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King County Elections officials are pushing back on claims that elections are not secure after a citizen reportedly found a box of unused ballots near a dumpster in Renton.

SEATTLE — The owner of a small Tacoma grocery store pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging he defrauded a government nutrition program of more than $600,000. Manjit Bedi, 64, of Kent, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on multiple counts of wire fraud and Supplemental...

A forensic audit of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) revealed on Wednesday that millions of dollars in public funds are missing.

SeaTac’s Silver Dollar Casino is cashing out for good, as Maverick Gaming shuts down the neighborhood card room on International Boulevard near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the latest turn of its long-running financial unwind. The closure, part of Maverick’s Chapter 11 reorganization, was first reported by the Puget Sound...

Approximately 65 employees have been laid off by Maverick Gaming, a Kirkland-based casino company, as it shuttered its Silver Dollar SeaTac Casino. The layoffs are scheduled to take effect on June 30 and span a wide range of positions, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed Tuesday. In...

A large apartment project is officially underway on NW Market St. The project is for a new mixed-use development at 1740 NW Market St., where Holland Partner Group is pursuing an eight-story project with 239 apartments, 140 parking spaces, and ground-floor retail. Ballard resident Jill Solomon lives just behind the...

A family with deep ties in Kitsap County has donated 14 acres of pristine property in Seabeck in honor of its deceased family member, helping create a new wildlife preserve along an estuary on Hood Canal. The Drury family of Bainbridge Island donated 14 acres of estuary and forest to Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC) in honor of Gretchen Elizabeth Drury, who died in 2021...

A woman in Washington is facing backlash after filming herself removing a piece of public art in Seattle and taking it home. The artwork, created by a local artist identified as Henry, had been installed for public display. The incident is drawing attention because it raises questions about respect for public art and the impact of recording and sharing such actions online.

In what has become a regular expense for six consecutive years, the Kent City Council recently approved a contract of up to $175,000 in 2026 to pay a company for large cleanups at encampments. “We have a growing problem with a number of encampments on city properties,” Tony Donati, city...

A decade-long community effort to honor the legacy of Seattle’s Black Panther Party culminated Sunday with the opening of Black Panther Park, a space rooted not only in history, but in the enduring power of community, resistance and self-determination. The park, developed through a collaboration between Nurturing Roots, King...