Everett News

Gertrude Jackson, older sister of the late U.S. Sen. Henry M. Jackson, is shown as a young woman.

Marcia Alberti of Everett breaks the ice for us and writes, "Here is my recipe for Chinese barbecued pork.

Three Snohomish County sheriff's deputies are being sued by an Everett woman whose arm was nearly ripped off in 2010 when a felon trying to outrun the deputies crashed into her van on I-5. Tamara Fietkau alleges the deputies disregarded public safety when they chased a car driven by Theodore Ohms onto the freeway during rush hour traffic.

An Everett man accused of sending threatening emails to Gov. Chris Gregoire earlier this month might have mental health issues, according to the Washington State Patrol .

Folk rock trio, Real Folk, released their second album entitled At the Brink on May 12, 2012.

Two regional Pacific Northwest experts will be speaking at the Everett Public Library , bringing new ideas to people interested in growing and harvesting food.

Bobbie Bouma, 12, listens to her coach during swim practice Wednesday. Bobbie's parents hoped to enroll her in online classes, but because Everett schools don't have an agreement with the district that offers the courses, she wouldn't be able to attend her local school.

The city wants to take better care of its forests -- and it wants your help. The parks department is working with the private Seattle-based group Forterra to develop a 20-year plan to restore and maintain forested parklands.

After years of hard work, saving up and an Air Force pension, Terry and Edward Fackler of Everett, Wash., thought they had retirement covered.

Everett n Breakfast will be served from 7 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Elks Lodge, 2802 Hoyt Ave.

The community vigil for Brisenia Flores is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. at Snohomish County's flag pavilion, at 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.

Madison Davis, 3, and her father, Jason Davis, of Lynnwood, watch the parade of cars pass during the Cruzin' to Colby event Sunday afternoon in Everett.

We hope to repair and repave northbound I-5 between the Smokey Point rest area and the Highway 530-Arlington exit starting in 2015.

The Everett School District has hit a speed bump after years of steady increases in the number of on-time high school graduation rates .

My father. When he was a boy, Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, who later became a U.S. senator and Democratic presidential candidate, watched a Fourth of July parade as an actor dressed like an American doughboy pitchforked a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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Kristi Adcock of Mukilteo walks her boxers, Ryker and Roxie, in a commercial-size lot on 75th Street, east of Boeing on Friday.

The Washington State Patrol has arrested a 38-year-old Everett man accused of threatening to kill Gov.

The 12-foot vessel capsized in Port Gardner, just north of Jetty Island. The wind was blowing and the water was choppy at the time.

I'd like to commend the Snohomish County Executive's office and the county's Human Rights Commission for setting aside some time on Wednesday to hold a vigil honoring young Brisenia Flores, the 9-year-old Arizona girl slain in her home in May 2009 by a group of "Minutemen" led by Shawna Forde, an Everett woman who had already made her mark here.