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Washington’s coastline turns something as simple as shellfish into a ritual shaped by cold tides and quiet working waters. I found myself thinking back to the first time a freshly shucked oyster carried that briny snap that felt almost electric. Across the Pacific Northwest, inlets and channels carve out the perfect co

With the World Cup partially taking place in Seattle, visitors give great reviews about the Seattle Seahawks stadium, Lumen Field. FIFA rebranded Lumen Field as Seattle Stadium for the World Cup, but visitors still see all of the Seahawks and Sounders design features as well. Everyone around the world gets to see the S

A group of young teenagers recently had their unlicensed motorcycles confiscated after being contacted by a Normandy Park Police officer. Police said the officer encountered the group riding unlicensed vehicles […] The post Police confiscate unlicensed vehicles after teens seen riding without helmets appeared first on

Three robberies occurred within 30 minutes of each other on Friday in Seattle, with law enforcement believing they were connected due to the timing, proximity, and similar descriptions of the suspects. The first of three robberies began at 4:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Highland Drive near Kerry Park,...

Five years after a record-shattering heat wave hit the Pacific Northwest, killing an estimated 1,200 people in British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington, the region is somewhat more prepared to handle extreme heat. But a million people in the Seattle metropolitan area alone may remain vulnerable to lethal temperatures a

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is breaking with Democratic tradition by endorsing progressive challengers over two veteran state lawmakers, signaling a growing divide within Washington’s Democratic Party ahead of the August primary, according to the Washington State Standard. Wilson announced over the weekend that she will

Washington state has significantly expanded its Fair Chance Act through legislation enacted during the 2025 legislative session (EHB 1747), which is now codified at RCW 49.94 (Amended Fair Chance Act). Signed by Governor Bob Ferguson, the Amended Fair Chance Act imposes substantially more demanding requirements on Wash

SEATTLE — A 26-year-old man died Friday evening while in custody at the King County Correctional Facility in downtown Seattle. An officer found the man unresponsive shortly before 11 p.m. during a headcount in a ninth-floor housing unit at the jail. Jail staff attempted life-saving measures until Seattle Fire...

A West Seattle couple rode near the front of today’s big Pride Parade through downtown Seattle. We reported earlier about the Seattle Pride organization honoring Stacy Bass-Walden as this year’s recipient of the Ackerman Award for Service. Stacy and wife Jolie founded Alki Beach Pride – an annual late-summer celebratio

The “true crime” genre is one of much debate. Many documentaries on the subject tend to lean into the dramatics of very real and sensitive topics still affecting people today. The online content centered around real-life murders generates pits of discourse and armchair-detective theorizing, rarely treating the crimes w