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Last year, South Lake Union’s Pizza by Ruffin and Métier Brewing Company teamed up for a “First of the First” dinner, featuring—per Pizza by Ruffin’s Instagram—the first Black-owned brewery and the first Black-owned pizzeria in the state. Only they weren’t. The pizzeria...

A fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant is preparing to expand with a new location set to open this spring. Garlic Crush, owned by Matt Jabbour, is set to open at 17500 133rd Ave. NE in Woodinville. The new restaurant marks the brand’s fifth location, joining its existing outposts in Seattle, Bellevue, Issaquah and...

YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima police are investigating after an 18-year-old woman with what appeared to be a gunshot wound arrived at Yakima MultiCare Memorial Hospital early Thursday morning. Officers responded to the hospital at about 2:48 a.m. after the victim arrived in a private vehicle. Her condition was listed...

SEATAC, Wash. — State transportation planners are in early discussions about whether a future high-speed rail line in the Pacific Northwest could directly serve Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to remarks during a recent Commercial Aviation Work Group meeting. During the Tuesday meeting, member Gary...

A Seattle man received a 20-year sentence for the 2023 fatal shooting of a woman behind the Muckleshoot Casino. On Feb. 20, a King County Superior Court judge sentenced Marketha McCoy, 24, to 240 months — 20 years — in prison for second-degree murder, after pleading guilty to the crime on Dec. 11, 2025. This charge...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) says two teen boys were arrested after a shooting on Wednesday afternoon in the Mount Baker neighborhood. Now, police are looking for two more possible suspects.

SEATTLE — A man accused of posing as a U.S. postal worker and forcing his way into a Seattle home is now jailed on $1 million bail as investigators look into what police believe may have been a foiled extortion plot. Seattle police arrested 31-year-old Ian Blair last week....

Former King County Sheriff and Congressman Dave Reichert is now helping lead a legal fight against state lawmakers over a controversial pension proposal. Reichert told me roughly 5,500 retired first responders have filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking House Bill 2034, which would redirect more than $550 million from the...

Duvall’s beloved yarn shop has been saved from extinction after a spontaneous purchase by a crafty mother-daughter duo. Charlotte Spani (mother) and Brandy Eckman (daughter) formally took over Quintessential Knits in November. They purchased the shop from its original owner, Judy Quinton, and her business partner...

A tragic police crash in Seattle that drew global outrage has now ended with a multimillion-dollar settlement, bringing a measure of closure to the grieving family of Jaahnavi Kandula, the young woman who lost her ... Read more