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Washington seeks lifeline for struggling ferry fleet

As Washington State Ferries marks 75 years of public service, a mounting boat shortage has prompted regional lawmakers to propose reviving historic passenger-only networks.
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US Towns With Better Seafood Than the Big Cities

When most people think of great seafood in America, their minds drift to expensive restaurants in Manhattan, upscale spots along San Francisco’s waterfront, or trendy establishments in downtown Seattle. There’s something appealing about the idea that the best food must come from the most sophisticated places, served on
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20-foot flames extinguished after backyard fence catches on fire in Mountlake Terrace

South County firefighters stopped a backyard fire from spreading to a house in Mountlake Terrace on Friday afternoon.
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‘Shut this thing down’: Jake, Spike debate KCRHA’s $45M deficit as Seattle weighs its...

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution for the next steps with the troubled King County Regional Homeless Authority (KCRHA), which is at a $45 million loss and can’t account for $13 million of those losses. The resolution gives the Seattle Mayor’s Office until Aug. 1...
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Boeing will pay up to $5,000 to Washington job applicants who never saw a...

Boeing faces payouts of up to $5,000 per applicant to job seekers in Washington state who applied for positions that lacked required salary range disclosures. The claims stem from Case No. 24-2-12754-2 SEA, filed in King County Superior Court, where a class-action complaint alleges the aerospace giant posted jobs witho
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Seattle Homebuyers Face 20-Year Grind Just to Beat Rent

If you are hoping to buy a home in Seattle, be ready to stick around for the long haul. Fresh metro-level data says a typical buyer here would need to stay put for nearly two decades before owning comes out ahead of renting financially. For a lot of locals, that makes renting the better money move unless they are ready
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Digital job fair for new Renton WinCo closes June 19

With a flexible timeline that puts the highly-anticipated opening day of the Renton WinCo in late summer-early fall, the employee-owned grocery store chain has announced a digital hiring job fair where the application portal will close on Friday, June 19. The hiring process does not allow for walk-in applications. Appl
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Slick AI Resumes Jam Up Seattle Hiring, Small Biz Owners Say

Seattle small-business owners say they are drowning in sleek, AI-polished résumés that look great on screen but make it tougher to spot who can actually do the job. Inboxes are filling up, vetting is getting slower and more complicated, and hiring cycles are stretching out even as many of these companies still plan to
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Troopers search for witnesses in deadly hit-and-run on I-5 in Seattle

Troopers are searching for witnesses in a deadly hit-and-run on I-5 in Seattle earlier this week.
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Thunderstorms expected across Puget Sound region through Saturday

“June Gloom” has officially arrived. The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning of thunderstorms across the Puget Sound region Friday and Saturday, with the strongest threat arriving Saturday afternoon. Chances for thunderstorms on Friday sit at 15% to 20%, primarily from Snohomish County northward, according to Mat

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