Michael Whitney

Snohomish

Editor at Snohomish County Tribune

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First Street Master Plan committee to have initial meeting this month

4 days ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

SNOHOMISH — An advisory committee about First Street Master Plan begins meeting this month, according to city sources. The committee’s public meetings will be on the third Wednesday of the month from 6-8 p.m. in the Carnegie Building, 105 Cedar St. as well as remotely on Zoom. The committee is anticipated to spend about six months discussing what is important for First Street’s future layout of its parking, crosswalks and other needs.
Plane crash at Harvey blamed on poor landing

4 days ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

SNOHOMISH — The pilot of a Cessna 177 Cardinal private plane landed late on Harvey Field’s runway before crashing into the fence at the end of the airport property Wednesday, May 28, according to the FAA’s preliminary summary of the incident. The pilot was not injured. Nobody else was on board. Flight transponder data of the plane’s final five minutes show the pilot did not descend in a smooth, linear manner.
Boeing to set dedicated line in Everett for largest next-gen 737

4 days ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

EVERETT — Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said he plans to dedicate a production line in the Everett factory to the next-gen 737 MAX 10, a version of its fourth-generation 737 MAX, at the annual Bernstein investors conference May 29. It was known for two years that a 737 MAX line would come. However, it is news that the company says Everett would get a dedicated line for its largest-capacity 737 MAX model. Other 737 MAX versions would be built in Renton.
Paine Field plan is to expand for more airline flights by 2040

1 week ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

EVERETT — County Executive Dave Somers directed his team to work on adding more commercial airline slots at Paine Field’s terminal and generally expanding the terminal in an executive order May 20. Alaska Airlines already is at the terminal; Frontier Airlines will begin service next week on June 2. The move is to meet growing commercial demand. Paine is projected to have a volume of 4 million passengers a year by 2040, four times as many as 2019, as the region’s alternative to Sea-Tac Airport.
Closed Snohomish fishing dock also to get new decking in fixes

1 week ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

SNOHOMISH — Work is underway to repair the closed Robert S. Keaton fishing dock at Hill Park, and now it will get a new deck. Crews tore off the deck and found it was rotting. This was not known in advance. It was known many underside wooden piles and wooden joists needed repairs to restore the more than 40-year-old wood dock. The City Council last week authorized adding $48,957.66 to the project budget for materials and labor to have the company working the dock fix the deck.
Casino Road residents worry of displacement in zoning plan, want community preserved

2 weeks ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

EVERETT — The thousands of people that make up the Casino Road community today are worried of being pushed out. A light rail station is coming to the area within 10 years, and developers have noticed. The City of Everett is in the final stages of setting its citywide “zoning plan for the next 20 years. “We are looking long-term, the big picture,” city planning director Yorik Stevens-Wajda said. A briefing will be at City Council May 21. The final decision is set for June 18 at the Council meeting.
Widely hailed urban mushroom farm at precipice of closure

2 weeks ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

EVERETT — The urban farm Black Forest Mushrooms is staring down closure without a last-minute government bailout. The ask? $750,000. The need? To replace faulty production equipment. The root? Founder Nathanael Engen says he was screwed from the get-go when he sought financing to scale up, and screwed again in his businesses’ hour of need. He’s already laid off his 20 employees. The business has been hailed as innovative and a solution to food deficits.
No cigarette tax increase this year, flavored vape ban fails in legislature in Washington state

2 weeks ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

A coalition’s push to put a statewide ban on all flavored tobacco, including menthols, a ban on all flavored vapes and increase the cigarette tax by $2 per pack faltered this year in two tries. The first bill didn’t advance out of committee, and a revived version that embedded an increase to the state cigarette tax didn’t advance either. This month the coalition shamed the state Legislature in a press release, saying it caved to Big Tobacco.
Edgewater Bridge replacement slipping to spring 2026 due to complications

3 weeks ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

EVERETT — Replacing the Edgewater Bridge between Everett and Mukilteo will slip into early next year, the city recently announced. The bridge spans a 60-foot ravine over a creek. Its replacement will be better able to withstand earthquakes to prevent the risk of cutting off parts of Everett in a seismic event. Its replacement was due to open around November.
Mayor Franklin affirms Everett Transit merger into Community Transit not on table

3 weeks ago | snoho.com | Michael Whitney

EVERETT — Mayor Cassie Franklin made a statement last week giving the city government's stance that it doesn’t plan to act on merging Everett Transit into Community Transit at this time. Franklin spoke to clear up a cloud of questions over state legislation which would give the countywide bus system, Community Transit, newfound authority to try annexing Everett Transit. It would only be executed if city of Everett leadership mutually agreed. No public vote needed, unlike how it works today.