Editing Snohomish, Washington (section)

===Media===

The city is part of the Seattle–Tacoma media market and is served by a daily newspaper, ''[[The Everett Herald]]''. A local weekly newspaper, the ''[[Snohomish County Tribune]]'', is published in Snohomish.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact the Tribune |url=https://www.snoho.com/contactus/ |publisher=[[Pacific Publishing Company]] |accessdate=December 11, 2022}}</ref>

Snohomish's [[public library]] is operated by [[Sno-Isle Libraries]], a regional system that annexed the city-run library. Located near downtown, the {{convert|23,000|sqft|sqm|adj=mid}} building is the third-largest in the Sno-Isle system and serves over 5,000 weekly patrons. It opened in July 2003 at a cost of $8&nbsp;million, replacing an earlier [[Carnegie library]] building that was a third of the size.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jensen |first=J.J. |date=July 9, 2003 |title=Library users 'will be awestruck' |page=H16 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The Snohomish library was named one of the favorite libraries of book commentator and celebrity librarian [[Nancy Pearl]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nohara |first=Yoshiaki |date=July 20, 2008 |title=Snohomish Library accolades add up |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/snohomish-library-accolades-add-up/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref>

The city was home to Snohomish County's first lending library, founded by local citizens in 1876.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> A permanent library building funded by [[Andrew Carnegie]] opened in 1910 and was expanded in 1968 with the construction of an annex that doubled its size. The building was determined to be too small to adequately meet Snohomish's needs in the 1990s,<ref>{{cite news |last=Tellez |first=Lesley |date=July 10, 2000 |title=New $8 million city library for Snohomish to be on ballot |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> leading to proposals to build a second annex or replace it with a new building.<ref>{{cite news |last=Haglund |first=Noah |date=March 8, 2018 |title=Snohomish council votes to restore historic Carnegie library |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/snohomish-votes-to-restore-librarys-historic-structure/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Warner |date=July 21, 2010 |title=The Little Building That Almost Could |url=http://www.snohomishthenandnow.org/2010/07/the-little-building-that-almost-could/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622033001/http://www.snohomishthenandnow.org/2010/07/the-little-building-that-almost-could/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 22, 2018 |work=Snohomish: Then and Now |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}</ref> The library building was converted into a temporary space for art exhibits following its closure in 2003 and was later used as a rentable community center.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jensen |first=J.J. |date=December 3, 2003 |title=Artists co-op moves into Carnegie building |page=H14 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref name="Herald-Library2021">{{cite news |last=Davis-Leonard |first=Ian |date=March 30, 2021 |title=Restored Carnegie library in Snohomish is nearing a debut |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/restored-carnegie-library-in-snohomish-is-nearing-a-debut/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}</ref> The building closed again in 2017 to undergo a $2.7&nbsp;million renovation, which included demolition of the 1968 annex and restoration of an original crystal [[chandelier]].<ref name="Herald-Library2021"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Davey |first=Stephanie |date=February 19, 2020 |title=Annex removed from Snohomish's 100-year-old Carnegie library |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/annex-removed-from-snohomishs-100-year-old-carnegie-library/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> It reopened in 2021.<ref name="Herald-Library2021"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Whitney |first=Michael |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Renewed Snohomish Carnegie Building nears its debut |url=http://www.snoho.com/html/stories_2021/04212021_snohomish_carnegie_nears_its_debut.html |work=Snohomish County Tribune |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}</ref>