My Everett News

In a vote of 4 to 2 (Councilmember Vogeli was not present), the Everett City Council Wednesday night approved an ordinance that allows city prosecutors in Everett, Washington to ask a court to impose a mandatory sentence of 30 days upon conviction for the crimes of assault, harassment, use of a controlled substance in public, […]

As the population of Snohomish County tops 862,000, word is in that Snohomish County is looking for someone to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion across Snohomish County Government as a Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer. Here’s more from County Executive Dave Somers. Today, Snohomish County announced the start of recruitment for a Chief Diversity, […]

The Everett Animal Shelter is holding an open house this Wednesday December 13th from 3:30 – 5:30 PM. If you’ve ever thought about volunteering, donating, adopting an animal or just wanted to see what the shelter looked like up close and personal, here’s your chance. The Everett Animal Shelter is located at 333 Smith Island […]

The Everett City Council chambers were filled to overflowing Wednesday night with people against a proposed ordinance that would prohibit City Council members from serving a paid elected position while also serving on the Everett City Council. That proposal was brought forward by Everett City Council President Brenda Stonecipher and seconded by councilmember Ben Zarlingo. […]

At tonight’s Everett City Council meeting Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin named former Everett Police Chief Dan Templeman as a Senior Executive Director in her administration. Here’s a press release sent out by the city explaining Templeman’s role with the City of Everett, Washington. During the Everett City Council meeting on Dec. 6, 2023, Mayor Cassie […]

Editor’s Update Tue 12/05/2023 10:30 AM: The ordinance would not go into effect until after the 2025 election for Mayor and multiple City Council positions. Here is a link to the ordinance as it will be presented Wednesday night. Saying she feels residents of the City of Everett and its City Council members would be […]

Wednesday night Everett City Council President Brenda Stonecipher thanked City staff and the owners of the Everett Aquasox for providing information on the costs and pathways that are coming into play as the City of Everett, Washington works to keep the Frogs playing in Everett. Last week the Everett City Council delayed a vote on […]

If the State Department of Transportation is going to fix the Westbound Highway 2 Trestle into Everett, Washington experts say the interchange between Highway 2 and Interstate 5 will also need to undergo major improvements. Right now the State is in the midst of a major planning effort to determine how to move forward. The […]

Editor’s Update 9:30 AM: We received the following update this morning from Everett, Washington Mayor Cassie Franklin on the City Council tabling of the vote last night. “We’ve been working on the Everett Stadium Project for the last year and a half, exploring our options with the goal of ensuring we keep our beloved AquaSox […]

Tonight the Everett City Council had their second reading of an ordinance that would amend the development agreement with Shelter Holdings to swap out a proposed Cinema at the Riverfront Development with what is being called an Anchor Food and Recreation use which was described last week during a briefing as multiple indoor and outdoor […]