After troubling allegations, Oregon officials found ‘insufficient evidence’...
Documents released Monday detail Oregon child-welfare officials' 2013 investigation of the Hart family. Officials found "insufficient evidence" to determine abuse and neglect, according to the documents.
View ArticleOregon officials found ‘insufficient evidence’ in Hart family case in 2013
Documents released Monday detail Oregon child-welfare officials' 2013 investigation of the Hart family. Officials found "insufficient evidence" to determine abuse and neglect, according to the documents.
View ArticlePolice: Burien man left notes at Metro bus stop offering money for girls’...
The man was arrested last week after he showed up at a Burien apartment where he thought he was going to have sex with a 14-year-old girl and take nude photos of her while her mother was at work,...
View ArticleWhy Trump Has Tweeted Nothing About the Black Hero of the Waffle House Mass...
by Charles Mudede"Waffle House is an iconic diner in the Southern United States and is popular for both breakfast and late night dining." SeanPavonePhoto/gettyimages.com A white man shot up a Waffle...
View ArticleTraffic from I-5 to NHL, NBA games at KeyArena would have slowdowns but no...
A study examined traffic flows along Mercer Street and Denny Way and anticipated the impact of fans heading to KeyArena on weekdays the hour before a game. It said the bigger problems would be for...
View ArticleConnelly: Opioid crisis cost Washington more than $9 billion -- report
The economic cost of the opioid epidemic in the state of Washington state came to over $9 billion in 2016, according to a report released Monday by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.The Evergreen State has...
View ArticleSkyward, used by schools to track students’ attendance and grades, down...
The Skyward outage prevents schools from recording students’ information that parents use to learn about their child’s day, like grades, discipline records and what they bought for breakfast or lunch.
View ArticleMummified body found in Iran could be father of last shah
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The discovery in Iran of a mummified body near the site of a former royal mausoleum has raised speculation it could be the remains of the late Reza Shah Pahlavi,...
View ArticleAsian elephants said at risk from Chinese demand for skin
BANGKOK (AP) — A report by a British-based conservation group says rising Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is driving poaching and posing a threat to Asia’s wild herds even greater...
View Article$930 million Move Seattle levy falling behind on project promises, review finds
The 2015 transportation levy is twice as large as its predecessor, but a new city report now says that funding isn't keeping up with rising construction costs. The city also blames insufficient cost...
View ArticleIt’s happening: Seattle just made history for record-breaking warmth
The wave of warmth Tuesday extended across Western Washington, with areas as far north as Quillayute, Clallam County, to as south as Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, clocking record-breaking high...
View ArticleBruce Campbell Has Retired... from Playing Ash
by Sean NelsonSo long, you primitive screwheads! There's a case to be made that it might have happened sooner. But there's also a case to be made that it shouldn't happen at all. Regardless of cases,...
View ArticleNew light rail map shows transit Seattle only dreams of
What if Seattle could build out a truly robust transit system? This map shows at least some of what that might look like.
View ArticleConnelly: McMorris Rodgers gets the message — people don't like the...
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., faces a difficult reelection race in Eastern Washington. In Washington, D.C., meanwhile, younger House Republicans are voicing discontent at their party's...
View ArticleBob Dorough, who set numbers and grammar to music in ‘Schoolhouse Rock!,’...
Besides writing for animated TV shorts, Bob Dorough had a long career as a jazz musician and composer.
View ArticleAvengers: Infinity War May Cause a Riot
by Charles Mudede Infinity War Not going to say why, but if this huge-ass film causes a riot this weekend, I will not be surprised. Marvel has decided to push its fans to the limit. Some will certainly...
View ArticleBeyond Lego and finger paint: preschool tackles race head-on
Common for public school teachers and police departments, anti-bias training is more unusual at the preschool level. An early-education program located in the heart of Seattle seeks to change that.
View ArticleBefore he worked for Ed Murray, official was disciplined over...
Two women complained about former Seattle mayor’s spokesman when he was on staff of think tank with Democratic Party links.
View ArticleQ&A with Project Homeless: Are homeless-shelter beds sitting empty?
Reporters at Project Homeless get asked a lot of questions over and over again — so we figured that our wider audience of readers would want to know the answers, too.
View ArticleBody of woman recovered from water at Snohomish County’s Wallace Falls State...
While taking photos, visitors at the park noticed the body in the lower falls and called 911, the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said.
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