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Mukilteo mayor candidates differ over city budget

Mayor Joe Marine seeks a fourth term while facing a challenge from 12-year council member Steve Schmalz.

Cassie Franklin, left, and Scott Murphy. (Provided photos)

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Everett mayor candidates focus on public safety, budget, housing

Incumbent Cassie Franklin will face off against former city council member Scott Murphy in the upcoming general election.

A Sound Transit bus at it's new stop in the shadow of the newly opened Northgate Lightrail Station in Seattle. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Sound Transit may add overnight bus service between Everett, Seattle

The regional transit agency is seeking feedback on the proposed service changes, set to go into effect in…

Students, teachers, parents and first responders mill about during a pancake breakfast at Lowell Elementary School in 2023 in Everett. If approved, a proposed bond would pay for a complete replacement of Lowell Elementary as well as several other projects across the district. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Everett school board sends bond, levy measures to Feb. ballot

The $400 million bond would pay for a new school and building upgrades, while the levy would pay…

Edgewater Bridge construction workers talk as demolition continues on the bridge on Friday, May 9, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Edgewater Bridge construction may impact parking on Everett street

As construction crews bring in large concrete beams necessary for construction, trucks could impact parking and slow traffic…

Everett City Council and mayoral candidates at a candidate forum on Thursday, Oct. 10 at Everett Station. (Will Geschke / The Herald)

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Everett candidates respond to community questions at forum

The two-hour event saw candidates answer questions on ICE, the downtown stadium and released-time religious instruction. Here are…

A Drug Free Zone sign visible along Colby Avenue on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett may add new ‘Stay Out of Drug Area’ near downtown

Courts can issue orders preventing people accused or convicted of drug crimes from entering the areas, known as…

An Everett Transit bus drives along Hewitt Avenue in downtown Everett on Friday, March 9, 2018. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

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Everett mayor makes bus route free following Fred Meyer closure

Everett Transit’s Route 12 will be free for six months. A 2022 change to city law gave the…

People cross Hoyt Avenue next to the Imagine Children’s Museum on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett council to consider extending ‘no sit, no lie’ law

The law allowing the city to create zones that ban sitting or lying down on public property will…

People walk through Explorer Middle School’s new gymnasium during an open house on Oct. 7, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett middle school celebrates opening of new gym

The celebration came as the Mukilteo School District seeks the approval of another bond measure to finish rebuilding…

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Daily Herald moves to new office near downtown Everett

The move came after the publication spent 12 years located in an office complex on 41st Street.

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Everett Council of Neighborhoods to hold candidate forum

Candidates for Everett mayor, city council and school board will hold a forum Thursday moderated by the League…

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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…