Archive | April, 2017

Everett Council Finds For-Hire Rules Complicated

April 19, 2017

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“Who knew for-hire rules could be so complicated?” The Everett City Council knows. After more than a year of study and deliberation the Everett City Council held a public hearing Wednesday night on a proposed ordinance designed to provide some regulation to Transportation Network Companies or TNCs like Lyft and Uber who use technology to […]

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Everett City Council To Vote Tonight On For Hire Regulations

April 19, 2017

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Two years ago Uber and Experience Everett got together and threw a party to announce the service officially operating in Everett. Since that time the City of Everett has been working on leveling the playing field between traditional taxi companies and TNCs (Transportation Network Companies or rideshares like Uber and Lyft). Taxi companies and drivers […]

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Fire Department Offering Free Smoke Alarms And Installation For Many In Everett

April 18, 2017

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Given this morning’s fire at the Hawthorne Apartments (where they do have smoke and fire alarms) and a fatal residential fire earlier this month where there were no smoke alarms the Everett Fire Department is again reminding people in Everett that seniors, those with limited or low income and those who may be disabled can […]

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Constantine Out As Everett Silvertips Coach

April 18, 2017

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The Everett Silvertips made a major announcement today. Here it is… The Everett Silvertips (@WHLSilvertips) announced today the club has declined to extend the contract of Kevin Constantine. “First, I want to thank Kevin for his most recent four years of service in his return to the Everett Silvertips organization,” said Silvertips general manager Garry […]

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Fire Displaces Families At Highlander Apartments

April 18, 2017

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At least three families are being helped by the Red Cross following a fire at the Highlander Apartments in north Everett. Fire was reported in one of the buildings around five o’clock this morning. First in rigs from the Everett Fire Department reported smoke and flames coming from the windows of an apartment as they […]

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Irritant Interrupts Operations At Everett Clinic

April 17, 2017

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Things are getting back to normal at the Founder’s Building of the Everett Clinic after an evacuation this morning. According to April Zepada, a spokesperson for Everett Clinic, an irritant of some type possibly pepper spray, was released near an elevator in the main building at 3901 Hoyt. Appointments were suspended for a short time […]

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Mall Shooting Suspect Dies In Custody At Snohomish County Jail in Everett

April 17, 2017

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Editor’s Update 11:15 AM: The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Major crimes unit will be investigating the in-custody death of Mr. Cetin. All information regarding the death investigation will come from the Skagit County Prosecutor’s Office. According to Snohomish County jail records Arcan Cetin, the Oak Harbor man charged with shooting and killing five people at […]

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Fleeing Felon Caught By K-9 In Everett

April 16, 2017

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Traffic on Interstate 5 through Everett was shut down this afternoon after a man with felony warrants ran from Marysville Police. Shortly before 6:00 PM a Marysville Police officer spotted the man wanted for felony warrants driving in Marysville. The man would not pull over for the officer and a chase began southbound on Interstate […]

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Pilot Okay After Gear Up Landing At Paine Field

April 16, 2017

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The pilot of a twin engine plane walked away after landing with the gear up on the main runway at Paine Field in Everett, Washington this afternoon. No word on why the landing gear did not deploy. Paine Field Fire and Boeing Fire Rescue responded. There were no injuries and no fuel spill. The NTSB […]

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Everett Police Looking For Stabbing Suspect

April 16, 2017

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Not much information to go on for Everett Police as they investigate a stabbing at an apartment on Pacific Avenue. It happened Sunday shortly after Noon. A person walked into the former emergency room at Providence Pacific Campus at 916 Pacific with a stab wound. A medic unit and firefighters responded to treat the person […]

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