Archive | July, 2018

Everett Transit To Cut Service And Raise Fares

July 20, 2018

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At the Wednesday Everett City Council meeting leadership at Everett Transit briefed council members on plans to cut service on routes by about seven percent while doubling adult fares over the next two years. During the briefing council members were told Everett Transit wants to build a sustainable network for the future. Here is part […]

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Reminder: Naval Station Everett Testing Outdoor Speakers

July 19, 2018

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Editor’s Note: We ran this story back in late June but today the volume was up as Naval Station Everett worked on their speakers and people began calling 9-1-1 so here is our story again. LD During the month of July the Navy will be upgrading the outdoor speaker system that covers all of Naval […]

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Everett To Put EMS Tax Levy On Fall Ballot

July 19, 2018

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Wednesday night the Everett City Council voted to put a measure on the fall ballot to lift the levy lid on the emergency medical service property tax. The measure would restore the fifty cents per one thousand dollars valuation on property within the Everett City limits. That fifty cents per one thousand dollars valuation rate […]

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Everett’s Newest Firefighters Sworn In

July 18, 2018

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The five newest members of the Everett Fire Department were sworn in at Wednesday night’s Everett City Council meeting. The five were the first graduates for the City of Everett from the new Snohomish County Fire Training Academy. The five were part of the 27 member inaugural class that began back in April. They now […]

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With No Stamp Required Voting In Everett Has Never Been Easier

July 18, 2018

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Voters pamphlets for the August 7th primary election are going out today and ballots will be in the mail Thursday and voting in Everett, Washington has never been easier. No buying stamps, no finding a drop box location, just go to your mail box and get your ballot, open your ballot envelope, vote your choice, […]

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Pedestrian Killed, Shutting 529 Between Everett And Marysville

July 17, 2018

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Editor’s Update Wednesday July 18th 10:15 PM: The Snohomish County Medical Examiner has identified the victim in the crash as 46-year-old Jonathan D. Lundberg, of Everett, WA. The suspect is being held in the Snohomish County Jail on $250,000.00 bond. Prosecutors have until Friday to file formal charges or release the suspect. Editor’s Update 3:00 […]

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Study Claims Everett Has 3rd Highest Percentage Of Distracted Driving Crashes In Washington State

July 16, 2018

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A new study is out that says Everett, Washington has the third highest number of distracted driving crashes by population percentage in the State. The study was released by Davis Law Group. Next week marks the first anniversary of the distracted driver that law makes it illegal to use a handheld personal electronic device (cell […]

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Everett Wants You To Get Together With Your Neighbors August 7th

July 16, 2018

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Some will do barbecue, others will have ice cream socials and one or two may have live music as the city encourages neighborhoods to get together for National Night Out on Tuesday August 7th. National Night Out has been going on for three decades and in Everett the city used to do one big event […]

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Sheriff’s Deputies Fired On During Domestic Violence Call South Of Everett – All Are Okay

July 15, 2018

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Tense moments for several Snohomish County Sheriff’s Deputies responding to a domestic violence call southeast of Everett Saturday night. Just before 10 PM Snohomish County 911 received a call from a woman stating that she was being assaulted and threatened with a weapon by her 67-year-old husband. As deputies arrived at the home in the […]

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Two Houses Suffer Heavy Fire Damage South Of Silver Lake

July 14, 2018

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Everett Fire crews provided mutual aid to South County Fire in a two alarm blaze at 125th ST SE and 12th AVE SE near Silver Lake south of Everett. About 5:15 PM Snohomish County 911 began receiving calls of two homes on fire. Arriving fire crews could see a column of smoke from a mile […]

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