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In a three-to-two vote, the Snohomish County Council passed the county’s $3.37 billion operating budget for the upcoming 2027 and 2028 fiscal years. The biennial budget process allows County departments to be strategic with project planning while making minor changes halfway through the biennium based on revenue/expenditure changes. The 2027/2028 budget marks the conclusion of months of analysis and discussion by the County Council, who proposed more than 25 amendments to the County Executive’s proposed budget.
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – The two largest dialysis treatment companies in Washington are facing a lawsuit. According to the Washington Attorney General’s Office, the suit was filed in connection to the companies imposing noncompete agreements on their respective medical directors. DaVita Inc. and its largest competitor, Fresenius...
Median home sale prices in Whatcom County and Bellingham declined in September. Here’s a breakdown. Whatcom County Whatcom County’s median home sale price across September was $582,000, a 1.2% decrease compared with August and a 1.7% decrease compared with the same month last year, according to Jason Lee, a local broker with Windermere Real Estate in Bellingham. The county’s median sale price in August was $589,000. Whatcom County’s median home sale price reached a peak of $662,000 in July 2024, the highest median price since 2012, according to Redfin Metro Area Data, a residential real estate brokerage that uses home listings to generate metro area data. “Rising mortgage rates were already a headwind for buyers and sellers this summer. Then rates got even worse in early fall when the 30-year fixed interest rate crossed over 7.25% in late September,” Lee told The Herald. Bellingham Bellingham’s median sale price was $683,000 in September, according to Lee. That’s a 1.9% decrease compared with August’s average and a 1.9% increase compared with September 2025, Lee said. In August, Bellingham’s median sale price was $695,000. “Mortgage rates and high inventory have been the two-headed monster so far in 2026 for both buyers and sellers,”
JBG SMITH has sold a majority stake in a Ballston office tower it developed more than a decade ago. The Bethesda-based real estate investment trust sold a 90% interest in the 306,200-square-foot office tower at 800 N. Glebe Road in Arlington, the company announced in its third-quarter earnings report. The tower is valued at $79 million, according to the Washington Business Journal. JBG Smith will continue to manage and lease the property.
EVERETT — WSDOT last week presented glimpses of what redoing and adding lanes to the U.S. 2 Trestle in both directions would entail. It also reiterated using a toll fee to cross the future trestle is not off the table. The plan fully replaces the westbound trestle. It places...
EVERETT—Everett-based Citrine Health is launching the Washington Health Screening Fund to help pay for breast and cervical cancer screenings for uninsured and underinsured residents across Washington. The effort is to counter reductions in federal support for the state’s Breast, Cervical and Colon Health Program, which the Department of Health has run for 35 years, and which now faces the risk of running out of money in the coming months.
Four Henry M. Jackson High School seniors have been named 2027 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. Callia Park, Madeleine Swanson, Alyssa Webb, and Milo Bostrom were recognized for their outstanding academic achievements at the Everett Public Schools Board of Directors meeting on November 10. The students join a select group of...
Ten pieces of halibut, plus chips, is an order worth discussing before anyone says, “I’ll just have the same.” It’s on the menu at this tiny seafood cafe, and it gives a casual lunch some fairly ambitious possibilities. The cod baskets bring their own extras, with...
