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Everett park gets a new (old) way to tell time

A former professor built and donated a sundial for Lions Park in south Everett.

Community Transit’s “Design Together, Discover Together” art contest is open to local youth ages 5-18. The theme of the contest is “riding transit with friends.” (File photo)

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Want your art on a bus? Now’s your chance, kids.

Youth age 5 to 18 can enter a Community Transit art contest through Oct. 20. Winners may get…

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Community Transit board updates conduct rules

The changes add language to clarify the ways the transit agency can enforce its rules and expand the…

Doug Wennerberg boards the ParaTranist bus on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Week Without Driving challenges drivers to walk, take transit

The initiative hopes to educate about the challenges people who can’t drive face when traveling day-to-day.

Traffic moves around parts of the roundabout at the new I-5/SR529 interchange on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 in Marysville, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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WSDOT opens $123m Marysville interchange, ramps

Officials built the new interchange and ramps with the goal of relieving traffic along the congested corridor between…

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USPS worker shot in south Everett, police say

A suspect is in custody, and there’s no danger to the public

Everett Community College (Sue Misao / The Herald)

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Western Washington University to guarantee admission to EvCC grads

Students at Everett Community College who earn an associate transfer degree with at least a 2.5 GPA will…

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Everett school bus drivers could strike amid contract fight

Unionized drivers are fighting for better pay, retirement and health care benefits. Both sides lay the blame on…

Lowell Elementary School in Everett. (Sue Misao / Herald file)

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Everett Public Schools could seek bond to fund new school

Along with the new school, the nearly $400 million bond would pay for the replacement of another, among…

Everett Housing Authority is asking for city approval for it’s proposed development of 16 acres of land currently occupied by the vacant Baker Heights public housing development on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett shares info on draft five-year housing affordability plan

The draft plan lists options the city could take to improve housing availability, ranging from streamlining permits to…

A parent walks their children to class at Whittier Elementary on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett celebrates ‘Blue Ribbon’ award as feds cancel program

The Department of Education canceled the award weeks before Whittier Elementary was set to receive it. No Everett…

The inside of Johnson’s full-size B-17 cockpit he is building on Sept. 23, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett man builds B-17 replica in his garage

Thatcher Johnson spent 3 years meticulously recreating the cockpit of a World War II bomber.

The Washington State University Everett campus on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett allocates funding toward north Broadway bridge design

The $2.5 million in grant dollars will pay for the design of a long-awaited pedestrian bridge near Everett…

Two workers walk past a train following a press event at the Lynnwood City Center Link Station on Friday, June 7, 2024, in Lynnwood, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Sound Transit weighs possible savings on Everett Link extension

Amid rising costs, the agency could adjust the early design of the Everett Link plan. The proposed changes…

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Everett businesses join forces to promote downtown nightlife

A group of downtown businesses will host monthly events as a way to bring more people to the…

Students walk outside of Everett High School on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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SnoCo students perform well on metrics, state data shows

At many school districts across the county, more students are meeting or exceeding grade-level standards compared to the…

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Auditor dismisses challenge against former Everett candidate’s registration

The finding doesn’t affect a judge’s ruling blocking Niko Battle from appearing on the November ballot.

The Everett City Council listens as Casino Road residents share their concerns about possible displacement and rent increases on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett presents options to close 2026 budget gap

The city could use one-time COVID relief funds as a significant balancing measure to prevent a $7.9 million…

Outside of Compass Health’s new Marc Healing Center building along Broadway on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Compass Health to open new Everett health care center

The $71.5 million facility, 7 years in the making, is set to provide both voluntary and involuntary behavioral…

Kamiak High School is pictured Friday, July 8, 2022, in Mukilteo, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Mukilteo approves code change to streamline school upgrades

The new law removes requirements for small school upgrades to go through lengthy hearing examiner reviews.