Seattle WA

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is working to return a lost little cow home after she was found by the side of the road in Kirkland. WSDOT crews spotted the stuffed animal on the shoulder of NB I-405, just south of 116th, in Kirkland on Wednesday, February 4. The team brought her to safety,...

A 68-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder and felony hit-and-run in the death of an 88-year-old woman at a Bellevue YMCA parking lot last month. Police say Mark Adams struck and killed Shinko Oshino on Feb. 28 before fleeing and later hitting two pedestrians in separate crashes in Tacoma the same day.

An entity tied to Seattle restaurateur Angela Dunleavy is renovating the former Salumi storefront at the base of the Mottman Building in Pioneer Square for a new venue called Doris Social. The project would replace a longtime neighborhood fixture and is another sign that restaurant life is creeping back into...

COVINGTON, Wash. — The man suspected of stabbing a 17-year-old Skyline High School student to death has been released from custody, with prosecutors saying they lack sufficient evidence to file charges despite witness accounts and video of the confrontation. Saef Kamil of Sammamish was killed March 1 at the...

Last Saturday, Africatown Community Land Trust co-founder Wyking Garrett unveiled a $107 million investment plan for the Black community during the organization’s annual State of Africatown address. Garrett said the initiative reaffirms a long term strategy to strengthen Black homeownership, reduce displacement and...

Enjoy the dry afternoon, because rain is abound for the next two weeks throughout the Puget Sound region. By Thursday night, there is a 60% chance of rain, according to The Weather Channel. Light rain is expected to hit the region early morning Friday, with 11 of the following 13 days having a 55% or higher chance of...

(Hiawatha Play Area, as seen when project first surfaced in 2019) As reported here a month ago, the Hiawatha Play Area moving-and-renovating project has gone out to bid; now that the community center has reopened, the playground project is in the spotlight. Tomorrow (Wednesday, March 4) is the deadline for interested...

North Seattle’s Aurora Avenue just hit a new milestone in its ongoing makeover, with local nonprofit LIHI celebrating the topping out of a seven-story senior housing building at 12245 Aurora Ave N. The 125th Senior Housing project is set to deliver roughly 90 energy-efficient apartments, including one live-in staff...

In the Wenatchee Valley, your backyard oasis could be someone else’s headache. Let’s talk about the fine line between enjoyment and neighborly disputes.

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Energy storage has steadily expanded over the last twelve years. This growth may be mostly because of how much battery prices have dropped in the period, which is as much as a 75% decline. Individual homeowners and some business owners,...