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A man tried to get away with driving in the carpool lane with a creepy fake passenger in Washington. Now, a trooper has a message for him: “Does not count.” The driver was stopped in the early afternoon of Oct. 29 on Interstate 5, near the Interstate 90 intersect in Seattle, Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick...

Amazon trimmed about 2,300 Seattle-area jobs this week — including hundreds at its South Lake Union and Bellevue offices — as part of a 14,000-person global layoff that marks one of the tech giant's largest white-collar cuts to date, according to a new state filing . Why it matters: Seattle's economy leans heavily on...

SEATTLE — Trees upon towering trees make up what Washingtonians know to be one of the most stunning landscapes in the nation. In Shoreline, a towering fir tree was cut down. While beautiful at one time, it's like millions of other trees in the state. It's dead, unstable, and...

A homeless man was struck and killed by a garbage truck in Eastlake on Tuesday morning, according to Seattle police. The man was lying in front of garbage and recycling dumpsters in the middle of East Shelby Street where it ends near the 2800 block of Eastlake Avenue East, police said.

When Kroger shuttered its Lake City Fred Meyer this month, the neighborhood became a food desert without a full-service grocery store. Five other Kroger-owned stores have recently closed in Redmond, Everett, Kent, Tacoma and Mill Creek. Paired with the steady death of Seattle stores over the last few years, the...

One of the first observations we often make about traveling to a new city is how clean (or unclean) it is. Sidewalk litter, pungent smog, and rats scampering by your feet can make a city feel grimy and uninviting — things you're likely to find in cities ranked as America's dirtiest. Bigger cities tend to have a...

SEATTLE — A Seattle property owner has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the city, claiming municipal leaders allowed crime and homelessness to devastate the Little Saigon neighborhood, causing him to lose tenants and a major property deal. Dennis Chinn's lawsuit, filed in August, alleges that city policies...

Seattle police say a 28-year-old man accused of a September drive-by shooting in North Seattle was arrested Wednesday after detectives and federal agents tracked him to a gas station in Tukwila.

Whether you see them or not, state troopers are watching you and watching for violations.

A recent transplant from Detroit to Seattle has noticed a significant difference in driving habits between the two cities. The newcomer has observed that highway driving in Seattle is considerably slower, despite the availability of multiple lanes. This has led to an increase in passing on the right, a practice that...