The Monroe Monitor & Valley News, Monroe, Washington, The Voice of the Sky Valley Since 1899

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Page 1: Monroe bank robber still at-large / More help coming for flood victims, but won't help all / At VGH, new program is the prescription for nursing shortage
Page 2: Around The Valley / Flashback / Lions celebrate 50 years / More vanpool vans coming / Disaster unemployment benefits now available in eight counties
Page 3: MILC money coming later to dairy farmers, some may dry up / Sell North Kelsey in pieces, consultant advises /
Page 4: MHS department scholars / WSU offers forest stewardship class / Local Red Cross needs translators / Find It Fast Directory
Page 5: Editor's Notebook: "Editor Arrested" / Water babies swimming in award money / The Penny Pincher / Letter / Professional Directory / Church Directory
Page 6: The Valley News: Sky Valley awards / Tip that saved dogs was meant to save child / Classifieds / Legal notices
Page 7: Get passports in Sultan / BB gun vandalism in Sultan, Gold Bar
Page 8: CYRK sold, will move to Lynnwood / Births / Diabetes program receives funding / Tax workshop / Peace Lutheran celebrates 60 years
Page 9: Police Reports / Sports Roundup / Dessert fundraiser whimsical for all
Page 10: Sports: Wrestling district tourney brings excitement / Cheerleaders go to State / State hopes for Monroe girls basketball grow dim

At Valley General Hospital, new program is prescription for nursing shortage

Until last fall, Patty Robinson, 40, thought she’d gone as far as she would go in her health care career. She’d started out as a nurse’s aide in 1990, then had gone to school to became a medical assistant in 1997. Read story

Monroe bank robber still at-large

A man who robbed Monroe’s Key Bank the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 3, remains at large. A woman going to work at the Key Bank, located in the 200 block of Main Street, was entering at about 8 a.m., an hour before the bank opened, when a man in a dark hooded shirt forced his way in behind her. Displaying a silver handgun, he bound the four women who were working at the time and left them in a back room.
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More help coming for flood victims, but won't help all

For most people in the Monroe area, the floods of January are a distant, damp memory. But for some people, including the residents of the Three Rivers Mobile Home Park near the bridge on SR 522 and the residents of the Monroe Motel, the damage is a daily reality.

Mattresses are soaked. Floors are ruined. Insulation is useless. And for many business owners, the extra blow in the middle of an already lean month has been crippling.

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