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

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Everett council approves 6% 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)

Local News

Everett Farmers Market will return Sunday

The season begins Sunday and will continue weekly through October.

Olivia Vanni / The Herald
Hackers players talk at halftime during their playoff game at Angel of the Winds Arena on Sunday in Everett.

Life

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.

Olivia Vanni / The Herald
LifeWise Bibles available for students in their classroom set up at New Hope Assembly in Everett.

Local News

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…

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 reactivates Flock camera network after passage of new law

Mayor Cassie Franklin directed police to unpause the network in early April, a city spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.

Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. (Olivia Vanni/The Herald)

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Providence Everett selects new hospitalist provider

Starting in July, the hospital will start a partnership with Vituity after ending its 20-year agreement with Optum.

Photos and memorabilia lie in the bottom floor of the Everett Museum of History’s new location on Friday, April 10, 2026 in Everett, Washington. (Will Geschke / The Herald)

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Everett history museum hopes to open by 2028

The museum still needs to secure more funding to open the new downtown location, in the works for…

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A rendering of the proposed stadium, known as the Outdoor Event Center.

Local News

Everett seeks $10.6 million to finish stadium design

If approved, the stadium would also open later than previously expected, with an opening targeted by the end…

Will Geschke / The Herald
A man walks into the Soundview Deli on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 in Everett, Washington.

Business

Judge rules in favor of Everett’s Soundview Deli owner

Last year, the court case temporarily forced the closure of the well-known convenience store near the Edgewater Bridge.