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Mayor Says City Of Everett, Washington 2024 Budget Balanced With “Unusually Significant Amounts Of Outside Funding”

September 20, 2023

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In describing her proposed 2024 budget, Mayor Cassie Franklin told MyEverettNews.com her top priorities were public safety and protecting the most vulnerable residents of Everett, Washington. Tonight she delivered her sixth budget address as Mayor to the Everett City Council. The citywide expenditure budget is $438.8 million dollars. The citywide revenue budget is coming in […]

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Everett Monitoring Water Quality Following Helicopter Crash Above City Water Supply

September 15, 2023

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A helicopter crash into a lake that feeds into the water supply for the City of Everett, Washington and most of Snohomish County is being closely monitored by water quality experts for the city. Here’s more. Everett Water Utility (Everett) was notified on Tuesday, Sept. 12, of an incident involving a private helicopter in the […]

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Public Comment Period Open On Renaming Trojan Way To Honor Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha

September 10, 2023

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The City of Everett has opened the public comment period on a proposal to rename a portion of Trojan Way, which runs along the east side of the campus at Everett Community College in north Everett, Washington to “Officer Dan Rocha Way”. Officer Dan Rocha was killed in the line of duty on March 25, […]

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If You Want To Know The Truth About Pallet Shelters In Everett, Washington – Watch This Video

September 7, 2023

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On Wednesday John Hull of the Everett Gospel Mission made a presentation before the Everett City Council Health and Human Services Committee. A little over two years ago, the Everett Gospel Mission opened the first Pallet Shelter Village behind the Men’s Mission in the 3700 block of Smith Avenue. The village began with twenty units […]

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Before Condemnation, City Of Everett, Washington Tried To Buy Waits Motel

September 6, 2023

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In recent meetings of the City Council in Everett, Washington both Emily Simpson, manager and resident of the Waits Motel and Everett City Council Member Liz Vogeli (who represents District 4 in south Everett) expressed concerns over the timeline in which the ultimate vote to condemn the property on August 2, 2023 came about. MyEverettNews.com […]

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Everett City Council Approves Security Guards For Downtown Everett – Mayor Looks To Add 9 Positions To Everett PD

September 4, 2023

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At last Wednesday’s City Council meeting the Everett City Council unanimously approved (council member Vogeli was absent) spending $187,500.00 to fund and manage a contract with a security provider to offer increased security in downtown Everett, Washington. According to the summary provided to the City Council the money is coming from Snohomish County who is […]

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Groundbreaking Today At Faith Family Village In Everett, Washington – 1st Pallet Community In U.S. For Homeless Families With Children

August 21, 2023

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While its taken nearly three years to get here, a vision begun by Everett resident Roxana Boroujerdi and driven by collaboration from faith leaders, the City of Everett, Snohomish County, the Federal Government and numerous volunteers cleared a major step as the groundbreaking for Faith Family Village happened today in central Everett. Within 45 days, […]

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Time Running Out To Sign Up For Community Police Academy In Everett, Washington

August 15, 2023

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Classes happen once a week starting in September and are open to anyone living or working in Everett, Washington but you need to get your application in by August 29th. The Everett Police Department (EPD) is opening the application process for the 2023 Community Police Academy fall session and is encouraging community members to consider […]

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City Of Everett, Washington Helpful Explainer On City Council Committees

August 8, 2023

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Found a very helpful explainer of the various committees of the City Council in Everett, Washington on social media today so thought we’d pass it along here. What are Everett City Council Committee meetigns? Everett City Council Committee meetings consists of City Councilmembers, as well as staff liaisons from various City of Everett departments. During […]

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Everett City Council Votes To Condemn, Bulldoze And Turn Waits Motel Site Into Housing – Current Residents To Receive Relocation Help

August 2, 2023

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Tonight the Everett City Council had a public hearing and vote on an ordinance that would declare the Waits Motel at 1301 Lombard a “blight on the surrounding neighborhood” and authorize the Mayor to have the Waits Motel condemned and bulldozed. There had been two prior council meetings and you can see our earlier story […]

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