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Mill Creek’s newest drive-thru magnet has officially landed, and it did not roll in quietly. Chick-Fil-A opened its Mill Creek restaurant this week with a splashy promise: the company says it will direct $100,000 to Feeding America to support local hunger relief as part of several spring openings across Western Washington. The Mill Creek spot is one of four new Washington...

A Vancouver-based online furniture dealer is crossing the border for its first brick-and-mortar U.S. outpost, landing an 8,241-square-foot space in Lincoln Square North at The Bellevue Collection. The expansion marks another move by digital-first home brands to test physical showrooms in busy, high-income markets. In Bellevue, that likely means styled room vignettes and a compact, service-driven...

My car smells like hickory smoke, and honestly, I’m not even mad about it. They say true love is hard to find, but I think I just stumbled upon it in a unassuming little building tucked away behind a nondescript storefront. I consider myself a bit of a connoisseur...

SEATTLE — An off-duty security guard accused of fatally shooting a teenager he mistakenly believed was armed is now on trial, facing murder and assault charges. The defendant, Aaron Myers, is charged with the death of Hazrat Ali Rohani, 17. The shooting happened in June 2024 in the parking lot of a sporting goods store in Renton.

A student at Central Washington University is facing criminal charges after police say he led them on a vehicle pursuit and made threats to kill a law enforcement officer following his arrest.

A Seattle man in his 80s was arrested Sunday after he allegedly nearly struck a worker directing traffic outside the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal with his Porsche.

Seattle’s homelessness response is under fire after new findings revealed massive financial mismanagement, including roughly $13 million in public funds that cannot be accounted for, according to a new audit. A forensic evaluation of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) obtained by KOMO News found the agency lost...

Redmond, Wash. — Microsoft said it was offering voluntary buyouts to thousands of its U.S. employees on Thursday. The software giant plans to make the offers in early May to about 8,750 people, or 7% of its U.S. workforce, according to two people familiar with the plan who were not authorized to speak about it publicly.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson shared her plans on “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio for expanding housing options to combat homelessness. She also answered questions about what “activist” Katie Wilson would tell Mayor Katie Wilson after her first 100 days in office. And she shared she loved the pace of the job and getting to listen to and understand different stakeholders’ opinions.

Clearing, high near 60. Sunrise at 6:05 am; sunset at 8:10 pm. We’ve been reminding you all week that the Cascade Bicycle Club (WSB sponsor) Emerald City Ride will keep motor-vehicle traffic off part of southbound Highway 99 and the westbound West Seattle Bridge for a few hours Saturday morning (April 25) – details here (and registration closes today).