My Everett News

A quick note of positive news from the Everett School District. Beginning March 1, 2021 Everett Public Schools outdoor facilities will be available for scheduled use after school hours by a wide variety of community groups. This includes athletic fields, play fields, tracks, covered play areas, playgrounds and play equipment; and it also allows unscheduled, […]

A head-on crash shut four of five lanes on Northbound I-5 just south of 41st street in Everett this morning. Around 9:40 AM a 57-yar old woman from Seattle driving a Toyota headed southbound in the northbound lanes of I-5 causing a head-on crash at about 52nd street. She was trapped in the car and […]

With the possibility of snow in the forecast and temperatures dropping into the 20’s in Everett this week Snohomish PUD has brought out some reminders on ways to keep warm and lessen the impact on your bill. The National Weather Service is forecasting significantly colder temperatures across the Puget Sound region this week. Snohomish County […]

Editor’s Update Tuesday Feb 9th 1:20 PM: Just got a note from Catherine Soper that the Seaspan Brilliance is actually headed to Vancouver B.C. from Tacoma and is expected to leave Port Gardner Bay tomorrow. Had a few calls over the weekend from people wondering why that large container ship was anchored in Port Gardner […]

This in from Rotary Club of Everett. Five years of work and eight visits by Rotary Club of Everett members will soon yield crops for needy farmers in the Dajabón region of the Dominican Republic. The harvest: grants totaling nearly $107,000 from the Rotary Foundation, Everett-area Rotary clubs, Rotary District 5050 and more to help low-income Dominicans […]

Word in that hockey will return to Everett as the U.S. Division begins play beginning March 19th. Here’s a brief bit of information taken from a press release issued Friday by the Western Hockey League and posted on the Everett Silvertips website. “We’ve made progress one day at a time to be creative with opportunities […]

While the Port of Everett has posted much of the area as 2-hour parking more and more people are visiting as new amenities open and some are going well beyond the two-hour limit. That’s led the Port to implement new traffic plans and contract with a parking management firm. Come this May it also means […]

Back on November 3rd we told you about the City of Everett looking to set up a temporary site using pallet shelters to house people experiencing homelessness. Pallet shelters would be one more tool to address the issues with people experiencing homelessness in Everett, Washington. The shelters are small, individual and can be reused and […]

As part of the 2021 budget negotiations the Everett City Council restored funding for a July 4th fireworks show. Because of the pandemic and budget shortfall there was no fireworks show, parade or other City sponsored Independence Day events in 2020. In order to secure the services of the Fireworks company the City of Everett […]

The total cost is not expected to be a lot of money in the big scheme of things, about $2500.00. The message it sends was more important to members of the Everett City Council Wednesday night who approved a request from Everett Transit to provide fare free paratransit service to any mass vaccination sites within […]