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Hanging death at jail The woman had been screened for medical and mental health issues, as is standard, and wasn’t considered at risk. By Eric Stevick and Rikki King Herald Writers
EVERETT — For all the reforms made at the Snohomish County Jail, leaders now are looking to beef up
suicide prevention practices after another hanging death. An Everett woman found in her cell Monday is at least the 13th person to die at the jail since 2010. She is the third person to be found hanging in a jail cell since July 26. Two died in the
jail and one at a local hospital. The sheriff ’s Major Crimes Unit is investigating the most recent death. That is standard procedure when someone dies in the jail. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday ruled the death a suicide. Crystal Hollaway, 33, was found in her cell by a corrections officer at 4:49 p.m. Monday. Jail
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the 13th death there since >> It’s 2010, A2 staff attempted CPR, but could not save her, sheriff ’s office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. The woman had been arrested by Everett police late Saturday night. She was booked into the jail early Sunday morning for See JAIL, A2
Two undersea turbines will not be installed in Admiralty Inlet after the federal government decided not to fund 50% of the cost.
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By Kari Bray Herald Writer
EVERETT — The Snohomish County Public Utility District pulled the plug on a tidal energy project the day before bids came in for installing two undersea turbines near Whidbey Island. The U.S. Department of Energy has decided to not fund a full 50 percent of the project, as originally planned. The county PUD announced Tuesday that it cannot move forward without those federal dollars. The project started in 2006 as a research effort. Two turbines were to be installed in Admiralty Inlet for no more than five years to determine whether tidal energy would be viable as a longterm power source. Initial cost estimates called for $20 million. The figure has since been revised upward to $38 million. The project was the first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest and one of only a few around the world, so preliminary cost estimates were essentially educated guesswork, said Steve Klein, general manager of the PUD. In the past eight years, a lengthy permitting and licensing process and unexpected costs nearly doubled the price tag. The $38 million figure is still just a guess, Klein said. The cutoff for companies to submit bids for manufacturing and installing turbines was to be Wednesday, after which
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Attendees at a celebration of Boeing’s delivery of the first 747-8 Intercontinental airplane to Air China toast the plane displayed outside the window behind them Monday during a ceremony in Everett. Boeing says Air China is the first carrier in Asia to operate the Intercontinental, its longest passenger jet. For the story, see Page A9; find a gallery of photos with the story online at www.heraldnet.com.
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Proposed 2015 county budget increases spending Herald Writer
EVERETT — Snohomish County Executive John Lovick has unveiled a budget proposal for 2015 that increases spending
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by 4.6 percent while promising no reductions in public safety and no layoffs of county staff. The $885.3 million proposal balances its expenses, which includes large capital projects such as the new
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$162 million county courthouse, with increases in property taxes and the elimination of 19 vacant positions in the county bureaucracy. The overall budget proposal includes the $230 million general
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fund, which encompasses most operational expenses within the county government, including salaries. The general fund would rise by 0.47 percent in 2015 under Lovick’s proposal. Various capital projects funds,
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by comparison, would rise 157 percent, to $61.6 million. Lovick highlighted a few programs that will see increased support during a Tuesday See BUDGET, back page, this section Routine 60/50, C6
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