National Democrats boost Spokane’s Lisa Brown in bid to unseat Republican...
Former state Sen. Lisa Brown is getting a shot of confidence from national Democrats in her bid to upset seven-term incumbent Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional...
View ArticleAll of Seattle’s public high school students to get unlimited ORCA passes...
Students at Seattle Colleges on city-funded scholarships would also get the unlimited, year-round passes. They’d be able to use the passes to travel to and from school, jobs and other activities.
View ArticleDay of Remembrance marks order sending Japanese Americans to internment camps
“Our History, Our Responsibility: Day of Remembrance 2018,” held Monday in Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion, marked the 76th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order...
View ArticleHead to Gig Harbor garage when a classic car needs a little work — or a lot
Who would spend $900 on a vine-covered, 77-year-old car that doesn’t run, with a rusted-out floor and so many dead rats in the upholstery they’d have to be shoveled out? Jim Sullivan would — and did....
View ArticleLongtime University District barber Johnny Luera says it’s time for his final...
Fifty-three years and thousands of haircuts as a University District mainstay. At 83, Johnny Luera is calling it quits and planning for a future without that barber chair.
View ArticleWashington state Democrats quietly push curbs to open-records laws
With their new state Senate majority, Democratic lawmakers are moving forward with bills that would exempt birth dates of state employees and registered voters from the Public Disclosure Act.
View ArticleCold snap brings freeze, frost warnings to California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is in the grip of a cold air mass that has sent temperatures plunging. Hard freeze warnings are in effect early Tuesday up and down the Central Valley and on the Central...
View ArticleSeattle colder than Alaska's Arctic coast Tuesday morning
Seattle didn't break its single day record Tuesday morning, but it was still chilly.
View ArticleSeattle-area’s cold snap to last with spring still a month away, weather...
A "more significant storm" is heading into the region on Friday. And if the cold temps persist, we could see more lowland snow, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleMan killed by street sweeper in Bellevue may have been tying shoe when he was...
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday identified 44-year-old Alexandru Culai as the Bellevue man killed Monday by a street sweeper outside a major construction site on Northeast 120th...
View ArticlePat Robertson Calls for a Ban On Assault Weapons
by Dan Savage Holy shit. Pat Robertson spoke for nearly two minutes today and only managed to say one thing I kindasorta disagree with—see if you can spot it. And be sure to listen closely for the...
View ArticleConnelly: Durkan promises every public HS student an ORCA pass
Mayor Durkan promises an ORCA card in the pocket of all 1the city's 5,000 public high school students by this fall.
View ArticleCoast Guard special agent relieved of duty after rape arrest in Vancouver, Wash.
Investigators say Jonathan Sall was at a party at a Vancouver, Wash. home when he climbed into a co-worker's bed and sexually assaulted the co-worker's girlfriend while the co-worker slept.
View ArticleCounting calories not key to weight loss, study finds
People in the study who cut back on added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods while eating plenty of vegetables and whole foods — without worrying about cutting calories or portion sizes —...
View ArticleNewborn survival rates in U.S. nearly same as Sri Lanka or Ukraine, UNICEF says
The United Nations’ children’s agency says that in America, a baby’s risk of dying as a newborn is just barely lower than the risk in Sri Lanka or Ukraine.
View ArticleSchool shooter may get inheritance — and be ordered to spend it on legal bills
Public Defender’s Office has determined that accused school shooter Nikolas Cruz may be in line to receive money from the estates of his dead parents. Cruz told a family he was living with that he had...
View ArticleSeattle federal prosecutor Thomas Wales was possibly killed by hired gunman,...
The FBI and the Department of Justice have scheduled a news conference in Seattle for Wednesday, during which Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the department’s No. 2 ranking official, is...
View ArticleCulture wars: King County Council to vote on the future of 4Culture
Some King County Council members and some local arts supporters are at odds over a proposed ordinance that would give the council more oversight — or control, depending on who you talk to — over...
View ArticleSeattle police release video of deadly shooting of suspected car prowler
The dash-cam and body-cam video captures the suspect exchanging gunfire with an officer early Monday before police say he stole a car at gunpoint and led officers on a chase. The video also captured...
View ArticleVideo captures encounter that ended in fatal Seattle police shooting of suspect
The video captures the man ignoring officers' orders to get out of a disabled stolen car early Monday morning near Ravenna Park. As the man reaches into the backseat, he ignores several orders to stop...
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