Painted swastikas reported in Edmonds, Tulalip
May 7, 2021
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EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) Police say they responded to two separate reports of painted swastikas in Edmonds and Tulalip in the last week.
On Monday, a Tulalip resident spotted a swastika and other Nazi symbols on an Interstate 5 overpass, and notified a county councilwoman, The Daily Herald reported. Last week, an Edmonds resident saw swastikas on trees in Southwest County Park and reported them to a city council member.
A joint statement from Executive Dave Somers and the Snohomish County Council said people must stand united against any people or groups that will use hate symbols, hate speech, or hate crimes to intimidate or harm members of the community.
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Snohomish County gets a reprieve. There is no rollback to Phase 2 COVID restrictions for the county; in fact, no rollbacks statewide. That’s the news from Gov. Jay Inslee, who says all counties will stay where they are for the next two weeks. That means shopping, dining, outdoor recreation all stays where it is; we are holding in what is our new normal.”
“Absolutely, we’re breathing a sigh of relief,” County Executive Dave Somers told reporters at this week’s COVID briefing Tuesday. “The pause is very helpful.” The county learned of the reprieve just before the governor made his announcement. That pause comes after state health officials ran the numbers, which show the fourth wave of coronavirus infection “appears to be at a plateau.” Inslee said.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 27, 2021
The recently rising case rates in Snohomish County have now surpassed the phase 3 threshold.
The weekly COVID media briefing from Snohomish County officials was marked by a growing concern over the county’s stubbornly rising numbers of case rates and hospitalizations, the two critical metrics used by Gov. Inslee’s office to determine which reopening phase will be operative.
On March 11 Inslee rolled out the revamped Roadmap to Recovery program, initially placing all Washington counties in Phase 3, the least restrictive category. For large counties like Snohomish (more than 50,000 residents) to remain in Phase 3, they must keep a 14-day average of new COVID cases at or below 200 per 100,000 residents, and a seven-day average of new hospitalizations per 100,000 at five or fewer. Smaller counties are subject to a slightly different set of measures as shown in the chart below.
Worsening COVID metrics stir concern that Snohomish, King counties will fall back a phase Keith Eldridge, KOMO News reporter, and Lloyd Pritchett, KOMONews.com producer
Worsening COVID metrics stir concern that Snohomish, King counties will fall back a phase
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EVERETT, Wash. - A surge in COVID cases and hospitalizations is likely to force Snohomish County to regress back to Phase 2 on May 2, with tighter restrictions on indoor and outdoor activities, county health officer Dr. Chris Spitters announced Tuesday.
The county could possibly even roll back to Phase 1 shortly after that, with wholesale bans on some indoor activities, Spitters said, adding We need to change course.
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