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An anonymous donation expected to exceed $50 million is helping cover tuition costs for medical laboratory science students at the University of Washington for the next half-century.

SEATTLE — Western Washington's light rail network is expanding at full speed, but regional officials warn that decades of delays have left the region playing catch-up with a transportation vision first conceived in the 1960s. As the new Federal Way extension opens this week, light rail lines are focusing...

SEATTLE — Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards (OLS) says thousands of Amazon Flex drivers will soon receive payments after the agency and the company reached a nearly $3.8 million settlement tied to the city’s gig-worker protection laws. Amazon Flex is a network company that contracts with drivers...

A man died after Seattle police officers shot him for allegedly waving a gun near an intersection Tuesday afternoon in Rainier Valley. Police responded to a 911 call at 1:30 p.m. reporting a shirtless man brandishing a gun and walking toward Martin Luther King Jr. Way South near South Othello Street, Seattle police...

The owner of a hookah lounge on the eastern border of Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood where a man was gunned down Monday morning is potentially facing $20,000 in fines for repeatedly staying open past 2 a.m., violating the city’s nightlife ordinance aimed at curbing violence at after-hours venues.

Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Dry your clothes at 10 pm? If you live in Seattle, doing those things will also cut your electricity bill and reduce the risk of blackouts. Seattle City Light is preparing to launch “Time Of Use” electricity rates that fluctuate as. demand...

(The Center Square) – One year into Seattle’s $1.55 billion transportation levy, the Seattle Department of Transportation has fallen short of multiple 2025 performance targets, with officials now pinning their hopes on a yet-to-be-seated funding task force to get things back on track. The eight-year Levy to Move...

“I have a problem with the firm because people within it are not from Seattle or this state... This work needs expertise in government policy, local history and community engagement to connect with those impacted the most.” — Eddie Rye. A state‑funded study on reparations for the descendants...

SEATTLE — For the first time, an 88-year-old Seattle woman is speaking out about a brutal attack and robbery at her home in Rainier Beach in which the suspect bit off her right index finger to steal her jewelry. Emma Cotton told KOMO News she was working on her...

In an amusing incident reminiscent of a scene from the popular TV show, "The Office," the Redmond H Mart has found a unique way to deal with shoplifters. The store has taken to publicly shaming thieves by posting their pictures with captions, a practice that has sparked a lively discussion on social media.