The “Wheelmobile” is coming to Xfinity Arena at Everett this Sunday at 2:00pm. If you’ve ever wanted to be on the show this may be your chance. Here’s everything you need to know. Wheel of Fortune’s Wheelmobile, the show’s promotional vehicle, will be in the Pacific Northwest in search of good game players who are […]
Archive | July, 2015
Brush Fires Now A Daily Occurrence For Everett Firefighters
July 19, 2015
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Sometimes it is a bit of bark on fire in a planter bed, other times, literally a burning bush and lately its a fair amount of dry brush or grass on fire that brings calls for Everett Fire crews. The causes have been everything from a power transformer that blew, a fire used by transients […]
Another Positive Development For Everett Community Streets Initiative
July 19, 2015
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One of the recommendations of the Everett Community Street Initiative Task Force was for a place where people released from jail would be able to immediately get services and assistance before going back out onto the streets. Snohomish County just announced that the State has approved funding to remodel the Carnegie Library just west of […]
What Restaurant Should Be Inside Downtown Everett Marriott?
July 19, 2015
Got a request from the folks responsible for leasing space in the Courtyard by Marriott hotel being built in downtown Everett at the corner of Colby and Wall street. They’d like to know what type of restaurant people in Everett would like to see there. Take a look at their description and then leave your […]
Water Main Break Turns Everett’s Broadway Avenue Into Muddy Mess
July 18, 2015
A water main break on 35th street just west of Broadway turned an Everett, WA neighborhood into a muddy mess Saturday afternoon. The main gave way just before 1:30pm and sent tens of thousands of gallons of water onto Broadway. The water also flowed east across Broadway and onto McDougall between 34th and 37th. Crews […]
Yakima County Jail Helping Everett Police Enforce Street Level Issues
July 17, 2015
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We told you last year about an agreement between the City of Everett and Yakima County to use the jail in Yakima to help defray costs of housing prisoners convicted of crimes in Everett. At the time the plan was to use the Yakima County jail for prisoners who were sentenced to longer terms in […]
Last Weekend To Enjoy Arboretum at Everett’s Legion Park Until 2016
July 17, 2015
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Arsenic cleanup begins Monday in the southern portion of Legion Park in north Everett. The initial cleanup will focus on the area of the Arboretum but not the northern playground, ballfields and picnic area. That will stay open through Labor Day. Here’s information from the City of Everett and State Department of Ecology on what’s […]
Two Dozen Set To Graduate Everett Junior Police Academy
July 16, 2015
Friday is graduation day for two dozen Middle and High School students who’ve been participating in the annual Everett Junior Police Academy this week. The yearly program gives kids hands on experience into what police officers do every day. Just like the regular police academy these students have physical fitness programs, field drills, classroom work […]
Everett Library Materials Now Available To Snohomish and Island County Residents
July 16, 2015
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For the past several years people who lived in Snohomish and Island Counties were turned away from borrowing items at the Everett Library. That’s now coming to an end. At last night’s Everett City Council meeting Everett Library staff announced the lifting of that restriction. Everett residents will still get preference on putting items on […]
Everett Invited To Community Coffee With A Congressman This Saturday
July 16, 2015
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Congressman Rick Larsen has announced a public invitation for people in Everett to join him for coffee and conversation this Saturday morning in downtown Everett. The event will be held at Café Zippy, 2811 Wetmore Avenue Everett, 98201. Larsen says he wants to hear about what issues are important to folks in Everett. If you’ve […]
July 20, 2015
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