My Everett News

Word in today from the U. S. Attorney’s Office in Western Washington that a manager of a Call Center that operated using the names “Sound Solutions Group” and “Community Assistance Center” in Everett, Washington has entered a guilty plea to a conspiracy to defraud approximately 1,000 distressed homeowners facing foreclosure. You can see the charging […]

Another press release in for a candidate for Everett City Council under the new districts. Today’s announcement if from Don Schwab who is running for position 3 which covers west Everett. Here’s the release. Retired firefighter and union leader Don Schwab today announced his candidacy for Everett City Council, District 3, which includes the Boulevard […]

Word in from Snohomish County this afternoon of a resource for COVID Vaccination Questions for those who don’t have computer access, aren’t computer savvy or don’t speak English but need help scheduling a vaccination appointment. COVID questions? We have a call center We know there are a lot of questions right now about COVID, particularly […]

A heads up today from Navy Region Northwest on a major security exercise coming to Naval Station Everett that may cause some disruption around the base during the first two weeks of February. Northwest Navy bases will participate in an annual anti-terrorism force protection exercise called Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2021 (CS/SC 21) February 1-12. […]

Over the past several years the City of Everett and Economic Alliance Snohomish County have teamed together at a breakfast event where the Mayor of Everett would deliver the “State of Everett” address. This year the event is going virtual and will be livestreamed. You’re asked to purchase a to-go breakfast to support your favorite […]

A year ago we had the first COVID-19 patient and Saturday afternoon at 4:30 PM Snohomish Health Officials announced the first two cases of a new strain have popped up in our area. Here’s the announcement. Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) along with the Snohomish Health District and the UW Medicine Virology […]

Here is the weekly update on COVID-19 from the Snohomish Health District. Based on new regional data published by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH), Snohomish County will remain in Phase 1 for the week beginning January 25. The Puget Sound Region currently meets only two of the four criteria laid out in the Healthy […]

On Wednesday we passed along a report issued on December 28th, 2020 from the Washington State Auditor’s Office into the City’s handling of an investigation conducted in 2019 by the Everett Fire Department into allegations of fraud by an inspector in the Fire Marshal’s Office. The end result of the case is the inspector resigned […]

Yesterday a smoky oven fire brought Everett Firefighters to a home in central Everett. The residents got out safely and crews contained the fire to the oven and helped eject the smoke from the house. That follows another smoky kitchen fire last week at an apartment on Casino Road. With two kitchen fires in the […]

Last year Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin asked 13 community leaders to join a Fiscal Sustainability Advisory Committee. “I called together this stakeholder committee to explore our fiscal options and advise City leadership on ways we can address the very serious revenue challenges we face,” said Franklin. On December 2nd the committee issued their final report […]