Seattle WA

Lisa Qian, a former data scientist with LinkedIn and AirBnb, will be tasked with developing citywide AI strategy, educating employees and establishing ethical AI standards.

The King County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to keep an eye out for a 13-year-old boy who was last seen in SeaTac early Tuesday morning.

Seattle harbors a retail phenomenon where your humble Andrew Jackson can transform from a crumpled bill into a shopping superpower that would make extreme couponers weep with joy. The Dollar Tree on Aurora Avenue isn’t just another bargain outlet – it’s a wonderland where financial limitations go to die and...

Is Washington and the Pacific Northwest ready for a Wet Rat Winter? What even is that, and why should we be prepared for it (or against it)?

(The Center Square) – Seattle officials are considering changes to city rules that allow limited upper-level commercial signage downtown as part of a broader effort to support the area’s economic revitalization. Seattle Municipal Code generally limits commercial signs over 65 feet above sidewalk grade in downtown...

Nearly six weeks after thousands of Starbucks union workers began to strike over contract negotiations, the standoff with the Seattle-based coffee giant hasn't budged. Now, the majority of striking baristas are set to return to work, according to the company and Starbucks Workers United, the union representing...

Joe Nguyen is stepping down as director of Washington state’s Department of Commerce and is expected to be named the next leader of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber. Nguyen told Commerce employees on Tuesday that he is leaving but didn’t disclose his new job. He said he didn’t anticipate taking off “until sometime in...

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — The Lynnwood Police Department released a video of an actual crime to warn the public about a trend of violent, organized robberies across the Puget Sound region. Police said that on Dec. 15, an elderly couple was attacked and robbed in the parking lot of the...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — Forecast models are signaling a high-impact windstorm threat along the I-5 corridor in Washington and Oregon, with impacts possible from southern Oregon through western Washington as a rapidly developing low-pressure system tracks northward along the Pacific Coast around Christmas Eve into early...

A 75-year-old woman was struck and blinded in a violent attack outside the King County Courthouse earlier this month, and the suspect charged in the case had a long history of arrests, including