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About 4:45 AM Friday morning Sno911 began receiving calls about smoke and flames coming from semi-trailers parked on the south side of Value Village on Evergreen Way in central Everett. Everett Firefighters responded and found 2 trailers engulfed with flames spreading to a third. Crews were able to contain the blaze to the trailers and […]

The City of Everett, Washington is offering rebates of up to $2500.00 to qualified homeowners within the Everett city limits who install an approved rain garden. There will be an in-person information session on Saturday, April 15th from 9-10 a.m. at Everett Public Works, 3200 Cedar Street in Everett. If you can’t make that session […]

Wednesday night the Everett City Council approved an agreement that will bring in more than four million dollars as part of a settlement with corporations who sold opioids at retail locations. Back in 2017 Everett, Washington was the first city in the nation to file suit against Purdue Pharma for actions that Everett claimed created […]

At the City Council meeting in Everett, Washington Wednesday night there appeared to be agreement from the public, Mayor and City Councilmembers that there is a need for shelters to help those experiencing homelessness. There are also major issues with the process as it has played out multiple times in Everett. The question seems to […]

A heads up for drivers using the Boeing Freeway (SR526) in Everett, Washington this weekend. Travelers in Everett, including those heading to Paine Field April 15-16, should plan for an overnight closure of the westbound State Route 526 off-ramp to Airport Road. The closure will be from 10 p.m. Saturday, April 15, to 8 a.m. […]

Things may be moving forward as the City of Everett looks to ban open use of illegal drugs in public on the streets of Everett, Washington. At the Wednesday night City Council meeting there will be a briefing on two methods currently under discussion. One is a bill passed by the Washington State Senate (5536) […]

Shortly before 5:00 PM this afternoon (4/10) Everett City Councilmember Paula Rhyne sent MyEverettNews.com a written response to questions asked last Thursday regarding the plan by Snohomish County to purchase a church at 4502 Rucker and convert it to an emergency shelter. The location of the proposed shelter is within City Council District 2 which […]

Every two years the Citizens Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials meet to adopt a salary schedule for City of Everett, Washington elected officials. The commission meets every other year and is required to complete its work by the first week in May. Last time the Commission met in 2021 they said no to any […]

We received the following email this morning (4/10) from Ben Zarlingo, who is the Councilmember for District 7 on the Everett, Washington City Council. Below are his comments on the situation with the proposed shelter at Hope Church… In your email you asked more than “a couple of quick questions…” and I’m afraid that delayed […]

We’ve been covering the plans by Snohomish County to purchase the Hope Covenant Church at 4502 Rucker Avenue to use as an emergency shelter to house 40 people currently staying at a shelter in the 2600 block of Rockefeller in downtown Everett, Washington. Today we wanted to pass along feedback on the process that we […]