Editing Mill Creek, Washington (section)

===Media===
[[File:Mill Creek, WA library.jpg|thumb|right|The Mill Creek library, operated by [[Sno-Isle Libraries]]]]

Mill Creek is served by several community publications, including the twice-monthly ''Mill Creek Beacon'', the weekly ''News of Mill Creek'', and the quarterly ''Mill Creek Living'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resident Resources |url=https://www.cityofmillcreek.com/resident_resources |publisher=City of Mill Creek |access-date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> The ''Beacon'' was founded in 2014 and is owned by [[Edmonds Beacon|Beacon Publishing]], which also operates weekly newspapers in [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]] and [[Mukilteo, Washington|Mukilteo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://millcreek.villagesoup.com/page/about |publisher=Mill Creek Beacon |access-date=September 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628175041/http://millcreek.villagesoup.com/page/about |archive-date=June 28, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ''Mill Creek View'' is a biweekly newspaper founded by Fred Fillbrook that has served the area since January 1991.<ref>{{cite news |last=Soergel |first=Brian |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Mill Creek View owner Fred Fillbrook dies at 85 |url=https://www.millcreekbeacon.com/story/2022/02/25/news/updated-mill-creek-view-owner-fred-fillbrook-dies-at-85/13536.html |work=Mill Creek Beacon |accessdate=January 19, 2023}}</ref> A regional weekly newspaper, ''[[The Enterprise (Washington)|The Enterprise]]'', formerly published a Mill Creek edition until a consolidation in 2009.<ref name="Herald-Weekly">{{cite news |last=Yefimova |first=Katya |date=August 28, 2012 |title=Weekly Herald succumbs to industry trends |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/weekly-herald-succumbs-to-industry-trends/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref>

The city's [[public library]] was constructed in 1987 and expanded several times by [[Sno-Isle Libraries]], its operator.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pope |first=Leone |date=January 9, 1990 |title=Mill Creek to expand crowded library |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Due to overcrowding at the current building, the city government considered a proposal to build a new library atop a [[Target Corporation|Target]] store in the East Gateway urban village, but the plan fell through.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nile |first=Amy |date=January 6, 2014 |title=Library may top Mill Creek's Target store |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/library-may-top-mill-creeks-target-store/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nile |first=Amy |date=July 24, 2015 |title=Safeway closure leaves no anchor store at Mill Creek shopping center |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/safeway-closure-leaves-no-anchor-store-at-mill-creek-shopping-center/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 6, 2019}}</ref> The Mill Creek branch has 15,000 monthly visitors and the highest hold and pickup rate in the Sno-Isle Libraries system. The building was renovated in 2024 to improve its [[HVAC]] systems to serve as a [[cooling center]] during heat waves.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hansen |first=Jordan |date=September 18, 2024 |title=Now a cooling center, Mill Creek Library gets big upgrades |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/now-a-cooling-center-mill-creek-library-gets-big-upgrades/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref>