The property at 4502 Rucker is expected to remain a church and today welcomes a new congregation.
The Church is celebrating the opening of their new home this weekend.
The church had been meeting weekly at the Assembly Hall of the First Baptist Church Everett at Pacific and Wetmore.
Friday night they held a ribbon cutting and Saturday morning will hold service starting at 8:00 AM.
You can learn more about the church here on their website.
September 15, 2023
Comments Off on Everett Monitoring Water Quality Following Helicopter Crash Above City Water Supply
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.
The Spada Lake area is where Everett and most of Snohomish County gets its drinking water. Photo Credit: City of Everett
There are no immediate public health concerns, and Everett is evaluating its long-term course of action. Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is responding to the incident; however, there is no spill at this time.
“Everett is committed to ensuring water quality,” said Jeff Marrs, Everett’s operations superintendent. “We will be monitoring to confirm that the water supply continues to meet all water quality standards.”
More details will be provided as they become available. To learn more about Everett’s water quality, visit everettwa.gov/waterquality.
Incident Status as of 9/14/23
The pilot reported the helicopter held approximately 60 gallons of fuel on board. The amount and type of hydraulic fluid on board the helicopter is unknown. There has been no visible evidence of fuel or other fluids leaking. Staff from the various agencies continue to monitor the lake to ensure that no fluids have spilled.
Watershed details
Copper Lake is in a remote location, approximately five miles upstream of Everett’s source water, Spada Reservoir, and is difficult to access. Spada Reservoir is five miles long and currently contains about 26 billion gallons of water. The intake for drinking water use is approximately 10 miles away from the crash site.
The distance between the helicopter incident and Everett’s water treatment facilities greatly reduces any impact of fuel or other mechanical fluids impacting water quality.
Water quality response
Everett was notified of the incident on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Everett immediately enacted its incident response plan and began coordinating response efforts the United States Forest Service (USFS), the Washington State departments of Natural Resources (DNR), Ecology and Health (DOH), Snohomish County PUD (PUD) and Search and Rescue (SAR).
PUD and Ecology staff set oil spill booms and absorbent materials at the outlet of Williamson Creek (which receives water from Copper Lake) within five hours after the incident was reported to PUD. No visible sign of any spill was observed. Ecology staff plan to set oil spill booms and absorbent materials at the outlet to Copper Lake later today (9/14).
Everett water quality staff will continue to monitor the situation and work with its partner agencies to mitigate any impact to water quality from this incident. If an impact to drinking water quality is detected, the public will be notified immediately.
Incident details
Initial reports indicate that the helicopter was fully submerged and not visible from the surface. The privately owned helicopter is reported to have been carrying eight passengers and a pilot, all of whom survived the incident and evacuated safely. There were no injuries. The passengers and pilot were extricated by Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue helicopter, SnoHawk10, on Saturday, Sept. 9. The Forest Service is encouraging people to avoid the area because of the ongoing investigation and will be considering management of the site into the future.
September 14, 2023
Comments Off on Suspicious Device Shuts Down Naval Station Everett And Nearby Businesses For 3 Hours In Everett, Washington
A bomb robot was one of the tools used to check the vehicle and the suspicious device at the north gate.
According to the Public Affairs Office at approximately 1:15 p.m., Naval Station Everett security personnel responded to reports of a suspicious package found in a vehicle that pulled up to the base gate at the north side of the base near the entrance to the south Marina at the Port of Everett.
Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Everett Police Department, Snohomish County Sheriff and Washington State Patrol were called to the base to assist with the response.
Access to the Navy Base was restricted and both directions of Marine View Drive were closed. One building on the base was evacuated as a precaution.
All base personnel were instructed to remain indoors, sheltered in place.
Nearby restaurants and businesses to the immediate north of Naval Station Everett were shut down and evacuated by Everett Police.
Grand Avenue Park was also closed to the public for a couple of hours.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal crews from the Navy as well as their local law enforcement agency partners assisted with the examination of the suspicious device. After thorough examination, the device was determined not to be a threat.
The Navy says they take all suspicious package threats seriously.
Navy coordinated with the City of Everett and Port of Everett to ensure the safety of personnel on base and those in the surrounding community throughout this response.
The “all clear” signal has been given. Naval Station Everett has resumed normal operations.
Children that were evacuated from the base Child Development Center are being taken back to the CDC so parents can pick them up at that location.
An Emergency Family Assistance Center phone line was established to assist affected Navy personnel, families, and dependents at (425) 304-3725.
The base information line was also updated for Navy personnel looking for current information at (425) 304-5665.
September 14, 2023
Comments Off on Delta Art Experience At Henry M. Jackson Park Saturday
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Join us for the 4th annual Delta Art Experience at Jackson Park! Everett’s most accessible art market features live music, food trucks, a mural walking tour map, a pop-up and the celebration of a new public art installation bronze sculpture Katie the Springer Spaniel!
Hot dogs will be available on a pay what you can donation basis, as well as other food vendors.
Participants can sign in at Jackson Park to get maps for the walking tour. Or they can simply stay at the park for an afternoon of live bands, and other art-making activities for both
adults and children. The event is FREE and open to the community!
This is the fourth year that artists in the community and the Delta Neighborhood have invited the public to discover its art and artists, with a walking art tour in 2020 and now an art market in 2021 and 2023.
The Delta Art Experience is supported by the City of Everett Cultural Arts Commission.
Food Trucks confirmed:
Live Music Lineup:
2:00 pm: The one-man industrial doom gaze band,
Hidden Gateways,
https://www.facebook.com/HiddenGatewaysBand
hiddengateways.bandcamp.com/album/acoustic-alchemy
3:00 pm: The funky, funny, Reggae of
The Pilchuck Boyz.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/217901205643
thepilchuckboyz.com
4:00 pm: Headlining after coming off his world tour with Jack Black & Depeche Mode,
STEEL BEANS
https://www.facebook.com/steelbeansband
steelbeans.com
September 14, 2023
Comments Off on Burn Ban Lifted By Snohomish County Fire Marshal
The burn ban has been lifted, but there still are rules.
Due to changes in the weather forecast and the current fuel moisture levels in existing vegetation, effective Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., the burn ban is lifted for all the unincorporated areas of Snohomish County by order of the Snohomish County Fire Marshal, Michael McCrary.
This means that those individuals who have a current residential burn permit for yard debris will now be allowed to burn. The burn pile must not exceed 4’ x 4’ x 3’. Recreational fires are allowed in approved fire pits without a burn permit. However, the fire pit must be constructed of a noncombustible material such as concrete or metal and shall be a minimum of 25 feet from structures. By definition, a recreational fire is a cooking fire or campfire using charcoal or firewood. These fires may not be greater than three feet in diameter and/or two feet in height. Water must also be immediately available.
Please note: Garbage, household trash, lumber, building construction waste, or demolition debris may not be burned. As always, in the event of a Red Flag Warning, all burning is to be suspending until the Red Flag Warning has been lifted by the National Weather Service.
We continue to ask you to use caution at this time of year, and if you have any additional questions, please contact your local fire agency. Please contact our Outdoor Burning Information Hotline at 425-388-3508 for updated information.
September 13, 2023
Comments Off on Another Inmate Death Reported By Sheriff’s Office At Snohomish County Jail In Everett, Washington
Snohomish County Jail in downtown Everett.
Around 9:20 p.m. Monday, a 42-year-old male inmate was found unresponsive inside his cell at the Snohomish County Jail.
The male was housed in the jail’s observation housing unit. As a corrections deputy was conducting routine checks, the adult male was located unresponsive inside his cell. Corrections staff immediately called a medical emergency and began lifesaving measures. Attempts to resuscitate the inmate were unsuccessful.
The 42-year-old inmate had been booked into the jail by the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, September 8 for first-degree robbery, second-degree assault, and residential burglary.
Following his death, a morbidity review will be conducted. This is a review of the death from a clinical standpoint and is independent of the death investigation, which is being conducted by the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit.
The identity of the inmate, as well as cause and manner of death, will be determined by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office.
This comes following the report from SCSO of a different inmate found dead inside the jail last Thursday September 7th.
September 13, 2023
Comments Off on Everett Police Arrest Second Suspect For Murder Of 15-Year-Old Last Week
backpacks and bullet casings mark the area where a 15-year-old was the target of a deadly shooting last Friday morning.
Everett Police have written in court papers that they don’t believe this was a random shooting but was related to gang activity by all parties involved. Here’s the press release out from EPD this morning.
Last night, members of the Everett Police Department Anti-Crime Team (ACT) and Violent Crime Unit (VCU) arrested a second suspect, nineteen-year-old Victor E. Torres-Zuniga, in connection with the murder of a fifteen-year-old on September 8, 2023.
Twenty-year-old Uriel A. Hernandez Martinez was arrested by ACT and VCU on the evening of September 9th. The shooting is believed to have been in connection to a long-running feud between rival gang members.
Since the shooting occurred, ACT, VCU and our Major Crimes Detectives have been working tirelessly to identify any involved parties in the shooting. Although the investigation remains ongoing, it is believed the two suspects responsible for the shooting that resulted in the teen’s death are now in custody.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Everett Police Department TIP LINE at (425) 257-8450 or Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound at 1-800-222-TIPS.
This suspect is expected to make an appearance at probable cause hearing this afternoon at 1 PM. The other suspect was arrested Saturday night and is still in the Snohomish County Jail on $5 million dollars bail awaiting the filing of formal charges.
September 12, 2023
Comments Off on Kids In Everett Schools ECEAP Program To Get Free Swim Lessons From YMCA
This in today from the YMCA of Snohomish County.
Photo courtesy YMCA of Snohomish County
The Y piloted a program with Madison Elementary’s ECEAP program during the 2022-23 school year, teaching 40 students to swim and providing parent water safety education. Its success prompted the Y to expand the program to reach even more kids in the community. This year, over 400 students from six different school sites will be eligible to receive free lessons. Lessons will be held at the Everett Family YMCA and the Mill Creek Family YMCA.
“Working with the school district to teach kids to swim is a great partnership,” said Wunderlich. “We get to connect with children and families who may not have had the opportunity to take swim lessons or learn water safety. We’re also building relationships which strengthens the community as a whole.”
Parent education will continue to be an essential component of the program. Parents will receive instruction on water safety, life jacket fitting, being alert around water and more at their ECEAP parent meetings.
“My goal is for every parent or adult to receive a Water Watcher badge,” said Wunderlich. “My hope would be that parents would wear their badge when around the water, committing to be the responsible, supervising adult. Adults can take turns wearing the badge, but having a designated person watching the water at all times greatly reduces the risk of a drowning tragedy.”
Although this program is limited to just Everett School District ECEAP students, the Y works with ECEAP county-wide in its Safety Around Water (SAW) program that is held every June. The program is funded by Y-USA and this past June over 600 kids participated.
“Introducing young children to water safety builds a foundation that will last into adulthood,” said Wunderlich. “We love the partnership and relationships we have established with ECEAP families and local schools and look forward to even more opportunities in the future.”
September 11, 2023
Comments Off on Bail Raised To $5 Million Dollars For South Everett Shooting Suspect
A memorial grows at the bus stop where a 15-year-old was gunned down last Friday.
The judge also raised bail on the suspect to $5 million dollars. The Snohomish county Prosecutor’s Office now has three days to file formal charges or release the man from custody.
Major Crimes Detectives, members of Everett Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team and the Violent Crime Unit all worked over the weekend and are continuing to follow up leads on the shooting which happened about 6:40 AM Friday morning in the 7700 block of Hardeson Road.
Gun violence has increased recently in Everett. In addition to Friday’s shooting, Everett Police and Snohomish county Sheriff’s Deputies have responded to multiple calls involving firearms and juveniles over the past week and on August 23rd, two adult neighbors in the north Everett area were killed following an altercation involving a single handgun.
September 10, 2023
Comments Off on Everett Police Make Arrest In Murder Of 15-Year-Old Shot At Bus Stop
backpacks and bullet casings mark the area where a 15-year-old was the target of a deadly shooting Friday morning.
Last night, members of the Everett Police Department Anti-Crime Team (ACT) and Violent Crime Unit (VCU) arrested an adult male in connection to the shooting death of a fifteen-year-old victim on September 8, 2023.
Since the shooting occurred, ACT, VCU and our Major Crimes Detectives have been working tirelessly to identify any involved parties in the shooting. The investigation is still on going and detectives continue to track down additional leads.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Everett Police Department TIP LINE at (425) 257-8450 or Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound at 1-800-222-TIPS.
September 16, 2023
Comments Off on Former Hope Church Location Now Home To Archangels Coptic Orthodox Church