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Renter Melody Frazier stood in front of the Pierce County District Courthouse this week, taking a step few tenants reach: suing her landlord. The suit, which alleges substandard conditions, illegal rent hikes and retaliation at her Tacoma apartment building, will wind its way through the usual court process, but Frazie

SEATTLE — A group of neighbors in south Seattle is organizing their efforts to push the city to take immediate action at a growing homeless encampment. The encampment at 42nd Avenue South near Beacon Avenue South has grown to several acres and spans across multiple private and public properties.

Washington architects, builders and contractors are warning Gov. Bob Ferguson and Seattle leaders that the state’s new millionaire’s income tax is already prompting wealthy clients to leave Washington, cancel construction projects and take jobs and investment with them. A letter obtained by The Ari Hoffman Show address

EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — An 18-year-old in Washington state has been arrested for the investigation of manslaughter and arson in connection with a deadly July 4 fire, a county sheriff said Thursday.

In August, the Lynnwood Waste Reduction Team toured the Republic Services Recycling Facility and Community Learning Center in Seattle. The Seattle Learning Center is designed to educate the community, including children, on proper recycling behaviors and offers visitors a behind-the-scenes look into recycling technolog

SEATTLE — On your marks, get set, eat!. The annual Dick's-A-Thon running event takes place next month, leading runners to several Dick's Drive-In locations around Seattle. Started in 2022, the event honors Ian Cox, an avid climber and mountaineer who went on a solo climb at Mount Degenhardt in the North Cascades but ne

Labor Day weekend is a traditionally busy musical weekend in Washington state. Plenty of indie-leaning music fans flock to the Emerald City to attend Bumbershoot at Seattle Center. Others make the trek to the center of the state to catch Dave Matthews Band’s annual residency at The Gorge. But for Inland Northwest count

A federally funded clinical trial at Providence Swedish in Seattle is testing a drug that could help people suffering from Long COVID. Amy Rosas says she first got COVID sick in 2020, before much was known about Long COVID. At one point, she says, her symptoms were so severe she...

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson sat down with KOMO News alongside interim Police Chief Andre Sayles to address the city’s response to the Bite of Seattle shooting that killed three people. But Jake Skorheim and Spike O’Neill, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, said her answers only raised more question

Two weeks after he was placed on administrative leave, Lakewood Police Chief Patrick Smith has been fired from his position. The City of Lakewood confirmed the firing Monday. He was placed on administrative leave last month following no-confidence votes from the department’s police unions. The city hasn’t detailed the.