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Courthouse options all costly The County Council’s dilemma: Add parking to current designs to meet a city of Everett requirement, build a new justice center somewhere else, or scrap the project. By Noah Haglund
about courthouse construction, one thing was clear: time is of the essence. And there’s not much time left. Council members said they hope within the next week or two
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EVERETT — While the Snohomish County Council held off Monday on any big decisions
to decide what to do about the impasse with Everett over parking. The conflict is threatening to implode the $162 million project. County and city staff met last week to establish how to fulfill the city’s requirement for hundreds of parking spaces not in current courthouse designs. They’re scheduled to meet again Thursday.
“They get that we need a decision and we need a decision quick,” said Jason Cummings, the county’s chief civil deputy prosecuting attorney. The county had hoped to break ground on the project later this year, but that’s now in doubt. It’s up to council members to decide what to do: Add parking to the current courthouse designs
or build the courthouse somewhere else. There’s even talk of scrapping the project altogether. “It’s something I’m taking a serious look at,” Councilman Terry Ryan said after Monday’s meeting. “Definitely something to be See COURTHOUSE, back page, this section
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Snow goose control: We have lift-off
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In a farm field bordering the Port Susan Bay Preserve south of Stanwood, a bald eagle watches snow geese fill the sky on a recent sunny day. A snow goose festival and a treasure hunt are coming soon to the Stanwood area. See story on Page A3.
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Acknowledging the ‘really scary stuff’ Herald Writer
MARYSVILLE — Students recently bustled into the
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and suicide. Before long, many were brought to tears, reminded of recent tragedy. On Oct. 24, a freshman shot five classmates before taking his own life in a cafeteria at Marysville Pilchuck High School. Only one of the teens survived. There’s now worry about wounds of another nature.
For Pete’s sake Game over: Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll defended the decision to call a goal-line pass play in the final seconds of the Super Bowl, a pass that was intercepted by New England and foiled a nearly certain Seahawk win (Page C1). “It worked flawlessly Dear Abby . . . B3 Good Life . . . . B1
Research shows that school shootings often are associated with increases in risky behaviors among young people in the communities where they occurred, including thoughts of suicide. In Marysville and Tulalip, school officials say they’ve heard from roughly two dozen
every time we tried it playing ‘Madden NFL 15’ on the Xbox the night before,” Carroll said. Weather or not: Pennsylvania’s famous prognosticating groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow, indicating six more weeks of winter, an obvious call considering the snow that
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began falling (Page A6). “Another obvious call?” added Phil. “On second and goal on the 1-yard line, you give the ball to Marshawn Lynch. Every time. You don’t pass it.” Speaking of Groundhog Day: There’s not much on the tube tonight. You could watch a cameo by “Shark Short Takes . . B4 Sports . . . . . . C1
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Tank’s” Lori Greiner on “New Girl” on Fox (Page B4). Or you could watch what most Seahawk fans are, repeatedly replaying the interception that lost Seattle the Super Bowl, hoping that this time Russell Wilson will hand the ball off to Lynch for a 1-yard touchdown.
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Helping Marysville students who are struggling with the tragedy means finding ways for them to cope without harming themselves or becoming depressed, experts say.
BELLEVUE — Drivers will learn Tuesday what they may pay to use the express toll lanes on I-405 between Lynnwood and Bellevue while carpoolers find out the rules to travel in them at no cost. The state Transportation Commission on Tuesday intends to release its toll rate proposal at a meeting in Bellevue, then begin a six-week public comment period. Commissioners are planning to take final action on March 18. That will give the state Department of Transportation time for a public education campaign before toll collection begins later this year on the 17 miles of express lanes. Commissioners are eyeing a recommendation to set a minimum toll rate of 75 cents and a maximum of $10. It is anticipated that drivers will pay between 75 cents and $4 most of the time, according to Reema Griffith, the commission’s executive director. By comparison, travel in Highway 167 high-occupancy-toll (HOT) lanes costs a minimum of 50 cents to a maximum of $9. Here’s what’s going to be a little different for carpoolers. Commissioners are looking to require carpools have at least three people to be exempt from paying during peak hours — defined as 5-9 a.m. and 3-7 p.m. — and two people the rest of the time. Motorcycles, transit vehicles and vanpools will be exempt at all times. The state deploys a similar approach for use of the carpool lanes on the stretch of Highway 520 between I-405 and the bridge deck on the eastside of the lake, according to Griffith.
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