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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is trying to win a second term in office, something a sitting mayor hasn’t done in nearly two decades. Running to his left is populist progressive activist Katie Wilson, who has made the city’s response to homelessness a central issue of the race.

Seattle police arrested a 51-year-old woman, accused of punching a medic and biting an officer.

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SEATTLE — More than 9,000 people were without power in western Washington Saturday morning as a weather system made its way through the region. According to Puget Sound Energy (PSE), 9,000 customers are without power as of 11:30 a.m. The largest concentration of outages is in Snohomish County, in and around...

A King County judge has said that Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank appears to have altered text messages he was asked to hand over to a public records officer in an effort to remove messages that could be perceived as offensive. Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan wrote in a court order dated Oct. 22 that altering a...

The recent outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday was not due to a cyberattack, contrary to some speculations. However, critics have drawn attention to Amazon's recent layoffs, which have seen at least 27,000 employees, including senior engineers, lose their jobs since 2022. This has sparked a debate on the...

(The Center Square) – Residents in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties will pay more in property taxes next year, as the Sound Transit Board of Directors has approved a 1% property tax increase as the agency faces an estimated more than $30 billion in cost overruns on its Sound Transit 3 expansion projects. Sound...

What Makes This Atmospheric River So Intense? (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) Dark clouds are gathering over the Pacific, promising a deluge that could transform familiar landscapes ... Read more The post West Coast Braces: Atmospheric River Set to Unleash Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow This Weekend appeared...

Seattle City Councilmembers Joy Hollingsworth and Bob Kettle discussed a new contract that gives Seattle police officers a 13% pay raise. This raise makes them the highest paid officers in Washington state. The discussion took place on a program hosted by Brian Callanan. The councilmembers explained what the city...

Some police departments require body cameras to stay on. Pierce County’s policy says deputies only “should.”. While many major law enforcement agencies, including the Seattle Police Department (SPD), require officers to keep their body cameras rolling once it’s activated, a policy designed to protect both suspects...