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The Seattle Police Department (SPD) will no longer offer hiring bonuses as of September 1, citing budget concerns — a major shift even as the department struggles to put enough officers on the street.

More than 200 educators gathered Saturday afternoon in Judkins Park to prepare for a strike that could delay the first day of classes at Seattle Public Schools. Teachers, paraeducators and instructional aides organized, made signs and practiced picket lines and chants in the event the district doesn’t reach a tentative

REDMOND, Wash. - A man was accused of driving drunk on Thursday after his car crashed into a crosswalk in Redmond, according to the Redmond Police Department. Police said the man's blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit. What we know:. Police said that officers responded to...

SEATTLE — Thousands of Washington public employees represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees plan to walk off the job Monday at more than 100 worksites statewide, as the union presses for a new contract covering about 52,000 workers. The union said walkouts are scheduled at more than...

One person is reported hurt and a private ambulance was called rather than an SFD medic unit, so injuries are apparently not major; we’re following up with SFD. An SDOT incident-response team was also summoned, to clean up a fluid spill. Avoid the area for a while. 22blades August...

(Osprey and prey, photographed by Rainer Klett) Here’s what to know for August’s final Sunday – a relatively short list for today/tonight, mostly regular weekly or monthly events from our West Seattle Event Calendar:. WEST SEATTLE RUNNING CLUB: 8:30 am, meet at Alki Statue of Liberty (61st/Alki)...

A Seattle mother has been charged for allegedly being responsible for her one-year-old child consuming fentanyl, and dying from that consumption, prosecutors say. Just after midnight on Aug. 23, Seattle police officers and medics responded to an apartment on S Grand St. for a child who reportedly wasn't breathing. Divi

Somewhere between the ferry dock and the Norwegian bakeries of Poulsbo, Washington, there’s a diner that figured out something most restaurants never do: the past is a perfectly good place to eat. The Green Light Diner has been serving up nostalgia and seriously good food in equal measure, and...

Seattle is waking up under clouds Sunday, with temperatures around 57 degrees and a breezy southeast wind at the latest observation. The gray start should give way to brighter skies later in the day, with a high near 69 and only a 5% chance of rain. According to the National...

FOX 13 Seattle provides updates on the wildfires burning throughout the state of Washington, including the Little Giant Fire, Kaiser Canyon Fire, Colwash Fire, and the Sinlahekin Fire.