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Law enforcement struggles with some bars in downtown Snohomish have been going on for years By Amy Nile Herald Writer
SNOHOMISH — First Street has long been known for freeflowing booze, bar hopping and the rowdiness that comes with it. The problem has persisted here for more than a century. It dates back to the days when First Street was known as “whiskey row” and drunken rage resulted in an infamous Wild West-style shooting. On a cold October night in 1895, a notoriously ornery barman, “Omaha Bill” Wroth, slammed shot after shot before drawing his pistol and hotly firing three rounds. An equally soused “Texas Jack” Kinney took a slug to the chest. He bled out on the muddy street, steps away from the Gold Leaf Saloon.
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n early December Daily Herald photojournalists sifted through their archives — hundreds of thousands of images — and picked just a few they felt represented their strongest work of 2015. Composition, quality of light and color were all considerations. But the very best images told compelling stories. In the end, storytelling is the essence of memorable photojournalism. Above: Students in Holly Hesselgrave’s general chemistry class at Snohomish High School carved pumpkins with the 118 elements in the periodic table.
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Right; Brandon Gardner, a firefighter with Snohomish County Fire District 7, near Okanogan in August. A devastating fire season claimed the lives of three firefighters and burned over a million acres.
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OLYMPIA — Next year’s neighborhood celebrations on July 4th could be fireworks free; the legal age to smoke may rise to 21 and out-of-state businesses may get their public records requests turned down. These are among the ideas lawmakers are queuing up for the 2016 legislative session that kicks off Jan. 11. About 50 bills
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have been pre-filed for introduction on the opening day of the election year session, which is scheduled to end March 10. Among the ideas is a statewide ban on the “sale, purchase, use, and discharge of consumer fireworks” from June 1 to Sept. 30, 2016. The move is intended to prevent wildfires. Outdoor burning also would be prohibited in those months, under the proposal from three House members, including Rep. Hans Dunshee,
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D-Snohomish. Under existing state law, fireworks can only be bought and discharged from June 28 through July 5 to celebrate Independence Day. They also can be sold from Dec. 27-31 and used from 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve to 1 a.m. New Year’s Day. Increasing numbers of communities are moving to ban them year-round. Voters in Brier and Marysville overwhelmingly backed advisory measures to
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impose such a prohibition. Attorney General Bob Ferguson is trying again to pass a bill to hike the legal age for smoking and vaping to 21, from 18. Similar legislation failed to pass in the 2015 session. Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, who is a co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate, said changing the law may prevent some teens from getting hooked on See BILLS, Page A4
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