As forecast, just before 8:00 PM the lightning storm moved through Everett, Washington. Right around 8:00 PM there was a report of a transformer being struck in the Valley View neighborhood. The Snohomish PUD outage map showed 24 customers without power there. About 8:20 PM Everett Fire received a report of lightning striking the roof…
Author: Leland Dart
The Totem Diner Back Open – Here’s Your Sign…
Historic Everett Book Fair Draws A Crowd To Downtown Everett
Had a chance to very briefly stop in late this afternoon at Port Gardner Bay Winery and check out the Historic Everett Book Fair. It was a great crowd who engaged with more than a dozen authors and purchased books, studied historical photos and enjoyed some tasty treats. It was the first time Historic Everett…
Rain Doesn’t Dampen Enthusiasm For Dick’s Drive In At Everett Location Topping Off Event
It was wet, muddy and…packed. Hundreds came out to the corner of Center Road and Highway 99 in south Everett, Washington this afternoon to sign a sticker to be placed on a roof beam, support the Mariner High School Drum Line, grab a fresh burger from the Dick’s Food Truck and show their excitement for…
Everett Mall Prepares To Say Goodbye
Today at the stroke of High Noon residents of Everett, Washington gathered in the near empty food court of the Everett Mall to offer messages of remembrance. People were invited to write messages on one of the construction walls that bore a huge timeline tracing significant moments at the property. Everything from the opening of…
Bizarre Hit & Run Crash Does Serious Damage to Totem Diner In Everett, Washington
It will be Saturday before the crew is back up and running at the Totem Diner following a bizarre hit and run into their building at 4410 Rucker Avenue in Everett, Washington Wednesday afternoon. Shortly before 5 PM (after the business was closed) a car that had been parked in front of the garbage cans…
Driver Injured As Car Crashes Fully Into Building In North Everett, Washington
An engineer from the City of Everett is checking the structural integrity of the Althea’s Footwear Solutions building at 1932 Broadway in north Everett, Washington after a vehicle crashed into the south wall. The business was closed at the time of the crash. It happened about 3:00 PM Sunday afternoon. The driver was the only…
Quick Work By Neighbors and Fire Department Limits Damage at Garage Fire in Everett, WA
Around 10:30 AM this (Saturday 3/15) morning reports came in of a garage fire at a house in the 5600 block of 10th Drive West in the Glenwood Neighborhood of Everett, Washington. One neighbor used a fire extinguisher and another a garden hose to slow the blaze. Everett Fire Department Engine 4 quickly arrived and…
A clean look at the “Rise Everett” Mural
Four years ago three artists, “Hyper”, “Spawk” and “Faust” created the “Rise Everett Mural commissioned by the City of Everett. Its on the side of the Screen Printing Northwest building at 26th and Colby. The theme was part of the effort to designate a “Creative District” in the downtown Everett, Washington area. The Pandemic sidelined…
Lots of Damage after Fire Hydrant Sheared Off in South Everett Crash
Thankfully it appeared there were no major injuries but there was a lot of damage following a multi-vehicle crash late Sunday afternoon in the 9100 block of Evergreen Way in south Everett, Washington. Not exactly sure of all the dynamics at this point but a fire hydrant was knocked off its base spewing thousands of…