Seattle WA

At the intersection of Renton Avenue and 75th Avenue in Skyway is the official home of Black Panther Park, a small community park and foraging forest dedicated to the legacy of the Black Panther Party’s People’s Free Food Program and other community programs. The park was constructed in...

A 64-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty to charges in an alleged food stamp fraud scheme that resulted in a more than $600,000 loss to a federal nutrition program. Manjit Bedi, the owner of a small Tacoma market, entered the not guilty plea Wednesday, April 22 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release...

Roughly 75 King County workers packed themselves into the lobby of the county’s downtown Seattle office building Tuesday to protest a return-to-office mandate. The mandate, which would require county employees to be in-office three days a week, was first introduced more than a year ago, but was never fully enforced. In January, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay announced he would impose...

Providence Health & Services is packing up its headquarters and heading to Renton, locking in a roughly 260,000-square-foot lease at the Longacres office campus that is being billed as the largest new office deal in greater Seattle so far this year. The health system will consolidate several administrative operations into the Glacier and Baker buildings on the former Boeing site and is planning...

King County Elections officials are pushing back on claims that elections are not secure after a citizen reportedly found a box of unused ballots near a dumpster in Renton.

A forensic audit of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) revealed on Wednesday that millions of dollars in public funds are missing.

SeaTac’s Silver Dollar Casino is cashing out for good, as Maverick Gaming shuts down the neighborhood card room on International Boulevard near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the latest turn of its long-running financial unwind. The closure, part of Maverick’s Chapter 11 reorganization, was first reported by the Puget Sound...

Approximately 65 employees have been laid off by Maverick Gaming, a Kirkland-based casino company, as it shuttered its Silver Dollar SeaTac Casino. The layoffs are scheduled to take effect on June 30 and span a wide range of positions, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed Tuesday. In...

A large apartment project is officially underway on NW Market St. The project is for a new mixed-use development at 1740 NW Market St., where Holland Partner Group is pursuing an eight-story project with 239 apartments, 140 parking spaces, and ground-floor retail. Ballard resident Jill Solomon lives just behind the...

Firefighters have determined a lit cigarette caused a fire that damaged two townhouses Tuesday afternoon in Lynnwood. Firefighters with South County Fire were first called to respond to the fire at approximately 4 p.m. near 164th Street and 4th Avenue W. in Lynnwood. When they arrived, crews saw flames that reached 30 feet high.