Bellevue WA

With Seattle having one of the highest office vacancy rates among major U.S. cities, Mayor Katie Wilson proposed a solution — taxing the empty commercial space to incentivize owners to fill it. Wilson campaigned on a proposal for a “well-designed vacancy tax or fine” on empty commercial spaces. Business...

OLYMPIA, WA - People are fed up with a Washington state law that they say leaves children in dangerous and even deadly situations. The Keeping Families Together Act, which passed several years ago, was created to crack down on racial and economic injustices within child protective services. The law made...

In Washington, not far from some of Seattle’s most iconic tourist spots, sits a McDonald’s that has earned a reputation no fast-food chain wants. This isn’t the place you pop into for a casual Big Mac run or a late-night milkshake. Instead, it’s been widely labeled one of the scariest McDonald’s locations in the...

The shooting death of Renee Good continues to spark outrage and protests nationwide, including here in Washington.

The suspect’s previous felony convictions include manufacturing and dealing narcotics and rioting with a deadly weapon.

The report, cheekily named “Build SHIIT Now,” says 580,000 jobs, 24 gigawatts and more than 250 projects are at risk in Washington state due to bureaucratic delays.

Studio 13 Live catches up with award-winning singer-songwriter Judy Collins ahead of her shows at Jazz Alley Jan. 22-25. Her favorite collaborations and memorable stories from performing in Seattle!

Back in WSB’s early months in 2007-2008, a comment controversy centered on the repeated rapid removal of once-tolerated banners hung on the foot/bike overpass over the southwest end of the West Seattle Bridge. The person or persons dubbed the “Banner Police” had no mercy, removing even the simplest, cheeriest of...

A prominent downtown Bellevue office building has been listed for sale as activity in the Eastside office sector shows signs of improvement. Bellevue Plaza East, a nine-story, 158,000-square-foot office building at 11100 NE Eighth St., has been listed for sale. The property is owned by CLPF Bellevue Office LLC, with...

Before Seattle Public School spent $300 million to rebuild Rainier Beach High School on a peat bog, scientists hired by the district warned that methane in the soil could pose an explosive problem if it were to leak into the school. The scientists recommended several standard safety measures to prevent that from...