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KENT, Wash. — More than a dozen mayors from around King County gathered with families and elected representatives at a large meeting to talk about the state of the drug addiction crisis around the region, and even proposed upgrading charges for fentanyl. The mayors, who hailed from all parts...

After receiving over 350 adoption applications for the 42 West Highland Terriers removed from a man who said he planned to sell them at the border, Everett Animal Shelter says it is trying to turn this spotlight moment into results for other dogs still needing homes.

There are 626 people, the most King County has ever interred at one time through its indigent remains program, stacked neatly beneath a fresh marble grave marker, each with cremains in their own plastic urn within a weathertight concrete crypt. It’s also the biggest jump the county has seen from a previous ceremony to the next; the last one, held in June 2025, honored 405. The ceremonies are not annual—they occur whenever there are enough remains to bury.

Starbucks told Washington state on October 7 that it is closing five coffeehouses and ending the jobs of 51 employees, with separations running from November 14 through December 4. The notice, sent to the state Employment Security Department, covers stores in Redmond, Seattle, Spokane and Vancouver, plus eight positions at the company’s Seattle headquarters. Starbucks […] The post Starbucks is closing five Washington stores and cutting 51 jobs starting November 14 appeared first on The Money Ov

A pregnant woman was seriously injured, and a motorcyclist was killed in a collision in Bremerton Wednesday night, according to Bremerton police. The crash was reported at about 10 p.m. on Oct. 7 in the 100 block of Charleston Boulevard. Bremerton Lt. Rodney Rauback said the motorcycle was carrying two...

A traveler’s reckless rampage with an airport tug created mayhem at a California airport on Oct. 6. Video from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana shows a man behind the wheel of an airport tug on Tuesday, dangerously maneuvering around the airfield and at one point even reversing near a plane, according to Storyful.

Native Americans and Alaska Natives account for nearly 15% of King County’s homeless population, nearly three times the share initially reported in the county’s 2026 Point-in-Time Count, according to corrected data released by researchers. The revised findings follow collaboration between the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), Chief Seattle...

Puget Sound Physicians, the group that provides emergency medicine at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, will refund more than 1,300 Washington patients a total of $410,000 under a settlement Attorney General Nick Brown announced on September 29. The average refund is nearly $300, interest included, and the checks are due by mail within 120 days. The […] The post More than 1,300 Washington patients will get mailed refund checks averaging nearly $300 from a $410,000 Puget Sound Physicians charity-ca

Mini-golf course, pub, and restaurant Flatstick Pub has opened its much-anticipated Woodinville location and will be celebrating its grand opening on Oct. 17. The new branch, located at the restored Old Woodinville School, is the chain's largest location to date, with the mini-golf course built into the second story of the building with longer, free-flowing holes.

An enclave of Washington’s wealthy provided a backdrop Thursday for a saucy debate on the merits and dangers of a ballot measure to erase the state’s controversial new income tax on millionaires. Brian Heywood, the hedge fund manager behind Initiative 645, and House Minority Leader Drew Stokesbary, R-Auburn, argued onstage at the Meydenbauer Center in […]