Editing Monroe, Washington (section)

===Media===

The area is served by ''[[The Everett Herald]]'' and ''[[The Seattle Times]]'', the daily newspapers in the northern [[Puget Sound region]].<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=September 28, 2019}}</ref> ''The [[Monroe Monitor and Valley News]]'' was a local [[weekly newspaper]] published in Monroe by the [[Pacific Publishing Company]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://monroemonitor.com/contact-us/ |publisher=The Monroe Monitor and Valley News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929061743/https://monroemonitor.com/contact-us/ |archive-date=September 29, 2019 |access-date=September 28, 2019}}</ref> It was founded in 1899 as the ''Monitor'' and later acquired two other newspapers operating in the Skykomish Valley: the ''Monroe Transcript'' in 1908 and the ''Valley News'' in 1985, based in Sultan.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bagwell |first1=Steve |last2=Stapilus |first2=Randy |year=2013 |title=New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be |page=233 |publisher=Ridenbaugh Press |location=Carlton, Oregon |isbn=978-0-945648-10-9 |oclc=861618089}}</ref> The publication ceased and merged with ''[[Snohomish County Tribune]]'' in November 2021.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The Monroe Monitor and The Snohomish County Tribune Merge |year=2022 |magazine=Monroe Business Guide |url=http://www.snoho.com/publications/MBG_22/MBG_22.pdf |page=7 |publisher=Pacific Publishing Company |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>

Monroe has a [[public library]] operated by the [[Sno-Isle Libraries]] system, which serves most of Snohomish County. The city's first library opened in 1906 at a private home and later moved to the city hall, where it remained until a dedicated library building was opened in 1966 by Sno-Isle.{{sfnp|Robertson|2002|page=13}}<ref>{{cite news |date=June 9, 1966 |title=New Library To Be Dedicated By Lloyd Meeds |page=1 |work=The Monroe Monitor |url=http://mhs.stparchive.com/Archive/MHS/MHS06091966P01.php |via=Monroe Historical Society |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014042647/http://mhs.stparchive.com/Archive/MHS/MHS06091966P01.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The library building was expanded by Sno-Isle in 1987 and replaced with the current library building in 2002, located near the civic campus.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=September 16, 1988 |title=Libraries hoping voters lend a hand |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The new library cost $6.8&nbsp;million to construct and has 84,000 items in a {{convert|20,000|sqft|sqm}} building.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schwarzen |first=Christopher |date=November 6, 2002 |title=Fresh design, features turn Monroe library into hot spot |page=I18 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The Monroe library serves a population of 36,622 residents, including areas surrounding Monroe, and circulated over 291,000 items in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monroe Community Library |pages=57–58 |url=http://www.sno-isle.org/assets/12682/12682_20160426030727.pdf |work=Sno-Isle Libraries 2016–2025 Capital Facilities Plan Draft |publisher=[[Sno-Isle Libraries]] |access-date=September 28, 2019}}</ref>