The Everett Daily Herald

Editorial cartoons for Saturday, July 18 Published 1:30 am Saturday, July 18, 2026 A sketchy look at the news.

LYNNWOOD — Members of the union representing employees at Community Transit held an informational picket on Friday as the union continues prolonged negotiations with the transit agency over a renewal of its collective bargaining agreement.

EVERETT — Four people are looking to fill the vacant District 39, Position 2 seat in the state House of Representatives. On March 31, Carolyn Eslick of Sultan announced her intent to not seek reelection. Steve Ewing, Lacey Sauvageau and Robert Sutherland, all Republicans, and Democrat Ida Keeley will be on the ballot on Aug. 4.

EVERETT — Butter Notes Cafe in Everett will be full of music Saturday night to raise funds for tuition assistance at Jazz Night School. The performance is part of the Seattle-based nonprofit’s Jazz About Town series, where adult students play live at various cafes and breweries Saturdays in July, according to a press release.

EVERETT — One person has died after a head-on crash in Marysville on Thursday afternoon. Police and firefighters responded before 1 p.m. to the 13200 block of Smokey Point Boulevard for a two-car crash involving a Chevrolet Suburban and a Ford F-250, according to a release from the Marysville Police Department. Police said the Suburban hit the truck head-on. The driver of the truck, a 55-year-old Everett man, died at the scene, the release said.

PROPOSITION 1 Support Sno-Isle Library by voting ‘yes’ As you start seeing more information for the Sno-Isle Library levy over the next month, please consider it an invitation to reconnect with your local library if it has been a while. Sno-Isle Libraries has 23 branches across Snohomish and Island Counties. However, the value of the library extends far beyond library buildings and physical media. You can access audiobooks, eBooks, and stream movies without ever stepping foot into a building.

EVERETT — The Everett City Council sent five of the city’s charter to the November ballot on Wednesday, where voters will decide on what changes they would like to see to the city’s central governing document. The council sent forward most of the recommendations presented to them by a 15-member charter review committee, a committee that is formed every 10 years with members appointed by the mayor and city council.

Presenting a surfeit of offenses, this column can be consumed cafeteria-style. Unlike Trump upon the death of Robert Muller, I’ll not say I’m glad Lindsey Graham is dead. As to Mitch McConnell’s “proof of life,” I have questions. Man-with-a-plan Trump proposed collecting tolls for passage through the Strait. One-eightied a day later. Here’s an abbreviated, sorta-sanitized joke: A ship sank. Its captain and a married couple made it to an uninhabited island.

Editorial cartoons for Friday, July 17 Published 1:30 am Friday, July 17, 2026 A sketchy look at the news.

What if the best report card for state government wasn’t a poll or an election? What if it was a moving truck? Every year, millions of Americans make one of the biggest decisions of their lives: whether to stay where they are or move somewhere they believe offers greater opportunity. They aren’t just choosing a new home. They’re choosing a different set of public policies.