Everett and the Snohomish County waterfront.
Everett and the Snohomish County waterfront.
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Latest reporting from the City & County desk.
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View MoreSnohomish County installs flashing beacons at South Everett crossings
Snohomish County Public Works has started installing rectangular rapid flashing beacons at six school-area pedestrian crossings in the South Everett and Lynnwood area, a $256,000 project funded by the state Transportation Improvement Board and the County Road Fund.
City & County
View MoreResidents demand permanent data center ban at Snohomish County hearing
Nearly every speaker at an Aug. 19 Snohomish County Council hearing in Everett demanded a permanent ban on data centers in unincorporated areas, and Councilman Nate Nehring signaled the six-month moratorium will need to be extended past its Dec. 24 expiration.
City & County
View MoreSupreme Court ruling could put Everett voters' ballots in legal limbo
The U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling unblocking Section 2 of Executive Order 14399 puts Washington election officials in a legal bind ahead of the Nov. 3 general election: use incomplete federal citizenship lists and risk disenfranchising voters, or ignore them and risk DOJ prosecution.
City & County
View MoreJury convicts Everett tenant of murdering landlord found in alley
A Snohomish County jury convicted David Craft, 41, on all three felony charges including premeditated first-degree murder in the killing of his landlord Daniel Lytton, whose body was found in a downtown Everett alley in November 2025; sentencing is set for Sept. 29.
City & County
View MoreTrashed batteries spark 18 fires at county waste sites in 2026
Snohomish County Solid Waste estimates 18 fires in 2026 at its garbage trucks and transfer stations caused by improperly discarded rechargeable batteries, and two free Everett drop-off sites accept batteries year-round.
City & County
View MoreEverett's utility tax forces Snohomish to raise its own
Snohomish unanimously raised its water utility tax from 5.33% to 6.83% to cover $58,000 in costs imposed by Everett's doubled utility tax, with one council member saying he resents "balancing Everett's baseball park with a tax increase."
City & County
View MoreEverett judge honored after Alzheimer's diagnosis ends 30-year career
Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Marybeth Dingledy retired at the end of June after an unexpected Alzheimer's diagnosis, and colleagues gathered at the Everett courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 20 to honor her 30-year legal career; Gov. Ferguson appointed Jehiel Baer to fill the seat on July 17.
City & County
View MoreSnohomish County pays $2.5M to settle Everett jail death lawsuit
Snohomish County agreed to pay $2.5 million to the mother of Sean Hanchett, who died in the Snohomish County Jail in Everett in December 2022 after allegedly being denied prescribed opioid-withdrawal medication and left unmonitored in a single-occupancy cell.
City & County
View MoreSnohomish County offering 20 free pallet shelters
Snohomish County is giving away 20 surplus Pallet PBC shelters to qualified nonprofits, governments and tribal entities in Washington, with applications due Sept. 18, while Everett remains the county's most active user of the shelter model with more than $3 million invested across three sites.
City & County
View MoreData center freeze hearing set for Wednesday in Everett
Snohomish County holds a public hearing Wednesday, Aug. 19, on its emergency moratorium blocking new data center development in unincorporated areas, giving Everett-area residents a chance to weigh in on facilities that could bring tax revenue but also strain power and water resources.
City & County
View MoreEverett approves $41K to design new Harborview Park gazebo
The Everett City Council voted 7-0 on Aug. 12 to spend $41,030 on design of the Turnbull Gazebo at Harborview Park, an ADA-accessible recreation of a 1921 Clark Park structure removed in 2024, with construction targeted for summer 2027.
City & County
View MoreLast in-person forum on Everett Transit merger is Tuesday
Everett's only in-person open house on the proposed Everett Transit–Community Transit merger is Tuesday, Aug. 18, at Walter Hall Golf Course; written comments are due Sept. 2 before an October council vote on the deal that would double the transit sales tax and expand 15-minute bus service to 590 stops.
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