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The Tukwila Police Department is warning residents about a scam text message circulating over the weekend that falsely claims to be from a state motor vehicle agency demanding payment for an alleged traffic violation. Police said the message, which references a “Department of Motor Vehicles” and threatens enforcement...

SEATTLE — In a new University of Washington survey of nearly 400 Washington state clinicians, more than half expressed strong concern about the mental-health risks of cannabis use. Researchers say nearly 20% of those clinicians also reported seeing patients with cannabis-related adverse health events two to three...

A project decades in the making has finally crossed the finish line. Sound Transit unveiled the Crosslake Connection to the public on Saturday morning, marking the completion of the Link 2 Line and connecting the Eastside with Seattle for the first time by light rail. The 7.4-mile extension includes new...

Seattle’s most valuable skyscrapers have lost $3.7 billion in value since 2022, and KIRO fill-in host Angela Poe Russell believes Seattle’s attitude toward businesses is to blame. Asked whether Seattle’s vacant buildings stem from a city problem or a broader shift in how people work, Angela leaned toward...

George Carlin had a bit about language. About how Americans keep inventing softer and softer words to avoid dealing with hard realities. He traced how “shell shock” became “battle fatigue,” then “operational exhaustion,” then “post-traumatic stress disorder.” Same condition. Each generation found a way to drain the...

Sound Transit trains will take passengers across Lake Washington starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. It’s the world’s first light rail train to cross floating bridge, according to the agency.

Construction permits have slowed to a trickle, causing concern among city leaders. | oksana.perkins / Shutterstock. A landmark Seattle housing law is facing pushback as the city sees permit applications for new housing drop precipitously, reports David Kroman in The Seattle Times. City officials saw the Mandatory...

Washington State Patrol troopers stated, via X, that a 28-year-old Burien man was driving a stolen car, speeding up to 130 miles an hour early Friday morning.

KIRKLAND, WA — There are few signs of spring in the Pacific Northwest more welcome than a fresh scoop in hand—and this year, Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream is giving the Eastside a new reason to celebrate. The beloved Seattle-born scoop shop is set to open its doors in downtown Kirkland on April 12, marking its...

Two people were seriously hurt in a knife attack in downtown Seattle on Saturday afternoon, and both were taken to Harborview Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The assault briefly brought a wave of emergency crews into the area and drew a strong police response as detectives began sorting...