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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 22, 2021 686 The City of Edmonds and Edmonds Chamber of Commerce have launched the Edmonds Business Booster, a website that consolidates online free business-support services offered by various agencies and organizations serving Edmonds and Snohomish County. The website address is EdmondsBizBooster.com. With attention-grabbing lines like “Do you have a fantastic product idea, but don’t know how to get moving?” or “Wishing you could tap into the kn...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 15, 2021 2246 A My Edmonds News investigation has found that as early as mid-November, the city’s human resources director was told about a history of job and domestic concerns in former police chief candidate Sherman Pruitt’s background. The director was told of the information at least two weeks before Mayor Mike Nelson nominated Pruitt. Mayor Nelson in his Thursday video address on Facebook Thursday. This is the timeline in the weeks that led up to...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 7, 2021 Mayor Mike Nelson There will be a public statement “within the next day or two” from Edmonds Mayor Mike Nelson about “the next steps in the police chief process.” That’s the word released Thursday by the city’s spokesperson, Edmonds Economic Development and Community Services Director Patrick Doherty. He had no further details. The mayor must make at least one decision quickly. Assistant Chief Jim Lawless has held the title of acting chief...

The school-house raid that ended in tragedy a century ago An RIC raid on the dance left a 16-year-old boy dead. Joseph Dohertys grave at St Columbas, Ballerin. Reporter: );  ); On the night of December 28, 1920, a group of young people defied an 8pm curfew to hold a dance in a Ballerin school-house in County Derry. Liam Tunney tells the story of how the tip-off from a local insurance man, led to an RIC raid that had tragic consequences for one of the areas families. Sixteen-year-old Joseph ...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: December 17, 2020 Jamie Holter After nine months serving as the City of Edmonds’ public information officer, Jamie Holter has resigned. Holter — who has worked in state and county communications for more than 15 years — was hired in March to fill the newly created position of half-time public information officer/communications strategist. Her last day was Dec. 16. That position was identified as a key priority for the mayor and city council when they added the ...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: December 15, 2020 after the Edmonds City Council moved up the decision date for selecting a new police chief, I promised that we would look into the process that Mayor Mike Nelson’s administration followed in the police chief selection. We have continued to do that work for the past week, and are publishing what we have learned so far because the process matters, especially since the mayor has announced the city will launch a new national search for a chief early ...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: December 10, 2020 The Highway 99 corridor runs through Edmonds from 244th to 212th Streets Southwest.   Mayor Mike Nelson took his virtual neighborhood tour to the Highway 99 and Lake Ballinger communities earlier this week. Among his top priorities: Highway 99/Gateway corridor Equity and justice issues The purpose of the Zoom sessions is to lay out for the city’s neighborhoods what planners are considering, how plans will be funded and to take questions from res...

better for everyone. >> saying maybe last year there are 25 volunteers and this year, four timeses that. this appears the idea is a day of service is catching on. >> dr. king is called to end economic injustice in america inspiring pastors to organize occupy rallies today. occupy the dream protests were staged at 13 federal reserve banks including in san francisco. many were from oakland ame baptist church. >> martin luther king junior had a dream all people can enjoy a high quality of...

rains returning to the region tonight into tomorrow. precipitation arrives, doesnt look like a big one, but nonetheless, we will see shower activity mainly through the wee hours of the morning, and that will help to mix out that low cloud deck thats been clinging to the bay for the last week or so. well take a closer look at what this means for the future, coming up in just a few minutes. >> sounds good. thanks, jim. topping our news this morning, thousands of people are in the stree...

disappointment and concern, of course, is magnified by the fact that she was murdered by one of our own. >> reporter: the suspect, hughly, also played lacrosse for the number 1-ranked team at uva. its a game that they followed four years at notre dame prep. >> there was not a mean cell in her body. i dont think ill ever have the pleasure of teaching or coaching another child. anywhere close to that. >> reporter: and the suspect, hughesly is from the chevy chase area tonight. he is bein...