Participants in an organized weekly lit-up bike ride pause at Grand Avenue Park to take photographs of the sunset on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 in Everett, Wash. The bike ride is part art collective, community building, but mostly it's just a fun thing for people to do. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Night riders light up Everett’s downtown and waterfront

An informal weekly Saturday night bike and roll brings out eclectic and electric styles.

The McCallum and Arant families work on a painting at the Delta Art Experience on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Delta Art Experience beholds a changing Everett neighborhood

An art walk, music and poetry on Sunday brought energy to the city’s northeast area.

Leigh Spruce gets off of Everett Para Transit at the Everett Mall on Thursday, March 11, 2021 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

People with disabilities demand better sidewalks, transit

An initiative challenges elected officials to a week without driving in Snohomish County and elsewhere.

(Julie Muhlstein / Herald file) May 2020

Local News

Everett City Council adopts tribal land acknowledgement

The statement about the sduhubš and Tulalip Tribes people will be part of each council meeting.

Traffic moves along I-405 between Highway 522 and Highway 527 where WSDOT received the approval to build a second express toll lane on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 in Bothell, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Second toll lanes coming to I-405 between Highways 522, 527

At the same time the highway gets expanded, Sound Transit is developing bus rapid transit lines.

Patrick Diller, head of community partnerships for Pallet, discusses the Pallet Shelter Pilot Project on Tuesday June 29, in Everett. (Katie Hayes / The Herald)

Local News

Everett council evaluates city responses to homelessness

Two council members who won’t be in office next year are calling for stricter measures.

Cars and pedestrians use the newly opened Harbour Reach Drive on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 in Mukilteo, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Mukilteo’s new road offers slower parallel to Speedway

Harbour Reach Drive has one vehicle lane in each direction plus bike lanes and sidewalks.

Afternoon traffic moves along the U.S. 2 trestle between Everett and Lake Stevens on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

What the infrastructure bill could mean for Snohomish County

Millions of dollars could help replace the U.S. 2 trestle, electrify buses and change rail crossings.

Cars wait to take a right onto to Highway 528 off of the Exit 199 as eastbound traffic drives by on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 in Marysville, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

It’s hurry up and wait coming off I-5 at Fourth in Marysville

For now, drivers heading east must be patient at the red light when turning right to head east.

The construction site of the light rail station at the Lynnwood Transit Center on Thursday at August 5, 2021.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Local News

Light rail timeline slips, but extension north is assured

The Sound Transit board has decided that one project’s overruns can’t hold up other work on the system.

Top row (L-R): Lacey Sauvageau, Don Schwab, Jacob L. Vail. Bottom row (L-R): Demi Chatters, Kelly Fox, Ben Zarlingo.

Local News

Wave of first-time candidates who seek Everett council posts

Three people in each of two races are running to represent the city’s newly formed Districts 3 and…

A section of sidewalk along Marine Drive in Tulalip buckled under the 100-degree heat in late June. (Snohomish County Public Works)

Local News

Heat wave melted county roads, buckled sidewalks

Extreme temperatures in late June, likely a result of climate change, damaged asphalt and concrete.

Bob and Dona Anderson at their condo in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle in 2004. (Courtesy of the Anderson family) 

Local News

Bob Anderson, Everett’s first ‘strong’ mayor, dies at 91

“The consummate diplomat” pushed for public art and helped sell Everett for Boeing’s 747 plant.

Street Smarts columnist Ben Watanabe places his bike onto the Community Transit 201 bus rack on Saturday, July 17, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Lessons in biking and busing to a Snohomish County campground

Don’t pick a route almost entirely uphill and along a single-lane highway without shoulders.

Snohomish County Public Works plans to shift the Pilchuck Creek bridge to one lane this summer for possibly years to come because of its age and weight capacity. (Snohomish County Public Works)

Local News

County drops Pilchuck Creek bridge to one lane near Stanwood

Deterioration of the bridge, built in 1933, prompted capacity and weight restrictions.

Cars headed north on Highway 9 line up south of the light at 30th Street on Friday, July 9, 2021 in Snohomish, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

No quick solutions to Highway 9 commute through Snohomish

Some drivers try shortcuts that frustrate neighbors and add to the gridlock in the area.

The Everett District Commission had their last meeting on Oct, 19 2020, where they adopted Plan Map A-9. (City of Everett)

Local News

Contested races suggest Everett districts working as planned

This year’s elections will be the first for voters to choose City Council members from districts.

Arlington Public Works staff install the final crosswalk sign at the completed cross walk at the corner of 180th Street NE and Smokey Point Boulevard on Sunday, June 27, 2021 in Arlington, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Speedy Smokey Point Boulevard is temporarily slowed down

The change is part of a “complete streets” demonstration for shared roads — and it could be the…

People wait for cars to pass by before crossing over US 2 to get to Eagle Falls on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in Index, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Going somewhere? So are a million others over July 4 weekend

COVID restriction-easing and a three-day weekend this year could make travel hectic.

Everett Transit has cut Sunday and holiday service, plus Route 6 which loops from Everett Station to College station and West Marine View Drive along the waterfront. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Local News

Everett council asks for transit merger steering committee

Survey results show strong support for growth options, which prompted the City Council to act.