A nudist club agrees to drop its legal challenge against the state’s transfer of trust lands to Snohomish County.
By Noah Haglund, Herald Writer
SULTAN — An outdoor recreation club for nudists agreed last month to dismiss its lawsuit challenging state’s transfer of trust lands to Snohomish County for a future gun range.
While letting the state off the hook, Lake Bronson Associates has vowed to keep close watch on Snohomish County and its plans to build a public shooting range along Sultan Basin Road. Concerns about noise and environmental damage remain for the club and other neighbors.
“We’re going to take the fight to the county…….
Read the complete story via HeraldNet.com – Local news: Nudist club drops its suit, allowing land transfer for gun range near Sultan.
By Alejandro Dominguez, Herald Writer
SULTAN — The lake that provides 95 percent of the city’s water is empty.
Workers discovered there was a leak at the bottom of the dam at the man-made lake on Wednesday morning. To keep water flowing to the city’s taps, Sultan is getting water from Everett.
The reservoir, known as Lake 16, is located 2 miles from the city’s water treatment plant and is a 45-minute drive from downtown.
Read the complete story via HeraldNet.com – Local news: Sultan lake empty because of dam leak.
By Noah Haglund, Herald Writer
STARTUP — People in this community east of Sultan were shocked earlier this year to learn that they soon could be living in a special flood-hazard area.
To the best anyone can recall, this unincorporated area north of the Skykomish River had never flooded — at least not since the late-19th century, when raised railroad tracks were built, creating a dike between their community and the river.
New guidelines from the……………………….
Read the complete story via HeraldNet.com – Local news: Startup’s no flood zone, say residents.
The author of an award-winning short story set in Snohomish County has never been to the Northwest, and city officials hope he’ll visit.
By Rikki King, Herald Writer
Ian Schimmel has never been to Snohomish County.
In fact, he’s never set foot in the Pacific Northwest.
That didn’t stop the Boston-area literature professor from spinning quite the tale about a Bigfoot sighting near Sultan.
Read the rest via HeraldNet.com – Local news: A fanciful Bigfoot tale starring Sultan.
SULTAN — Residents who live south of the Skykomish River Slough trying to drive downtown will spend more time getting there this holiday season.
The 90-foot-long bridge at 311 Ave. SE will be closed for 10 days starting at 7:30 a.m., Dec. 20. The bridge will be dismantled so workers can replace support beams and portions of the timber deck.
Residents living south of the bridge will be detoured through Monroe on Ben Howard and Lewis roads to reach U.S. 2.
Read the rest via: HeraldNet.com – Local news: Repairs to close Sultan bridge for 10 days.
Herald Staff
Prepare for periods of sluggish traffic and closed lanes near Marysville and Sultan next week as state road projects move forward.
Work on a three-year, $50 million project to replace the aging swing-span bridge over Ebey Slough is expected to result in overnight lane closures on Highway 529 between Everett and Marysville.
At the same time, drivers traveling between Sultan and Gold Bar on U.S. 2 can expect about two weeks of daytime delays as Washington Department of Transportation crews repair the highway’s pavement.
Complete Story HERE - HeraldNet: Overnight closures for Highway 529 bridge; daytime delays for U.S. 2.
By Andy Rathbun
Herald Writer
SULTAN — A controversial shooting range might wind up in the line of fire on Wednesday.The Snohomish County Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing to discuss turning an east county gravel pit into a no-shooting area at the request of neighbors.
Read the complete story via HeraldNet: Neighbors, target shooters at odds over Sultan gun range.
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By Jackson Holtz
Herald Writer
SULTAN — An Everett man who was kicked out of the Dutch Cup Restaurant in Sultan early Saturday for starting fights got into his car and tried to run over several people in the parking lot, police say.
Five people were taken to the hospital and the man, 23, went to jail.
Read the rest here: HeraldNet: Car plows into people at Sultan bar.
The odd thing about this is, my wife and were driving east around 10:00am coming back from Silverdale and we did not notice a thing!!
By Katya Yefimova
Herald Writer
SULTAN — A fire early Sunday morning destroyed a local restaurant and left the only grocery store in town without power.
A Washington State Patrol trooper saw flames coming from Dan’s Pizza and Pasta on W. Stevens Avenue about 2 a.m. and called for help, Sultan Fire Department spokesman Mike Ingalls said.
“Dan ran this restaurant for years. It’s a great loss,” he said of the owner.
Investigators estimated damage at $1 million, according to an incident report.
The rest of the story may be read by following this LONG link.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090519/NEWS01/705199894#Fire.destroys.Sultan.restaurant.shuts.grocery
Our neighbors 15 miles to the west are disbanding their police department.
The story may be read online by clicking HERE.
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