Washington state pays $6M after man died in prison after delayed cancer treatment
Washington state has agreed to pay $6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over lapses in the cancer diagnosis and treatment of a man who died at Monroe Correctional Complex. Michael Sublett, 64, died of liver cancer in November 2023 after a long period of unnecessary and grievous suffering"...
Mary’s Place and Mercy Housing break ground on new Burien family shelter and housing...
Mary’s Place and Mercy Housing Northwest broke ground on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 on a new family shelter and affordable housing campus in Burien that leaders say will serve as a model for addressing homelessness in Washington state. The four-story project will combine an emergency shelter for 200 family...
Seattle man in custody following I-5 race and foot chase in Bellingham
Bellingham police used a drone to locate a man suspected of driving recklessly on Interstate 5. The suspect was first spotted by troopers with the Washington State Patrol (WSP) around 1 a.m. Sept. 17. The suspect was driving approximately 120 mph on northbound I-5 near the Old Fairhaven Parkway exit, according to...
7 Vietnamese pho shops in Seattle where the broth tells immigrant stories
Seattle runs on coffee by day— but by night, it’s steaming bowls of pho that keep the city warm. This isn’t just food. It’s comfort. It’s history. It’s the kind of broth that whispers about long journeys across oceans and the resilience it takes to start fresh in a new world. Every spoonful tells a story—of families...
District wide policy splits school lunches
The sun feels heavy, the heat exacerbated by the sheer number of bodies pressing flush in the sea of chants and signs held high and proud. Person after person stands tall at the head of the front, passing around a megaphone that continues to amplify the same message:. “Don’t divide...
Seattle-area drivers face multiple weekend closures on I-90, I-405, I-5, and SR 16
Here's a look at upcoming closures for the weekend.
Light rail train crosses Lake Washington under power
Late last Monday and into the morning hours of Tuesday, September 8-9, 2025 the first Link light rail train crossed the I-90 Homer M. Hadley floating bridge across Lake Washington under its own power. This momentous milestone marked the first time a powered light rail vehicle traversed a floating bridge,...
Wrong-way driver in WSDOT hit-and-run identified as pedestrian killed on I-5
SEATTLE, Wash. — A wrong-way driver who fled the scene after striking a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) vehicle was later identified as the pedestrian killed on Interstate 5. The Washington State Police saidthe incident began around 7:40 p.m. on Friday when a WSDOT employee reported being hit...
230 New Apartments Coming to Downtown Bellevue in 2027
A new luxury apartment project called Perle is set to open in downtown Bellevue in late 2027. The development is a partnership between Spokane-based SRM and Haseko North America, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s largest condominium builder. The announcement and construction start were confirmed in a September 11 press...
Stolen Car Jumps Seattle Drawbridge To Evade Police
The stolen Audi Q5 broke through barriers and jumped across the gap in the bridge, risking a plunge of more than 40 feet to the water below.

















