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Early morning, Main Street Commons

This is my view of  Main Street Commons on a very early Saturday morning. Only the bakery was open, as other shops had a few more hours until their business day began. It was a …

Edmonds receives $75K grant for ‘middle housing’

The City of Edmonds has received a $75,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce. It was one of 14 jurisdictions to receive an additional $685,000 in grants to support the adoption of local comprehensive plan policies and zoning codes to allow more middle housing in residential neighborhoods.

Edmonds to receive $1.5M in opioid settlement

There’s no doubt that the scourge of the opioid epidemic – with its unrelenting loss of life from synthetic fentanyl – has left a legacy of death in Edmonds and Snohomish County. …

Tree code: Resident wins court case against City of Edmonds

In March 2022, Nathan Rimmer decided he wanted to take down an ornamental dogwood tree in the middle of his property so he could build a new home on a vacant lot. He applied for a permit. The …

City employee files $375K claim against City of Edmonds

A four-year employee has filed a $375,000 claim against the City of Edmonds, citing racial discrimination, inequitable pay, retaliation, and sexual harassment. Michelle Martin, who is Black, in …

Edmonds auto licensing office closing Feb. 29; Lynn Kamacho, Marci Norman new owners

Edmonds Auto License will close Feb. 29 to transition to new owners and reopen March 6 at 9 a.m. The licensing station is inside Ace Hardware, 550 Fifth Ave. S. The current appointee, …

Rick Steves Service Above Self winner: Tana Axtelle

Tana Axtelle is the recipient of the Rotary Club of Edmonds’ third annual  Rick Steves Service Above Self award. The club said the inspiration for this award is European travel expert …

Madrona Highlands, Housing Hope's first development in south Snohomish County and in partnership with Edmonds Lutheran Church, is now going up on 1.35 acres of vacant ground east of the church. …

Washington State Ferries recently released updated data on its farebox recovery ratio (PDF 4.1MB) , or the percentage of customer fares that paid for WSF operating costs. Systemwide, the farebox …

Four Edmonds organizations are among 39 whose tourism projects and promotions have received $600,000 in grants from Snohomish County’s Hotel-Motel Small Fund, which invests in efforts that …

Town Hall: Affordable housing a hot topic

Saturday morning’s town hall meeting with 21 st Legislative District officials wasn’t quite like the scene from the Academy Award-winning movie “Network” where the fictional …

Spoken-word poetry: Anastacia-Reneé returns to the PNW

When Anastacia-Reneé takes to the stage at the Edmonds Center for the Arts March 1, it will mark a homecoming of sorts for the queer writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, speaker, and …

March 12 presidential primary is underway

On Thursday, Snohomish County Elections will mail ballots for the March 12 presidential primary to 507,000 registered voters in Washington state. The primary is an opportunity for voters to help …

Pilot unhurt after plane crash north of Everett's Paine Field

The pilot of a small airplane that crashed in a wooded area north of Paine Field walked away unscathed from the accident. The airplane, a Cessna 150 aircraft owned by the Puget Sound …

Iconoclast featured at Cascadia Art Museum

Cascadia Art Museum will feature “The World of Peter Fortune" beginning Feb. 21. A Northwest iconoclast, Peter Fortune (1904-1989) created a unique body of work in painting, printmaking, …

Volunteers feeding juvenile fish at Edmonds Fishing Pier

 On Sunday, Feb. 18, Edmonds Marsh advocate Joe Scordino was seen feeding the coho salmon at the Edmonds Fishing Pier. Every three days, volunteers from the Puget Sound Anglers Club feed …

State Republicans: Democrats are neglecting the need for more housing in rural areas

Heading into this year’s state legislative session, there was bipartisan support for bills that might’ve expanded housing in rural parts of Washington, including by allowing for more …

Edmonds City Council to consider scaling back on public meeting minutes

The Edmonds City Council has utilized a “detailed style” of minutes for many years. That means just about everything that is said in weekly minutes is recorded and written in detail for …

Crow, a boutique shop for locally handcrafted gifts, is now open at its new location on Fifth Avenue South. Crow opened in November 2019 on Fourth Avenue North. Owner Jen Lawson says the …

Copper Rose Bakery, 314 Pie open at Main Street Commons Feb. 20

Copper Rose Bakery on Main Street Commons – formerly called Copper Pot Bakery – plans to open Tuesday, Feb. 20. Hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local real estate agent Adam Cobb hosted "a …

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