Archives July 2012 / Lynnwood Today

Future Walmart store is hiring dozens of employees

Future Walmart store is hiring dozens of employees

Looking for a job? The new Walmart store that’s opening at the former Cycle Barn is now hiring for about 90 full- and part-time positions. The store at 172nd and Highway 99 (next to Value Village) is expected to open in late October. A temporary hiring process has been set up at 17925 Highway 99, but applications should first be started online. The company has also named the new store manage... »

Apartment fire near Martha Lake displaces ten residents

Apartment fire near Martha Lake displaces ten residents

A two-alarm fire at an apartment complex near Martha Lake left ten people without a home Sunday morning. It all started about 10:20 a.m. in the three-story building at the Millwood Estates Apartments in the 16600 block of 6th Ave. West. Officials said heavy smoke was coming from the second and third floors when firefighters arrived. The fire was spreading into the attic so they called for a second... »

212th Street Southwest construction finally finished

212th Street Southwest construction finally finished

Story and photo by Doug Petrowski, MLT News The street construction on 212th Street Southwest that has caused traffic delays and commuter headaches between 44th and 52nd Avenues West in Mountlake Terrace is complete, according to officials in the city’s engineering department. The final step for the project’s completion was hanging a street sign on a signal mast arm at the major intersection of 21... »

I-5 in Lynnwood to get new pavement

I-5 in Lynnwood to get new pavement

A smoother drive is coming soon a rough stretch of I-5 in Lynnwood. Starting Monday night, crews will begin repaving southbound I-5 that was ground down as part of the state’s I-5/196th Street braided ramp project. Drivers can expect closures of the ramps from 164th Street SW, 196th Street SW and I-405 to southbound I-5 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights, July 9-12. Then beginnin... »

Lynnwood couple scores big on Lotto jackpot

Lynnwood couple scores big on Lotto jackpot

Congratulations to Sandra and Paul Erickson of Lynnwood, who just claimed a $340,000 Hit 5 Lotto jackpot. “My husband danced around the kitchen, and I got panicky because I couldn’t believe it was true,” Sandra recalled. “The first person we told about our big win was our son, and he was really excited.” Sandra bought the winning ticket at the Fred Meyer on 196th, where she buys their groceries. T... »