My Everett News

Since late Saturday night a burning pile of wood chips at the Cedar Grove complex north of the Snohomish River has been sending smoke across the city of Everett, Washington. Everett Fire has been out there a couple of times and the company has a crew on site working on the pile. Winds have blown […]

Editor’s Update 1:15 PM: In a press release out this afternoon the Washington State Patrol says the Trooper was driving southbound on Rucker when a van headed westbound on 32nd street failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the Trooper’s SUV in the intersection. The Trooper was transported to Providence Regional Medical Center. […]

There was a Change of Command ceremony today at Naval Station Everett. Here are the details as provided by the Navy. Today Naval Station Everett held a change of command ceremony to signify a transition of leadership. Capt. Josh Menzel relieved Capt. Mike Davis as commanding officer of the base in accordance with Navy tradition. […]

Today Everett Fire Chief Dave DeMarco issued the following post on the Everett Fire Department’s Facebook page. We’re passing it along here for those who don’t follow Everett Fire on social media. Good morning, In the background of the confined space rescue operation yesterday there have been many who question the obviously enormous investment in […]

Yesterday the Snohomish County Auditor’s Office mailed out the ballots for the August 3rd Primary. In Everett the Mayor’s race and City Council Districts 3 and 5 are all on the primary ballot. We’ve invited the candidates in those three races to send us 500 words on why you should vote for them and will […]

Today was the groundbreaking and next fall operations are on track to start at the Port of Everett’s Norton Terminal on the waterfront in Everett, Washington. Here’s a recap of today’s groundbreaking by the Port. Today, the Port of Everett hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction for the Port’s $36M Norton […]

A three-alarm technical rescue brought every available trained technician in Snohomish County to the northbound I-5 offramp to Pacific Avenue in Everett, Washington Thursday morning. Around 8:15 AM crews with WSDOT found recent activity in the dirt next to the offramp. They took a closer look and discovered what appeared to be a tunnel that […]

Later this month the first patients will be admitted to a renovated portion of the Denny Youth Center in north Everett to receive help with behavioral health and opioid addiction. In all 32 new beds will be available to help address a chronic shortage of available mental health in-patient treatment. Here’s the release put out […]

For the time being Everett, Washington has escaped a Statewide Drought Declaration joining only Seattle and Tacoma as cities excepted by the Washington State Department of Ecology. Here is the announcement out Wednesday afternoon. A historically dry spring and summer, followed by a record-breaking heat wave have affected water supplies across Washington, prompting the Washington […]

The first event, known as the Casino Road Futbol Academy was held in the summer of 2006 with a few dozen kids organized by Everett Police Sergeant Manny Garcia and volunteers along Casino Road. We first visited in 2011 when it had grown to 500 kids. Last year the annual event had to be cancelled […]