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After five months on the job, Leroy McNulty has announced his resignation as Everett Fire Marshal. His last day is scheduled for August 7th. He tells MyEverettNews.com he’s resigning to take care of his wife who recently had back surgery. McNulty, who came out of retirement to take the position, was appointed in February by […]

The Fred Meyer store on Evergreen Way had a problem. At the south end of their property are acres of overgrown area that needed to be cleaned. People were camping, vegetation was getting out of hand and neighboring business wanted the area spruced up. John Ashmore, regional store services coordinator for Fred Meyer had an […]

Several people evacuated their offices in downtown Everett this afternoon after a strong odor of fuel came through the city streets. Everett Fire crews were called out and eventually traced the smell to a cleaning operation on a barge at the Port of Everett. The smell was very strong along Wetmore, Colby and Hoyt between […]

Editor’s update 7/11/17: I had a chance to stop in at the meet and greet at Mukilteo today. Lisa Smith-Proffit is a former counselor with the Mukilteo School District who now counsels kids in the K-12 program. She tells MyEverettNews.com there are two programs under the K-12 umbrella. Washington Virtual Academy for kids from kindergarten […]

Just got this in from the Everett Fire Department… For Immediate Release: Boat Fire Update – The cause of last night’s fire at the South Everett Marina was determined to be from an occupied boat that was having mechanical problems and caught fire. The primary boat drifted into four other boats, some of which were […]

First the good news. No major injuries and no one transported. Here’s what we know for sure so far from Everett Fire Chief Tim Key. Calls of a boat fire began coming in shortly after 7:30 PM. The fire was on one boat at D dock which is just north of Anthony’s Woodfire Grill. The […]

The plans are final, the bid has been awarded and construction on a bridge connecting the Everett waterfront with Grand Avenue Park is expected to start in the next 30 days or so. The bridge is more than a way to get from the park to the waterfront. The actual purpose is to improve sewage […]

Yesterday we reported on a planned cleanup of the Snohomish River tomorrow starting at Rotary Park and moving along the Lowell-Snohomish River Road shoreline. The cleanup was cancelled and RiverJunky who has held many river cleanups and was the sponsor of this event explained why. We posted that information and asked the City of Everett […]

Another long-time downtown Everett shop is closing their doors. Wicked Cellars at 2616 Colby is closing next week. Here’s a bit of their goodbye message from their recent newsletter… When we bought Wicked Cellars in October 2010, we hoped it would be more than just a wine store. We hoped for a place for the […]

Editors update: Here’s a link to the City of Everett information on the 41st street repaving project. A major north-south route through Everett will be closed for repaving Friday evening. Rucker at 41st street will be shut down Friday night between 7:00 PM and 5:00 AM. Colby will be open through 41st street and there […]