Regional light rail: It’s coming — at a cost
By Ben Savell, General Manager
March 27, 2019
The Seattle light rail promised to be efficient and convenient for the average citizen. Its planned expansions are anything but for the citizens of Mountlake Terrace. When first proposed, the Sound Transit 3 ballot proposed the addition of 37 stations and 62 miles of light rail track by the year 2...
Men’s basketball team honors late Mayor Jerry Smith
By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2019
The men’s basketball team here at Terrace is honoring the late Mountlake Terrace Mayor Jerry Smith, who was a longtime supporter of youth programs in Mountlake Terrace and throughout Snohomish County. The players on the team will wear patches with the initials “JS” throughout the rest of the 2018...
Lynnwood teens arrested for theft from gun store
By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
January 11, 2019
Two teenagers were arrested for theft from a local gun store in Lynnwood on Sunday, Jan. 6, according to reports from the Lynnwood Police Department (LPD). Around 3:30 p.m. the two male suspects walked into Lynnwood Gun near the intersection of 208th St SW and Highway 99. While employees at the gun store...
#ProtectMueller protest takes to Lynnwood Convention Center
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 9, 2018
A crowd of protesters converged on the Lynnwood Convention center on Thursday night. These protesters, carrying signs with sayings such as “Honk for Justice” and “Trump is Not Above the Law”, called for President Donald Trump to refrain from intervening in the probe by Special Counsel Robe...
Local muralist to decorate new Mountlake Terrace Elementary building
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 14, 2018
The community of Mountlake Terrace Elementary (MTE) has been bouncing ideas off the wall for the artwork they want displayed at their new school building. They established the Mountlake Terrace Elementary-Andrew Morrison Committee (MTEAM) to work with artist Andrew Morrison, a 1991 MTHS alum who has comple...
Permanent city hall for Mountlake Terrace approved
By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
January 19, 2018
On Nov. 7, 2017, voters in Mountlake Terrace approved Proposition 1 to fund a new and permanent City Hall with a 69.55 percent yes vote. Since 2008, the city has been renting space for about $40,000 a month from Redstone Corporate Center to fulfill City Hall functions. The city had to vacate the old ...
A powerful start to the robotics season
By Teresa Bonilla, TEMPO Graphics and Design Editor
January 16, 2018
On January 6 at 7 a.m., about 1,000 people gathered in the Terraceum for the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) kickoff. Each year, a new FRC challenge is issued, and kickoff is the international time and date when the challenge is released. The only information teams have before kickoff is the name of the...
ESD replacement levy to appear on February ballot
By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
December 26, 2017
The Edmonds School District (ESD) will hold an election Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, for a ballot measure to raise a Replacement School Programs and Operations Levy. The levy would directly fund classrooms across the district and support programs for ESD students. It will carry the title of “Proposition No....
Libraries seek additional funding to maintain services
By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
December 26, 2017
In a library system announcement sent out Tuesday, Dec. 12, Sno-Isle Libraries announced their Board of Trustees unanimously voted to place a measure on the April 2018 ballot requesting maintained funding for libraries serving Snohomish and Island counties. The vote took place at a regular Board of Tru...
Snohomish Pie Company honored as best pie in area
By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
November 28, 2017
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Seattle Refined, a program run in partnership with Seattle based KOMO News, awarded a So Northwest Award in the category of Best Pie in the Pacific Northwest to Snohomish Pie Company on Nov. 17. The So Northwest Awards are based on votes received from the communities i...
Community gathers for ninth annual school district 5K
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 9, 2017
A herd of almost 800 runners, including dogs and babies, raced to the finish in the ninth annual Celebrate Schools 5K for the Foundation for the Edmonds School District. They gathered outside of the Loews Theater at Alderwood Mall on Saturday morning and took off on their journey at 8 a.m. The F...
Two counts of rape brought against former student
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 24, 2017
Prosecutors involved with sexual assault charges from last year resurrected the case Monday. The defendant, a senior when the case was first opened, is being charged with two separate counts of third-degree rape. Cole Krause, 18, was also charged Monday in a different case against a different girl. ...