Archive | February, 2016

Ecology Wants Comments On Port of Everett Cleanup

February 29, 2016

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The Washington State Department of Ecology is looking for comments before it approves a plan to take contaminated soil and wood products out of the water in front of the old Weyerhaeuser Mill A site at the Port of Everett. Here’s a notice issued today from Ecology… The Port of Everett wants to dig contaminated […]

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MyEverettNews-A-Palooza Underway

February 29, 2016

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Here we go with our last stop of our first ever MyEverettNews-A-Palooza. Until 6:30PM we’re at Sno-Isle Natural Foods Co-op at the corner of Grand and California street west of downtown Everett. People have been waiting for an indoor farmer’s market in Everett? Hey It’s been here 19 years! Come check out their great selections […]

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Crashes Snarl I-5 Traffic Both Directions Near Everett Mall

February 29, 2016

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7:30AM UPDATE: The trestle and both directions of I-5 are all open. The fatal crash is when a vehicle crashed into the back of a DOT work truck on Northbound I-5. The vehicle burst into flames and the driver was killed. The DOT worker suffered minor injuries. The crash happened around 3:00AM. Currently the 3 […]

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Everett Tries Again To Limit Retail Pot Stores

February 28, 2016

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When an emergency ordinance to limit retail pot stores in Everett to the current five authorized locations failed to pass with a super-majority earlier this month, many thought that was the end of the argument. Not Everett City Councilman Jeff Moore. Moore has successfully persuaded the city council to have the planning commission take another […]

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Truck Hits Gas Pump At South Everett Valero

February 27, 2016

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The driver of a small pickup truck going southbound on Highway 99 lost control at Center road and took out a gas pump at the Valero station Saturday morning. It happened shortly after 7:30 AM. No one was hurt but both the truck and gas pump burst into flames. The gas pumps were immediately shut […]

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Stops Announced For MyEverettNews-A-Palooza This Monday

February 26, 2016

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So as we told you earlier in the week, MyEverettNews-A-Palooza will be a little event every February 29th where we’ll venture out of our international headquarters to say hello to our readers. There are three stops planned for Monday… From 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM we’ll be at Cafe Works inside Hope Works Station at […]

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Granddaughter Seeks Ring Stolen Decades Ago In Everett

February 25, 2016

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Every once in a while we get unusual requests at MyEverettNews.com for people or items from Everett. We don’t always run these but this one caught our eye. Twenty some years ago a woman interrupted a burglary at her home on Beverly Boulevard in south Everett. Among items taken were an engagement ring and wedding […]

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Everett Geocache Hunt Finds Explosives

February 24, 2016

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Geocaching has been called the world’s biggest treasure hunt. According to Geocaching.com there are over 460 Geocaches in the Everett area alone. Last weekend a man geocaching in the Silver Lake area of south Everett located something different. 3 explosive devices. When he saw them he did the right thing. He didn’t try to pick […]

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Shots Fired Inside South Everett Apartment

February 24, 2016

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Yes, to shots fired. No, to anyone hit. But lots of questions remain. Everett Police spokesman Aaron Snell tells MyEverettNews.com that shortly after 12:30 AM a man used his neighbor’s phone to report four people he’d invited into his apartment in the 1300 block of 100th Street SE near the Everett Mall began taking things […]

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Crash Blocks Madison and Broadway

February 23, 2016

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The intersection of Madison and Broadway is closed after a small garbage hauler and a Camaro crashed Monday afternoon. The crash happened about 2:00 PM and sent the driver of the garbage hauler to Providence Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. Police detained the driver of the Camaro and were looking into whether drugs or […]

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