Editing Mukilteo, Washington (section)

===Media===

Mukilteo's [[public library]] is operated by the inter-county [[Sno-Isle Libraries]] system and is located in Harbour Pointe. It was opened on July 27, 1998, after the city's voters approved an annexation into the library system with a $2.8&nbsp;million bond in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last=Montgomery |first=Nancy |date=July 24, 1998 |title=Mukilteo library to open Monday |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref name="Beacon-LibFriends">{{cite news |last=Bruestle |first=Sara |date=June 12, 2013 |title=Library Friends mark 50 years of support |url=https://www.mukilteobeacon.com/story/2013/06/12/news/library-friends-mark-50-years-of-support/7409.html |work=Mukilteo Beacon |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref> Mukilteo's original library opened on October 19, 1963, replacing an earlier [[bookmobile]] that was run by one of Sno-Isle's predecessors until the city was incorporated.<ref name="Beacon-LibFriends"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Salyer |first1=Sharon |title=50 years later, Sno-Isle Libraries 'bet' a success |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/50-years-later-sno-isle-libraries-bet-a-success/ |access-date=February 21, 2021 |work=The Everett Herald |date=April 11, 2012}}</ref> It closed on December 31, 1994, due to budget cuts and the defeat of a city levy to fund its operations.<ref name="Beacon-CityLibClose">{{cite news |date=December 28, 1994 |title=Get those books returned - the library closes Saturday |work=Mukilteo Beacon |url=http://mkb.stparchive.com/Archive/MKB/MKB12281994P12.php |via=SmallTownPapers |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref> Prior to its formal annexation into the Sno-Isle system in 1996, Mukilteo had also considered contracting with a private library operator or joining the [[Everett Public Library]] system.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Diane |date=December 10, 1992 |title=Mukilteo considers leaving library district |page=B2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Montgomery |first=Nancy |date=November 6, 1996 |title=Bookless 2 years, Mukilteo OKs plans for library |page=B11 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

The city's main newspaper is the ''Mukilteo Beacon'', a weekly publication first issued on July 22, 1992;<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Smith |first=LaVendrick |interviewer=Sara Bruestle |title=His fast-rising journalism career began in Mukilteo |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/his-fast-rising-journalism-career-began-in-mukilteo/ |date=January 22, 2019 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |work=The Everett Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Beacon is city's first weekly paper |url=http://mkb.stparchive.com/Archive/MKB/MKB07221992P01.php |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=Mukilteo Beacon |date=July 22, 1992 |via=SmallTownPapers}}</ref> it has sister papers in Edmonds and [[Mill Creek, Washington|Mill Creek]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://mukilteobeacon.villagesoup.com/page/about |publisher=[[Mukilteo Beacon]] |access-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref> Mukilteo is also covered by ''[[The Everett Herald]]'' and ''[[The Seattle Times]]'', the region's daily newspapers.<ref>{{cite map |title=Western Washington Markets |date=November 9, 2014 |url=http://mediakit.seattletimes.com/wp-content/PDF/The_Seattle_Times_-_Market_Boundaries_Map.pdf |publisher=[[The Seattle Times Company]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628072454/http://mediakit.seattletimes.com/wp-content/PDF/The_Seattle_Times_-_Market_Boundaries_Map.pdf |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref>