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Editor’s Update 3:10 PM, In response to our inquiry MyEverettNews.com received the following statement from Kris Rietmann Abrudan, Communications Director with the Washington State Department of Transportation: Thanks for reaching out. WSDOT has this statement to share for today: WSDOT is in receipt of the letter from the City of Everett and Snohomish County and […]

Snohomish County has announced that a major portion of the annual Point In Time Count that tries to determine the number of people living on the streets of our community will not be held this year due to COVID-19 concerns. Here’s the explanation sent out Friday from Snohomish County Human Services. The annual Point-In-Time Homeless […]

Editor’s Update 2:00 PM Friday 11/6/2020: It seems our article has stirred up some changes and clarifications. The former Sears store on Everett Mall Way is officially not under consideration as a shelter location. This morning we spoke by email with Ray Chavez, the General Manager of the Everett Mall. At 12:10 PM they responded […]

At their Wednesday night meeting members of the Everett City Council will get a briefing on a plan to spend a grant of $735,139.00 to begin a pilot shelter program for up to 20 reusable shelters made by Pallet. Here is a brief description from Snohomish County who is administering the grant. Everett is proposing […]

On Sunday a privately owned lot in the 3200 block of Rucker filled with tents housing people experiencing homelessness. Many of the people now in tents on the private lot had been staying on Snohomish County property in downtown Everett next to the County Administration building. MyEverettNews.com received multiple inquiries about the encampment and found […]

If you think there has been progress in the issue of homelessness in Everett, Washington or if you are not sure, there is an event you may want to attend Tuesday night to get more information from those working on the front lines. Hearing about and celebrating Everett’s progress in housing our homeless neighbors will […]

There is no set time line but the City of Everett is exploring partnering with a church or faith-based organization for a place where people could live in their cars or RVs without worrying about having them towed away. My EverettNews.com checked in with City of Everett Executive Director Meghan Pembroke after hearing the city […]

At Wednesday night’s Everett City Council meeting two residents who live in north Everett spoke during the public comment section regarding a car parked on 24th street across from Bagshaw Field and North Middle School. The ladies expressed concerns that there were people living in the car which apparently did not run and that their […]

The Everett City Council held its vote on the preferred location for Everett’s first low barrier housing site Wednesday night. Before the agenda item was heard, councilmember Scott Bader recused himself as his employer is Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle which oversees Catholic Community Services who would oversee the facility. The Everett City attorney said […]

Part of Smith Avenue is undergoing a rough time. Remodeled years ago with Federal grant money, wide sidewalks leading from Pacific to 38th street have made an attractive entrance to the multi-modal transportation center. There, park and ride lots are often full as commuters take trains and the bus to points north, south and east […]