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As part of balancing the budget, the Everett City Council has considered annexing the Everett Library System into the Sno-Isle Library System. When first discussed, the council mentioned the current library system being opposed, but in later meetings they sounded more receptive to the idea. We can now set the rumors aside as the Everett […]

The Everett Housing Authority (EHA) is applying for a comprehensive plan amendment and planned development overlay to develop the Park District, a 16-acre development with about 1,500 dwelling units, 70,000 gross square feet of nonresidential uses, 1.5 acres of publicly accessible park area, and a community garden near public transit. The Everett Housing Authority is […]

Snohomish County Executive, Dave Somers, released the Snohomish County’s 2023 Annual report, which provides a nice breakdown of accomplishments last year. The report breaks down accomplishments by department. We break down the highlights in case you don’t have time to read the full report. Scroll down to read it all, or click on the shortcut […]

We don’t normally find out the mayor’s priorities until mid-March during the “State of the City,” but we caught a sneak peek of what the 2024 priorities will be. During the January 27th Everett City Council Retreat, Facilitator Kathy Solberg was going through an exercise to see where the City Council and Mayor’s priorities overlapped. […]

Washington’s Attorney General Ferguson announced a $149.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over the opioid epidemic that has been devastating local communities. Everett will receive $9.5 million and Snohomish County will see a total of $58.4 million. Johnson & Johnson must pay the full amount within 21 days of the deal being ratified by […]

As we reported in November, the Everett City Council was presented with a development agreement amendment to swap out a proposed cinema at the Riverfront Development with a pickleball and food facility. Last night the City Council voted unanimously to approve the proposal. In support of the vote, several pickleball enthusiasts from Marysville, Mill Creek, […]

The involved parties have signed an agreement after mediation last month and now the City Council in Everett, Washington is being asked to sign off on the Settlement Agreement for Acquisition of the Waits Motel. Here’s the summary statement from the Cover Sheet for the agenda item coming before Everett City Council next week. The […]

Don Schwab was elected as President of the Everett City Council for 2024 and Ben Zarlingo as Vice President. They were the only two members nominated. Both won by a vote of 5 – 2 with Paula Rhyne and Liz Vogeli voting No and Scott Bader, Don Schwab, Mary Fosse, Ben Zarlingo and Judy Tuohy […]

Usually in this space we introduce you to a local business owner in Everett, Washington but today we’re going to change that up a bit and introduce you to one of the longest-serving members of the Everett City Council, Brenda Stonecipher. (She also owns a business, Stonecipher Consulting) On Wednesday Brenda Stonecipher presided over her […]

In a vote of 4 to 2 (Councilmember Vogeli was not present), the Everett City Council Wednesday night approved an ordinance that allows city prosecutors in Everett, Washington to ask a court to impose a mandatory sentence of 30 days upon conviction for the crimes of assault, harassment, use of a controlled substance in public, […]