Archive | May, 2016

Stick Close To Everett, #SnoCoSqueeze Is Back

May 19, 2016

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We got a break last weekend and will get a break Memorial Day weekend but tomorrow through Sunday you may want to check out the Fisherman’s Village Music Festival or other activities in Everett as the Sno. Co. Squeeze returns. Here’s what you need to know courtesy of Washington State DOT… #SnoCoSqueeze: Two narrow lanes […]

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How Does A Poor Everett See The Future?

May 19, 2016

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Right now it is a poor Everett compared to other cities in the Puget Sound. Budget wise things are okay for the rest of this year and next but deficits re-enter the picture in 2018 and beyond. The City of Everett is in the process of looking at priorities for the future including emergency services, […]

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Everett Animal Shelter Asks Input on Fees

May 19, 2016

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Next Wednesday the Everett Animal Shelter will hold a public hearing on proposed fee increases. They include impound, licensing and adoption adjustments. The last time fees were adjusted was in 2011. Animal Services Director Glynis Frederiksen explains that revenue from the fees helps cover the shelter’s operating costs of caring for 5,000 animals each year. […]

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Dry Cleaning Fire A Burning Bag of Rags

May 18, 2016

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A Dry Cleaning business at 107th and 19th Ave. SE in Everett was evacuated this morning after employees reported the smell of something burning. The call came in around 10:00 AM. Everett Fire crews along with mutual aid from District 1 responded and after an extensive search located a bag of rags that had caught […]

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Opus Bank in Downtown Everett Robbed

May 17, 2016

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Everett Police are looking for the person who robbed the Opus Bank at Hewitt and Colby in downtown Everett this afternoon. The robbery call came in about 4:20 PM and Everett Police were on scene quickly. A K-9 track led away from the bank but was unsuccessful in tracking down the robber. Everett Police and […]

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SNOPAC Not Satisfied With New Dispatch System

May 17, 2016

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Satisfied is not the word SNOPAC Executive Director Kurt Mills would use to describe his agency’s relationship with New World Systems, the vendor hired to develop a new computer aided dispatch system for Law Enforcement and Fire/EMS response in Everett and Snohomish County. “New World Systems has been very responsive,” Mills said. “We are impatient […]

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Person Shot At South Everett Taco Bell

May 16, 2016

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Editor’s Update 6:05PM: Everett Police Sgt. Maryjane Hacker tells MyEverettNews.com around 2:41 PM man in his 30s was sitting in his SUV in the Taco Bell parking lot when he got into a verbal confrontation with another person in another car in the restaurant parking lot. Both people got out and there was an altercation […]

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Squatters Escape House Fire South of Everett

May 16, 2016

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Squatters are suspected of being responsible for a fire that destroyed an abandoned house early Monday morning. At 3:00 AM crews were called to a house on 107th street SW just south of the Everett city limits. When the first fire crews from District 1 and Everett Fire arrived the house was fully involved. The […]

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Everett To Stick With Problematic Emergency Dispatch System

May 15, 2016

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On Thursday, MyEverettNews.com revealed ongoing problems with a new dispatch system being implemented in Everett and all of Snohomish County. The system, referred to as New World has experienced multiple crashes, slowdowns and problems since its implementation in 2015. The City of Everett is one of several agencies that contracts with SNOPAC for dispatch services. […]

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Man Hit, Woman Held in South Everett Shooting

May 15, 2016

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Editor’s Update 10:00 AM: Everett Police released more details on the shooting this morning. Based on the initial investigation, the victim and the suspect knew each other casually and were not in a significant dating relationship. They arrived at the victim’s residence after having been at a local bar and were seated in the victim’s […]

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