Archive | December, 2014

Domestic Violence Threat Locks Down Coastal Bank Building in Downtown Everett

December 31, 2014

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6:30PM UPDATE: Late this afternoon Everett Police were able to track down the suspect in the Coastal Bank building incident at a house in southwest Everett. He was booked into the Snohomish County Jail on suspicion of domestic violence and a car was impounded by Everett Police. As of 6:00pm Major Crimes detectives were still […]

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Unemployed Everett Residents Invited To Learn Manufacturing Skills For Free

December 30, 2014

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If you know someone in Everett or Snohomish County who has been unemployed for a significant amount of time there may be an opportunity to learn skills that could land them a job in aerospace or manufacturing. Here are the details of a new program just announced… To support Snohomish County’s manufacturing sector, which accounts […]

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Downtown Everett Courtyard By Marriott Getting Ready to Rise

December 29, 2014

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Colby Avenue is blocked off between Pacific and Wall Streets today as crews assemble a huge crane to begin erecting the downtown Everett Courtyard by Marriott hotel. The eight story hotel will have 3 levels of underground parking, space for retail shops and 156 guest rooms.

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Hot Chimney Brings Everett Fire To Cascade Coffee

December 29, 2014

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A hot spot on a roof near a chimney at the Cascade Coffee Roasting Plant on 75th Street SW brought a full response from the Everett Fire Department this morning. A small fire was reported on the roof at the north end of the building. Maintenance crews had the fire out before Everett Fire units […]

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A Soggy Sunday in Everett

December 28, 2014

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Rain made things difficult around Everett Sunday. Because of the threat of rain, Sound Transit decided not to run its train service to the Seahawks game. That turned out to be a good decision as a slide Sunday morning south of Everett blocked the tracks. That means both Amtrak and Sounder trains will not run […]

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Everett City Council To Tighten Rules On Retail Marijuana Locations

December 27, 2014

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After the complaints over the opening of Purple Haze, Everett’s third retail marijuana store, the Everett City Council on Wednesday will get a look at proposed rules that tighten where marijuana businesses can be located. At a recent meeting, Everett’s newest city council member, Judy Tuohy, asked city staff to bring new rules that limit […]

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UPDATE: Sounder Train WILL NOT Run From Everett For Seahawks Game Sunday

December 26, 2014

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10:55pm Update: Earlier this evening Sound Transit issued the following update explaining their decision to not run trains from Everett to Sunday’s Seahawks game… After carefully monitoring the weather forecasts and soil conditions, Sound Transit has made the decision to cancel Sounder Northline (Everett – Seattle) service for Sunday, December 28th to the Seattle Seahawks […]

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Port of Everett Moving Forward on $67,000,000.00 Waterfront Place Project

December 26, 2014

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The Port of Everett recently named Brandon Whitaker to serve as the project manager as work continues on the $67 million dollar Waterfront Place development. Here’s the latest from Lisa Lefeber at the Port of Everett… The Port of Everett has selected Brandon Whitaker to be the Project Manager for the new Waterfront Place Central […]

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Merry Christmas – Thank You For Reading My Everett News

December 25, 2014

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Here’s a picture of an Everett sunset from earlier this year and a wish for Happy Holidays for you and your family…

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Everett City Council Christmas Eve Update

December 24, 2014

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It was an interesting Christmas Eve meeting for the Everett City Council today. It started off during the public comment portion with the owner of two rental houses just south of Purple Haze in the 4200 block of Rucker yelling at the council and telling them that they have been ruined by the council not […]

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