Mayor Wilson: Audit SPD’s Public Disclosure Office!
SPD has shown they won’t comply with the state Public Records Act on their own. So make them. It’s time for the city to audit the Seattle Police Department’s public disclosure office—and, if they ignore the auditor’s recommendations, for incoming Mayor Katie Wilson to force SPD to follow the law.
Police in Washington sort through triple murder, suicide within family
Police did not say who they thought committed the murders before dying by suicide.
Man with ‘WAR’ hat arrested for having shotgun in crowd at Space Needle New...
A 21-year-old man has been arrested after Seattle police say he had a partially-concealed shotgun, pistol and several rounds of ammunition near the Space Needle during the New Year’s Eve celebration
Seattle’s New Year’s Day monolith still fascinates 25 years after sudden appearance
There was no indication of who built it — or, as some joked at the time, what planet it might have come from.
Head of WA Department of Commerce is leaving
Joe Nguyen is stepping down as director of Washington state’s Department of Commerce and will be the next leader of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber. Nguyen told Commerce employees on Dec. 22 that he is leaving but didn’t disclose his new job. He said he didn’t anticipate taking off “until sometime in January.”
Man charged with carjacking Washington state trooper in Seattle
Alexander Smith, 24, was walking along I-5 on Christmas Day when troopers tried to get him off the road in a peaceable way, including talking to him, offering to drive him to a light rail station and pay for his fare, and finally escorting the defendant so that he could walk to an interstate exit while they followed...
Trooper alleges discrimination, retaliation and AI-generated harassment in WSP lawsuit
A veteran Washington State Patrol trooper has filed a lawsuit in Pierce County Superior Court, alleging years of discrimination, retaliation, and harassment — including the creation and circulation of an AI-generated video mocking his sexual orientation — according to a complaint filed Dec. 19. The lawsuit was filed...
Person dies after being trapped under vehicle in Burien Wednesday night, Sheriff’s Office says
A person was pronounced dead late Wednesday night, Dec. 31 after being trapped underneath a vehicle in the 400 block of SW 155th Street (map below), according to the King County […] The post Person dies after being trapped under vehicle in Burien Wednesday night, Sheriff’s Office says appeared first on The B-Town...
Seattle neighbors frustrated by lack of action on homeless camp at city-owned vacant lot
SEATTLE — A vacant property owned by the city of Seattle has been a source of ongoing problems ever since a homeless camp moved in, according to neighbors. The encampment had been sprawled out across the site of the former Pecos Pit BBQ restaurant at 4400 35th Ave. SW. Neighbors said that little has been done to...
Mercer Island’s High School Band performs in London New Year’s Day Parade
Mercer Island High School’s marching band is ringing in the new year in a big way.
