

Community
Artist Kristi O'Donnell will lead two hands-on fairy house building sessions at the Everett Main Library on Oct. 1, teaching basic carpentry and design to participants ages 8 and up.
City & County
Everett, WA
7:43 am, September 22, 2026
Slight Chance Light Rain
Feels like 52° · 17% rain

Community
Artist Kristi O'Donnell will lead two hands-on fairy house building sessions at the Everett Main Library on Oct. 1, teaching basic carpentry and design to participants ages 8 and up.
City & County
Everett, WA
7:43 am, September 22, 2026
Slight Chance Light Rain
Feels like 52° · 17% rain

Community
Artist Kristi O'Donnell will lead two hands-on fairy house building sessions at the Everett Main Library on Oct. 1, teaching basic carpentry and design to participants ages 8 and up.


City & County
Everett, WA
7:43 am, September 22, 2026
Slight Chance Light Rain
Feels like 52° · 17% rain
The Port
The third annual Women's Waterfront Expo brings more than 40 vendors, wellness talks and sound bath experiences to Hotel Indigo on Sunday, Sept. 20, with free admission and an RSVP required through Eventbrite.


City & County
View MoreA $2.5 million community solar array and public art installation celebrated its ribbon-cutting on Casino Road in South Everett, with about $40,000 already distributed to roughly 200 families for emergency energy bills and a new ADA-accessible trail connecting neighborhoods to Walter E. Hall Park.

City & County
View MoreForty-two West Highland White Terriers seized from a Marysville trailer on Aug. 31 are recovering at the Everett Animal Shelter, where staff have fielded more than 250 adoption applications while a Marysville officer submits 44 criminal charges to prosecutors.

City & County
View MoreSnohomish County homeowners with unpaid 2023 property taxes face a Dec. 3 online foreclosure auction; they must deliver full payment in certified funds to the Treasurer's Everett office by 4:59 p.m. Dec. 2 to keep their property.

City & County
View MoreThe City of Everett is urging residents to build emergency kits, sign up for SnoCoAlerts and follow a 12-month state preparedness program as part of its National Preparedness Month campaign.

City & County
View MoreThe Snohomish County Sheriff's Office launched a five-week Drone as First Responder pilot on Sept. 15, placing four Skydio drones in southern Snohomish County to reach 911 scenes before deputies arrive. The countywide program follows Everett's own DFR pilot, which began in October 2025.

City & County
View MoreNaval Station Everett will conduct a routine security exercise with local fire and emergency agencies from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Sept. 15, and residents near the base may notice emergency vehicles in the area.

Local Government
View MoreThe Snohomish County Council voted 5-0 on Sept. 9 to approve Ordinance 26-039, making fire stations and sheriff precincts a permitted use in more rural zones and reducing approval steps for fire districts seeking to build new facilities.

Local Government
View MoreWashington's ACA exchange premiums will rise an average of 22.2% starting Jan. 1, 2027, the second consecutive double-digit hike affecting about 250,000 self-employed workers, early retirees and small businesses statewide, including in Everett.

Local Government
View MoreThe IRS issued guidance Sept. 2 telling Washington flood and wildfire victims how to reconstruct lost tax records, a tool especially urgent for Snohomish County residents whose flood-related filing extensions expired in August.

Local Government
View MoreEverett's Flock Safety cameras recorded a 67.81% drop in stolen vehicles in 2026 compared with the prior three-year average, even as at least eight other Washington cities have cancelled or abandoned the technology amid privacy backlash and public-records costs.

Local Government
View MoreAn Everett Police drone located a truck swerving on Highway 527, tracked it to a residential driveway where it rear-ended a parked car and helped officers arrest an 18-year-old on a DUI charge on Aug. 20.

Local Government
View MoreWashington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and Attorney General Nick Brown sent all 39 county election offices, including Snohomish County, a step-by-step guide on handling federal investigators after DHS designated the state part of a nine-state voter-fraud surge initiative.

Waterfront
View MoreAthleisure Collective, an Arlington-based fitness and wellness business, signed a 10-year lease for 4,000 square feet at the Port of Everett's Waterfront Place, planning three fitness studios, a café and a boutique along the South Marina promenade.

Waterfront
View MoreCmdr. Matthew Sass, executive officer of Naval Station Everett, reflects on watching the Sept. 11 attacks unfold as a 19-year-old ROTC student in uniform and the combat career that followed.

Waterfront
View MoreThe Port of Everett and Port of South Whidbey are considering an expanded Harbor Hopper passenger ferry pilot for summer 2027 after the tourism ferry's first season carried about 1,500 trips, but ticket revenue cannot cover fuel costs and the service depends on sponsors and stalled state legislation.

Waterfront
View MoreThe Port of Everett added a trolley-style "Trawley" vehicle to its free electric waterfront shuttle program this summer, wrapping the service's third season with plans for colder-month operations still taking shape.

Waterfront
View MoreThe Port of Everett, Economic Alliance Snohomish County and the state Department of Commerce will host a free Sept. 16 workshop teaching local manufacturers and small businesses how to grow exports, sell into Korean markets via Coupang and use Foreign Trade Zone #85 to cut import costs.

Waterfront
View MoreA 19-year-old from South Everett's Casino Road neighborhood went from shy first-time sailor to paid crew member aboard the historic schooner Adventuress through the Everett at Sea program, a partnership between Connect Casino Road and Sound Experience that sends underserved youth on free sailing expeditions each summer.

Sports
View MoreThe Everett AquaSox drew 141,219 fans to Funko Field during the 2026 season, closing a 67-65 campaign as the franchise eyes a move to a proposed $120 million downtown stadium.

Sports
View MoreBlackSun Private Equity and the Tulalip Tribes have submitted an $8.1 billion bid for an NBA expansion franchise, proposing a new arena on the Tulalip Indian Reservation that would put pro basketball in Snohomish County for the first time.

Sports
View MoreThe Everett Silvertips signed 2010-born goaltender Carter Crawford, their 2025 sixth-round draft pick from Okotoks, Alberta, to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement as the reigning WHL champions build goaltending depth for their title defense.
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Sports
View MoreEngineered Sports Therapy, displaced from its 18-year Wall Street home by Everett's planned $120 million stadium, has purchased and reopened at 1502 Hewitt Ave., the same address where co-founders Lance Miller and Bob Hamre first trained the inaugural Silvertips in 2003.

Sports
View MoreAbout 300 girls enrolled in the YMCA of Snohomish County's fall flag football league, which opened Sept. 1, as all three Everett high schools build on a first season that required extra coaches and 10 more county schools prepare to launch programs in November.

Sports
View MoreThe reigning WHL champion Everett Silvertips opened training camp at Angel of the Winds Arena on Monday, Aug. 24, with a retooled roster that includes new goaltender Jayden Kraus and several offseason signings as the club begins its title defense.

Community
View MoreArtist Kristi O'Donnell will lead two hands-on fairy house building sessions at the Everett Main Library on Oct. 1, teaching basic carpentry and design to participants ages 8 and up.

Community
View MoreJeana Moore, 73, stopped at an Everett fire station and visited City Council on Sept. 9 during a 45-day, 356-mile walk to encourage bone marrow donor registration, a cause rooted in her granddaughter Jada Bascom's survival after leukemia thanks to a German donor.

Community
View MoreGather Everett brings a free community meal and food drive to the Evergreen Branch Library on Sept. 26, with Chef José Garzon cooking, Sno-Isle Food Co-op sponsoring, and Everett Free Pantry collecting donations.

Community
View MoreThe Seattle Men's Chorus will perform twice at the Everett Civic Auditorium this season: a holiday concert Dec. 6 and a disco-themed show May 8, 2027, with December tickets on sale now.

Community
View MoreSchack Art Center's annual Schacktoberfest runs through Sept. 27 with 1,000 glass pumpkins, a silent auction and hands-on glassblowing, anchoring a fall arts season that stretches across Everett venues.

Community
View MoreDowntown Everett hosts two weekly poetry open mics blocks apart: a new Tuesday night event at Strange Ways Bar and Stage hosted by Barracuda Guarisco, and the 20-year-old Everett Poetry Night at Sisters Restaurant hosted by Duane Kirby Jensen.

Education
View MoreInitiative 001, which would change how Everett schools handle student records and parental notifications, heads to the Nov. 3 ballot as Gov. Ferguson and local Sen. John Lovick campaign against it.

Education
View MoreEverett Public Schools is encouraging families to submit the Child Nutrition Eligibility and Education Benefit application by Thursday, Oct. 1, to access reduced fees for sports, exams and utilities, as the district serves more than 15,000 meals daily.

Education
View MoreEverett Public Schools welcomed 1,369 kindergartners and 320 ECEAP preschoolers on Tuesday, Sept. 8, a week after grades 1-12 started, following one-on-one family connection meetings and Everett Ready prep events that drew more than 1,000 students in August.

Education
View MoreEverett Public Schools students in grades 7-12 have until Friday, Oct. 2, to register for the $10 World Language Assessment, which can earn them high school credits by demonstrating fluency in a non-English language.

Education
View MoreA federal judge ordered Everett Public Schools to let LifeWise Academy, an off-campus Bible education program, participate in school events and distribute flyers after ruling the district's restrictions violated the First Amendment.

Education
View MoreThe U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Aug. 27 challenging Washington laws that grant in-state tuition and state financial aid to undocumented students, naming the boards that govern Everett Community College and WSU Everett as defendants.

Roveena Chand Jassal is the editor of the Cascadia Wire Network, producing community relevant news for residents living in the Portland and Seattle suburbs.

Roveena Chand Jassal is the editor of the Cascadia Wire Network, producing community relevant news for residents living in the Portland and Seattle suburbs.

Roveena Chand Jassal is the editor of the Cascadia Wire Network, producing community relevant news for residents living in the Portland and Seattle suburbs.
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