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Snohomish County’s Everett waste facility to close Wednesday

After a recent tipping floor upgrade, an extra protective coating is needed to seal the floor.

Parade participants ride an Everett Fire Department truck during the Everett Independence Day parade on Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Everett, Washington. (Will Geschke / The Herald)

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Everett marks America’s 250th with annual parade

Thousands filled the city’s downtown on Saturday to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial anniversary.

A view of one of the potential locations of the new Aquasox stadium on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 in Everett, Washington. The site sits between Hewitt Avenue, Broadway, Pacific Avenue and the railroad. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett to ask for eminent domain authority at stadium site

An ordinance would allow the city to go to court to acquire properties at the site of the…

A Flock camera at the corner of Broadway and Everett Avenue on Monday, April 6, 2026 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett settles Flock records case for $25K

The settlement comes after a new state law that exempts Flock camera footage from the Public Records Act.

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The Everett Municipal Building on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 in Everett, Washington.

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Everett charter review board to present report to council

A draft report includes nearly a dozen proposed changes to the city’s charter, including adjusting the initiative process…

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The Everett City Council during a meeting on Jan. 7.

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Everett council approves utility tax increase

At Wednesday’s council meeting, an attorney for a water district alluded to a possible legal challenge against the…

Addison Osborne, 2, pauses to smell a flower during Sorticulture on Friday, June 6, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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100 days of summer around the Sound

Music, fests, fireworks and ferries fill Snohomish and Island counties.

Chief Executive Officer of Housing Hope Kathryn Opina speaks during a panel on homelessness on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett panel: nonprofits, cities discuss ways to address homelessness

Tuesday’s event at the Everett Gospel Mission featured more than 20 social service providers from across the county.

Trees planted by the City of Everett along a new trail in Walter E. Hall Park on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Want to plant a tree? These cities will give you one for free.

A grant-funded program hopes to address a lack of tree cover in parts of Everett, Marysville and Tulalip…

A view of downtown Everett facing northwest on Oct. 14, 2025. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett considering 6% utility tax increase

It would raise about $7.5 million toward the general fund at a cost of about $12 per month…

The shuttered Casino Road Fred Meyer on Friday, May 8, 2026 in Everett, Washington. (Will Geschke / The Herald)

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Everett grad students propose vacancy tax for large retailers

The tax, which the city has yet to formally consider, would be levied on larger storefronts vacant for…

The Everett City Council on Jan. 7, 2026. (Will Geschke / The Herald)

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Everett approves new land use zone for manufactured homes

The zoning change will protect seven mobile home communities across the city from being redeveloped.

Everett Farmers Market bounty at its downtown location is seen in 2019. (Sue Misao / Herald file)

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Everett Farmers Market will return Sunday

The season begins Sunday and will continue weekly through October.

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Hackers players talk at halftime during their playoff game at Angel of the Winds Arena on Sunday in Everett.

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11 p.m. is hockey time for Everett man, 77

While most people sleep, Lonnie Roughton and his team lace up for beer mugs and bruises.

A rendering of the proposed stadium, known as the Outdoor Event Center. (Courtesy of City of Everett)

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Everett council approves $10.6 million in stadium spending

The money will pay for completion of the project’s design and property acquisition work at the downtown site.

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LifeWise Bibles available for students in their classroom set up at New Hope Assembly in Everett.

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Judge issues injunction against Everett district in favor of off-campus Bible program

The temporary ruling requires Everett Public Schools to change its permission slip policy and allow LifeWise to take…

Chris Carson talks about the new location for Everett Community College’s Baker Hall on Friday, April 24, 2026, in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett Community College aiming for 2028 opening of new Baker Hall

The $38 million project located east of Broadway will replace an aging building that hasn’t been used by…

People gather to pay their respects to those that have lost their lives on the job during a Workers Memorial Day Observance on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Elected officials, labor groups honor Workers Memorial Day

The event commemerated the 108 workers in Washington that died on the job last year, including six from…

A transit rider steps onto a Community Transit bus on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett Transit, Community Transit will again consider merger

The city council and Community Transit board may vote on whether to consolidate the two agencies by the…

A view of downtown Everett facing northwest on Oct. 14, 2025. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Everett council sends EMS levy lift to August ballot

The levy would restore increase funding available to the city’s emergency medical services fund, which pays for about…