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Everett mayor proposes belt-tightening 2020 budget

Everett mayor proposes belt-tightening 2020 budget

A slimmer staff avoids cuts to police and fire departments, as the budget deficit still looms large.

Everett mayor proposes belt-tightening 2020 budget
Mountlake Terrace envisions a dense, walkable Town Center

Mountlake Terrace envisions a dense, walkable Town Center

Buildings as tall as 12 stories are now allowed near the future Sound Transit light rail station.

Mountlake Terrace envisions a dense, walkable Town Center
The Diversion Center, located in downtown Everett, diverts members of the county’s homeless population who are addicted to drugs from encampments to treatment then into housing. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)

Halting the cycle from jail to homelessness

Snohomish County’s new Diversion Center is showing early success, officials say.

The Diversion Center, located in downtown Everett, diverts members of the county’s homeless population who are addicted to drugs from encampments to treatment then into housing. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)
Paid parking begins at Providence’s Everett campuses

Paid parking begins at Providence’s Everett campuses

Rates start at $1 for 90 minutes and rise to $4 for six or more hours. The first 30 minutes are free.

Paid parking begins at Providence’s Everett campuses
Teacher, business owner challenge Everett Councilmembers

Teacher, business owner challenge Everett Councilmembers

Only two of the four city council seats up for election drew opposition.

Teacher, business owner challenge Everett Councilmembers
Everett reconsidering traffic-enforcement cameras

Everett reconsidering traffic-enforcement cameras

A plan with seven cameras was shelved a decade ago, citing erratic driving councilmember reassess.

Everett reconsidering traffic-enforcement cameras
Sparks fly at I-976 debate: Eyman vs. a mayor and a senator

Sparks fly at I-976 debate: Eyman vs. a mayor and a senator

Dishonesty was a prevalent theme at a Herald forum on the car-tabs ballot measure.

Sparks fly at I-976 debate: Eyman vs. a mayor and a senator
Members Julian Amrine (from left), Ellie Fog and Jennifer Bacon of the International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees held pickets outside Angel of the Winds Arena in downtown Everett this fall. (International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees)

Workers at Angel of the Winds Arena wait years for contract

Stagehands at the Everett events center says the city should step in after negotiations linger.

Members Julian Amrine (from left), Ellie Fog and Jennifer Bacon of the International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees held pickets outside Angel of the Winds Arena in downtown Everett this fall. (International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees)
County to stop providing opioid reversal drug to officers

County to stop providing opioid reversal drug to officers

Over the past 4 years, 2,550 naloxone kits have been distributed to police departments.

County to stop providing opioid reversal drug to officers
Highway projects wrapping up; some will carry over to 2020

Highway projects wrapping up; some will carry over to 2020

Also: An update on Highway 99 tolling, and expect to see more electric buses in Everett.

Highway projects wrapping up; some will carry over to 2020
Ice and snow sit on top of a storage basin’s collapsed roof at the city of Everett’s water filtration plant near Monroe after the damage occured in February. (Olivia Vanni / Herald File)

Everett will replace damaged roof at water filtration plant

What caused the less-than-year-old roof to collapse after record snowfall remains unclear.

Ice and snow sit on top of a storage basin’s collapsed roof at the city of Everett’s water filtration plant near Monroe after the damage occured in February. (Olivia Vanni / Herald File)
New I-5 lane coming between Everett and Marysville

New I-5 lane coming between Everett and Marysville

The northbound lane will be for carpools and is expected to open by the end of 2022.

New I-5 lane coming between Everett and Marysville
At the Snohomish County Parking Garage in downtown Everett, electric vehicles can get a charge. It’s one of several public charging stations in the county. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)

License fees rise for hybrid and electric cars in Washington

The $75 per vehicle funds new electric charging stations around the state — which hybrids don’t need.

At the Snohomish County Parking Garage in downtown Everett, electric vehicles can get a charge. It’s one of several public charging stations in the county. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)

Out of the Darkness Walk raises awareness of suicide

After losing her daughter, a Mukilteo mother set out to make mental health a daily conversation.

The city of Lynnwood received $2.5 million from Sound Transit to redevelop a portion of the 1.5 mile Scriber Creek Trail, which links Wilcox Park at Highway 524 with the transit center. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)

Bike lanes, sidewalks will get $8.5M in grants countywide

Six projects were awarded money from Sound Transit to improve connections to transit.

The city of Lynnwood received $2.5 million from Sound Transit to redevelop a portion of the 1.5 mile Scriber Creek Trail, which links Wilcox Park at Highway 524 with the transit center. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)
Kaiser Permanente Washington is in the process of acquiring three properties near its existing building on Maple Street to expand operations. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)

Kaiser Permanente plans big growth spurt in Everett

The health care organization wants to add a four-story outpatient clinic to its existing building.

Kaiser Permanente Washington is in the process of acquiring three properties near its existing building on Maple Street to expand operations. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)
City of Everett’s ban on single-use plastic bags goes into effect Monday. (Andy Bronson / Herald File)

Everett’s single-use plastic bag ban starts Monday

The city is joining more than 20 jurisdictions in the state that already prohibit the thin plastic sacks.

City of Everett’s ban on single-use plastic bags goes into effect Monday. (Andy Bronson / Herald File)
Tamara Burks and her husband moved south to Lynnwood from Everett this week after finding an apartment within their budget, shaving off time in her long work commute to south Seattle. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)

Stuck in traffic: Super commuting of 3+ hours is on the rise

More than 13,500 Snohomish County residents, about 4% of the workforce, spend three hours commuting.

Tamara Burks and her husband moved south to Lynnwood from Everett this week after finding an apartment within their budget, shaving off time in her long work commute to south Seattle. (Lizz Giordano / The Herald)
Workers watch from below as the $20 million Grand Avenue Park Bridge was slowly lowered into place above Marine View Drive on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Everett, Wash. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

$20 million Everett bridge is a perfect fit

The new span provides a long-sought link to the Everett marina and rapidly developing waterfront.

Workers watch from below as the $20 million Grand Avenue Park Bridge was slowly lowered into place above Marine View Drive on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Everett, Wash. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Work continues Monday in Everett on the Grand Avenue Bridge in preparation for the move later this week. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

‘Quite an engineering feat’: Million-pound bridge in Everett

The Grand Avenue Park Bridge was lifted Sunday night. It is scheduled to swing into place this week.

Work continues Monday in Everett on the Grand Avenue Bridge in preparation for the move later this week. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)