photo enforcement cameras on its show “Up Front.” Much of the focus was on Lynnnwood”s system, and whether or not they really improve safety.
Reporter Robert Mak interviewed Lynnwood City Council President Ted Hikel, who said the primary goal of red light cameras is to make the [...]
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