King County Metro expands bus service with 9 new routes beginning Aug. 29
SEATTLE — King County Metro riders will see one of the agency's biggest service expansions in years later this month, with nine new bus routes, thousands of additional weekly trips and a major overhaul of service in South King County aimed at improving connections to Link light rail. The...
Sound Transit expands night-owl service to Lakewood, Redmond – not Everett
Sound Transit’s expanded night-owl bus service is starting on August 29 with service between Redmond-Seattle and Lakewood-Seattle. In 2025, the agency originally proposed three night-owl routes that would provide service to most Link stations while trains are not running. While two of these routes will start this month
Issues With Former Police Chief Barnes Weren’t Just About His Travel or Where He...
Mainstream media outlets and many Seattle City Councilmembers have expressed outrage over Mayor Katie Wilson’s decision to remove Shon Barnes as police chief after he confronted a reporter who asked him about my stories on Barnes’ frequent absences from Seattle. (Barnes, as I reported in 2025, rented an apartment here
Details behind a Kent pilot’s fatal flight into Lake Meridian
What seemed like a simple, short flight for Alan Williams to Lake Meridian in Kent so a friend could use his seaplane as a backdrop for a wedding ceremony, turned out to be the final flight for the 74-year-old pilot. Nearly two years after Williams crashed his Cessna A185F on...
21-year-old suffers brain bleed after U-District attack over parking space
A 21-year-old ended her birthday in the hospital bleeding from her brain after she was attacked in Seattle’s U-District neighborhood.
Feds Bust ‘Jay Thrax,’ Federal Way Fentanyl Kingpin Gets 11 Years in Seattle Prison
A 25-year-old Federal Way man is headed to federal prison for nearly 11 years after prosecutors said he helped move massive quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine into Western Washington while keeping firearms close to the operation. The case stretched from Southern California to Seattle and included repea
Washington’s largest battery plant is about to power up despite surrounding bans
At least eight King County communities, including Snoqualmie, have temporarily blocked the siting of battery energy storage systems.
UCLA student dies in accidental fall from building window
21-year-old Dayanara Nicole Urbina Ruiz was a communications major who was working as a summer marketing intern at Amazon Web Services in Seattle.
Bothell Fred Meyer evacuated for fire, store closed while crews ventilate building
The Fred Meyer in Bothell was evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to a fire inside the store. At 1:43 p.m., Bothell fire crews were dispatched to Fred Meyer after patrons reported seeing flames and smoke in the building, according to the Bothell Fire Department. Erin Gowenlock, a spokesperson for the City...
Wildfire smoke in Seattle: What to know as unhealthy air hits western WA
Wildfire smoke from Washington, Oregon and Canada is expected to worsen air quality across western Washington through midweek. Health officials warn air quality could reach unhealthy levels, especially for children, older adults and people with heart or lung conditions. Residents are urged to monitor the Air Quality In
