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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 […]

Took a wander around downtown Everett, Washington which again had street closures to make way for people to spread out and enjoy each other’s creativity. In the streets, on the sidewalks and in the stores there was all kinds of energy and excitement watching so many different artists making their unique types of art. Fresh […]

Wednesday night Everett Police Chief Dan Templeman presented the Everett City Council with a public safety briefing. The news was not overly encouraging as the Chief addressed firearms and violent crime, drugs and homelessness, living crime data (which means close to real time so what is reported today could be different tomorrow as more details […]

More and more creative events are happening in Everett, Washington and this weekend there are several of note. Everett Art Walk happens on the third Thursday of every month from 5 – 9 PM in the downtown core of Everett. It’s a free event highlighting multiple artists and different styles of artwork. Nine different venues […]

Day 4 of “Going All City NW 2022” and as we approach 8 PM artists are still working on murals all over the city of Everett, Washington. Click here to follow Hyper and see the latest photos and reels of amazing work on his Instagram Page. You can also see the interactive map of mural […]

A note from Leland Dart, Publisher MyEverettNews.com. Starting in July and running through the end of the year MyEverettNews.com is partnering with the City of Everett Office of Economic Development to present a series of articles based on the theme “Everett Is Building”. Certainly the City of Everett, Washington is facing many challenges from affordable […]

Today Mayor Cassie Franklin of Everett, Washington released the results of a community outreach project conducted earlier this year. 251 participants were interviewed. Homelessness was the number one concern according to the report followed by affordable housing and economic development. Climate change was at the bottom of the list.  Here’s the breakout from the executive […]

A beautiful sunny Saturday looked to help draw thousands of people to downtown Everett, Washington Saturday. It was day two of Sorticulture and booths stretched two full blocks of Colby and another of California as crowds lined up to look at all of the garden items available. Many booths had people lined up six and […]

This came out late Tuesday afternoon from Mayor Cassie Franklin and Police Chief Dan Templeman in Everett, Washington following the verdict in the Chauvin trial in the murder of George Floyd. Today Everett Police Department Chief Templeman and I issued this statement on the outcome of the Chauvin trial: There must be accountability for those […]

As the Everett City Council unanimously passed the 2021 budget the City of Everett administration issued the final report from a 13-member Fiscal Sustainability Advisory Committee convened by Mayor Cassie Franklin. The report offered 24 recommendations for the Mayor and City Council to further explore in order to address the City’s general government budget deficit. […]