The potential future owners of the Waits Motel were stunned by the city's plan to condemn, acquire and demolish the site
EVERETT — The city wants to have 20 personal shelters to house homeless individuals up and ready by this summer. It has now revealed the location for the cluster: Behind the Everett Gospel Mission at 3711 Smith Ave. on a city-owned vacant lot.
Students angered by the belief Snohomish High School is burying an on-campus sexual assault from Monday, Oct. 18 led a protest the morning of Friday, Oct. 22 seeking to put this incident, and past assaults, into the spotlight.
COVID-19 tests to become more available
Superintendent Kent Kultgen restated last week the school district is listening to viewpoints on its proposal to shift sixth graders from elementary school to middle school starting in 2025, which continues to get mixed views.
City planners began undertaking a full rewrite of zoning and land use codes last year, and now their “Rethink Zoning” effort is on stage for the big show.
The shakeup on City Council that turned five at-large seats into council districts has one incumbent and one challenger running in District 1, which covers northernmost Everett, including the Northwest and Delta neighborhoods.
EVERETT — City leaders are now asking for public input on what to do to solve a $12.6 million deficit gap for the 2025 budget after a property tax hike floundered at the ballots.
City Councilman Larry Countryman wants another four-year term, while challenger Lea Anne Burke wants her shot at helping govern the city.
Both incumbents on the Snohomish Fire District 4 board have challengers. In one race, a longtime community leader faces a career firefighter.
Spokane mom Megan Pirie considers free preschool a blessing.
Educator Sherri Larkin, who came out on top of a tight three-way primary this August, is trying to unseat incumbent Sarah Adams, a licensed mental health counselor who was appointed to the board in summer 2022.
The candidates for the council district covering western Everett are split on topics such as transit and taxes.
SNOHOMISH — Alleviating Blackman Lake’s algae problems will take time, but scientists have pinned down the source. Now they will propose the possible solution.
County elected leaders are being asked to enact a new sales tax to help pay to construct subsidized housing.
A study on whether to consolidate Everett’s city bus system into the larger Community Transit system is nearing the light of day
MONROE — A long police pursuit through town and broad, near-two-hour manhunt that followed in the Fryelands Neighborhood Friday night.
The County Council voted last week to postpone on deciding until May 1 on a proposal to require annual drug contamination testing at county-owned housing shelters and facilities, which also is being challenged and questioned by some County Council members.
Nurses are feeling stretched thin by patient loads at Providence Everett
How the city closed the Carl Gipson Senior Center indefinitely with no reopening date
