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View MoreThe Everett Philharmonic opens its 2026-27 season under new music director Bobby Collins, with violinist Rachel Lee Priday headlining the Oct. 11 opening concert at the Everett Civic Auditorium.

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View MoreBoeing's SPEEA union opens a weeklong ratification vote Thursday, Sept. 24, on a revised contract that would raise average engineer salaries from $152,000 to $208,000, with about half the affected workforce based in Everett and a potential strike looming after Oct. 6.

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View MoreThe 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.

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View MoreObsidian Beer Hall closed its downtown Everett taphouse at 1420 Hewitt Ave. on Sept. 13 after about two and a half years, with owner Craig Chambers citing the building's sale and plans to reopen at a new location with food service.

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View MoreEverett-based Helion Energy has grown from 80 to 800 employees over four years and opened a downtown Seattle office, as the fusion startup builds what it aims to be the world's first commercial fusion plant in Chelan County.

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View MoreThe Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metro area is averaging $5.60 a gallon for regular gas over Labor Day weekend, as the Iran war, dwindling summer fuel supplies and Washington's climate policy costs push the state to $1.34 above a record-breaking national average.

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View MoreCanada's retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on $20 billion in U.S. goods took effect Tuesday, and Trump's threat to ban Bombardier aircraft sales adds pressure to the aerospace supply chain that runs through Everett's port and Boeing operations.

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View MoreCurrent and former employees of Urban Air in Everett picketed the indoor adventure park Aug. 29, alleging the owner scheduled 15-year-olds past Washington's legal work-hour limits and shorted workers on pay for breaks and training.

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View MoreWheel & House at 1502 Rucker Ave. in Everett's Northwest Neighborhood combines bicycle repair, vintage clothing, Southern comfort food and live acoustic music, drawing regulars who call it the neighborhood's gathering spot.

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View MoreThe collapse of the U.S.-Canada trade deal on Aug. 22 triggered 50% tariffs and escalating retaliation, prompting Economic Alliance Snohomish County to collect business-impact reports from a county where more than 60% of jobs are tied to international trade.

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View MoreProvidence Everett oncologist Dr. Graham Unis says the hospital plans to offer a personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine locally once the FDA approves it, following Merck and Moderna's successful Phase 3 trial of 1,137 patients announced Aug. 19.

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View MoreEverett and Renton mayors published a joint op-ed celebrating Boeing's $1 billion North Line investment, citing $3 million in local nonprofit donations, nearly 200,000 volunteer hours and testimonials from local business owners about the company's economic impact.
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