A big change is coming for police and fire crews in Snohomish County: a new radio system for emergency calls is going live on May 6. The system was paid for with 71 million dollars from a sales ...

EVERETT — Police radio communications across Snohomish County will be encrypted starting May 6, cutting off public access to real-time scanner traffic, officials announced Tuesday at a press ...

Snohomish County has the second-largest 9-1-1 center in the state. It averages between 1,500 and 2,000 calls for service every day. It's unclear if that number will rise with this new system in ...