Hundreds join ‘Families Belong Together’ protest
More than 600 people gathered in Edmonds Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy – which included separating children from undocumented migrant families – joining thousands more across in the country in rallies timed to start at 11 a.m. local time.
Young, old and in-between, they stood on all four corners of the busy intersection of 100th Avenue West and Edmonds Way, also the site of a rally Jan. 29, 2017, protesting Trump’s executive order halting refugees from entering the United States as well as detaining incoming refugees.
2 prison inmates get EdCC scholarships
Over three days, more than 300 Edmonds Community College students celebrated earning GEDs, certificates, and associate’s degrees at Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) in Monroe through the College in Prisons program.
Among the caps and gowns and cupcakes in the dining hall of MCC’s Minimum Security Unit (MSU) were two inmates who sat in the back and cheered for their fellow inmates’ academic achievements.
Ryan Cughan and Duane Nelson are the first incarcerated Foundation scholarship recipients. Cughan was awarded the Hernandez-Foy Second Chance Endowed Scholarship for $1,000, and Nelson received a Foundation scholarship for $1,500.
Edmonds asbestos-removal company fined
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has cited an Edmonds-based asbestos removal contractor for improper handling of asbestos, which the agency says was “willful.”
L&I has cited Above & Beyond Asbestos Removal, which lists its address as a home in the 1000 block of Daley Street and is a veteran-owned business, in connection with two separate inspections.
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57 overdoses over 7 days in Snohomish County
More than 50 overdoses in one week. Twelve in one day.
The Snohomish
