Three arrested in Oregon for stealing $36,000 in retail merchandise
Three people were arrested in Washington County, Oregon after stealing $36,000 worth of Ulta and other retail merchandise in Seattle, including name-brand perfumes, and were charged with first-degree theft.
Home Prices Are Dropping in Seattle as Buyers Refuse To Overpay
The Pacific Northwest city—where the median home price is $776,232—saw a 2.5% annual price drop, according to the latest research.
Natalia Ruppert Will Report an Earthquake in Seconds
About a year after Russian-born Natalia Ruppert arrived in Fairbanks, she was playing volleyball when the gymnasium around her began to shake. Everyone else knew what was going on—Alaska is the most seismologically active state in the country, after all—but it was new to the young PhD candidate. She’d left the dismantl
Drivers be warned: Multiple major road closures this weekend in the Seattle area
It’s not going to be easy to get around this weekend. Three construction projects will be getting in your way. All lanes of southbound I-405 will be closed in Kirkland starting late Friday night, at 11 p.m., until early Monday morning at 4 a.m. The I-405 closure in Kirkland is between N.E. 116th Street and N.E. 85th St
Everett light rail extension overwhelmingly approved
SEATTLE, MAY 28: Completion of the long-awaited Everett link light rail station was definitively approved by Sound Transit board members in a 16-2 vote today after nearly a year of lobbying and strategizing, spearheaded by board chair and Snohomish County Executive, Dave Somers. The vote clinched what had been some...
Man, 25, fatally shot at Kent apartment complex identified
A 25-year-old man fatally shot May 24 at a Kent apartment complex has been identified as Marcus James Pressley. Pressley died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to a May 28 King County Medical Examiner’s Office report, which ruled the death a homicide. Officers and medics were dispatched at about...
Sticker Shock In Seattle Over WA Cares’ $36,500 Lifeline
Washington’s WA Cares Fund is set to start cutting checks on July 1, 2026, promising eligible workers a lifetime benefit of $36,500 to help cover long-term care. That number has quickly turned into a lightning rod in Seattle and across the state, as families run the math on what it really buys in a city where care cost
How Jason Rantz Became a Cable News Regular
"You're either naturally comfortable or you're not. And I'm lucky that I'm naturally comfortable in those positions. I'm open to it. Not everyone has the personality that wants to defend their positions ... I legitimately enjoy talking to people I disagree with." The post How Jason Rantz Became a Cable News Regular ap
Your neighborhood diner Huckleberry Square offers value and community
SPONSORED: These days, going out to eat can start to feel like financial planning homework. One burger+one drink+one appetizer…HOW much for the vegetarian option? Suddenly your budget took a hit […]
Kent-based Blue Origin’s rocket explodes during test
Kent-based Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a test Thursday night, May 28 at its Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida. “We experienced an anomaly during today’s hotfire test,” according to a Blue Origin May 28 post on X. “All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.”
