Seattle chili parlor owner says new paid parking could hurt sales
SEATTLE - A long-standing Ballard small business owner is warning that a new city parking plan could negatively impact his sales and threaten his family's legacy. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) recently implemented new paid parking spaces near the Ballard Blocks development, directly affecting spots ou
Seismologists set to track fan-triggered ‘earthquakes’ from Seattle Stadium
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network will track and stream real-time seismic data generated by crowd energy at Seattle's Lumen Field during upcoming World Cup matches. Scientists have deployed seven specialized seismometers throughout the stadium, drawing on a local history of fan-generated ground shaking that include
Images show flames shooting through roof of Bellevue condo complex
The Bellevue Fire Department is working to learn what sparked a fire at a condo on Monday night. It happened around 11 p.m. at a complex on 159th Avenue Northeast, and it impacted two units. As crews entered the building, two fireballs could be seen rising out of the roof above them. Half an hour later, firefighters we
Man killed in head-on crash with dump truck in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood
Seattle police are investigating a head-on crash that killed a man in the Central District.
Employer May Pursue Multiple Claims Against Competitor for Raiding Employees and Customers
The California Court of Appeal has revived a host of tort claims against a company that allegedly executed a plan to recruit a competitor’s employees, divert its customers, and appropriate its pipeline of active loan applications. Guild Mortgage Co. v. CrossCountry Mortgage LLC , 2026 WL 1505950 (Cal. Ct. App. 2026). G
Port Commissioner Sam Cho: Human trafficking ‘happening right under our noses’ at SEA
As World Cup visitors arrive in the Seattle area, Port of Seattle Commissioner Sam Cho is warning that human trafficking is a local problem, often hidden in plain sight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). On “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, Cho said his passion for the issue...
50 years ago today: Paul McCartney and Wings rocked Seattle’s brand-new Kingdome
Fifty years ago today, a skinny 15-year-old squeezed onto the floor of Seattle’s brand-new Kingdome to see Paul McCartney and Wings and watched rock history made in the process. The June 10, 1976 concert was the first rock show ever staged at the Kingdome, drawing 67,000 fans to the...
Kent Police Officer helps firefighters, assists in evacuation during downtown fire
A Kent Police officer helped evacuate residents from an occupied downtown building after a fire broke out adjacent to the structure last week, according to the Kent Police Department. Police said patrol officers and crews from Puget Sound Fire were dispatched after a pile of materials caught fire near the...
Washington woman sent more than $2 million to self-described psychic who promised to remove...
SEATTLE (KPTV) - A Texas couple has been indicted on federal fraud charges after allegedly stealing more than $2.5 million from vulnerable victims, including a Washington state woman who sent more than $2 million to a self-described psychic who promised to remove a curse from her life. A federal grand...
Harger: ‘Hey Bob, enough is enough.’ A Kent sober home’s plea to Gov. Ferguson...
Nehemiah was almost a year sober. The young man known to friends as Nemo had come to Art Dahlen’s Battlefield Addiction sober-living home in Kent with legal troubles and a desire to get clean. He stayed. He worked the program. He was building something. On the morning of May...

















