My Everett News

Ever want to avenge that one mistake in 5th grade? Here’s your chance… The Friends of the Everett Public Library and the Board of Trustees invite you to participate in the third annual Spelldown: A Spelling Bee for Grown-Ups on October 12 at the Everett Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m..  If you participated last […]

The King County Medical Examiner’s office has identified the driver killed in a head-on crash between a reportedly stolen car and a pickup truck on Highway 2, east of Highway 9 last Thursday, as 24-year-old Shawn Patrick Vessey from Everett. Troopers say the car Vessey was operating was going westbound on Highway 2 at a […]

Washington State Patrol public information Trooper Keith Leary provided me with an update this afternoon on the big speed emphasis thru Everett last Friday afternoon. Leary says troopers wrote 51 tickets in a 2 hour period while working just the area of the 41st street overpass at I-5. “We weren’t stopping cars for 5 or […]

Not sure what the story is other than the guy and his faithful dog decided the corner of Colby and Pacific was a good place to take a load off. Not exactly a Chamber of Commerce moment for downtown Everett but they both seem comfy…

One person was taken to the hospital when a Jeep going eastbound on 526 rolled over just east of Airport road late this morning. “Speed was a factor,” said Aaron Snell, Public Information Officer for the City of Everett. Snell says the Jeep was eastbound at a high rate around the curve when the vehicle […]

Live comedy is back in Everett under the banner of Everett Comedy Night. According to promoter and comedian Cory Michaelis, the event began in May at the old Chopstix Piano Bar in downtown Everett where they were drawing crowds of over 200. When Chopstix closed the monthly comedy show moved to Emory’s at Silver Lake. […]

This Wednesday the Everett City Council will consider a major change in city law to allow hard liquor to be served at the City’s two public golf courses as well as inside the building and out on the Plaza at the new Village Theatre’s Youth Education Center at the corner of Wetmore and California in […]

Trooper Keith Leary sent us a picture of a half-dozen Washington State Patrol troopers on the on-ramp to I-5 at 41st street in Everett. Leary says they are conducting a major speed emphasis today on both directions of I-5 thru Everett as part of their collision reduction project. Leary says in the first 7 minutes […]

They call it Street Smartz, a public education campaign aimed at anyone who walks, bikes, drives or rides in Everett. According to Everett public information director Kate Reardon, the city is trying to get people to be safer on its streets. They’ve offered the following statistics on the city’s web page… In 2011 Everett emergency […]

Just a reminder of another fun event this weekend on Everett’s Waterfront… Wheels on the Waterfront Fall Classic Car Show is an annual event the first weekend after Labor Day. With special support from the Port of Everett and Harbor Marine, the event showcases and awards prizes to cars in eight different classifications. Event to […]