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The King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s (KCRHA) public records officer resigned after saying agency leaders restricted her access to emails and screened records before she could review them. Brianne Bagby told The Seattle Times that emails belonging to CEO Kelly Kinnison were removed from search results in at

Former Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes is taking his public-safety experience into the private sector. Barnes is joining MissionRT, where he’ll advise law-enforcement agencies on leadership, technology, and organizational change. Barnes said chiefs need partners who understand the responsibility of leading a departmen

Seattle’s minimum wage will rise to $22.14 an hour on Jan. 1, 2027, continuing an annual inflation adjustment that has pushed the city’s wage floor well beyond the $15 benchmark established when Seattle adopted its landmark minimum wage law more than a decade ago. For workers, the annual...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — New video shows a trooper pulling over a murder suspect for speeding just after the man allegedly killed his coworker in what prosecutors say was a jealous rage. Washington State Patrol body and dash camera video shows the traffic stop of 22-year-old Tyler Sorensen, who is...

SEATTLE — A notorious homeless encampment in south Seattle is shutting down after city officials issued an emergency closure order following years of neighbor complaints and safety concerns. City agencies will begin clearing the large encampment near Rainier Beach and Beacon Hill, at 42 Avenue South and Beacon Avenue..

SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a suspect accused of slashing a man with a machete at Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District on Tuesday. Meaghan, a park steward who witnessed the attack, said she and others were near the park’s pagoda and packing up for the day when they heard yelling.

The timing is uncanny, but the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has had this overnight closure on the books for weeks.

Officials in Washington state arrested a 30-year-old Seattle resident Oct. 6 in connection with a school shooting in Canada earlier this year that left six people dead and several others hurt. James Cody Bryant faces charges of conspiracy to kill people in a foreign country for their alleged role in a Feb. 10 school sh

Seattle Boat Co. has expanded into Northern Puget Sound with the acquisition of Bayside Marine in Everett. The acquisition brings together two Pacific Northwest marine businesses. Bayside Marine, which specializes in pre-owned boats and outboard-powered vessels, will retain its local team and identity under the Seattle

GT Capital, a Seattle-based commercial and residential real estate firm, and The Benaroya Co., a Pacific Northwest family real estate operation with roots going back to the 1950s, have jointly acquired 901 Fifth Avenue, a 41-story, 540,589-square-foot office tower in downtown Seattle, for $48.3 million, or about $89 pe