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OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Health is investigating two separate hantavirus-related cases. The first case involves three King County residents who were potentially expose to the Andes strain of hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. Two people were exposed on a flight with a...

Former Seattle-area real estate broker Michael D. McGuire is headed to federal prison after a jury convicted him of wire fraud and tax evasion. On Friday, a judge sentenced McGuire to 46 months behind bars and ordered him to repay $1,066,388.64 to investors and the Internal Revenue Service. According to...

MONROE, Wash. — Police have apprehended an inmate who escaped from the Monroe Correctional Complex. Samuel Evans Kimble, 25, escaped the minimum security unit at 10:53 p.m. Thursday, according to the Washington State Department of Corrections. He was apprehended at 12:15 p.m. Friday at the Lynnwood Transit Station foll

When an independent audit last month found that the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) was running a $45 million deficit, including $13 million in funds unaccounted for or overspent, the public outrage was palpable. The forensic evaluation was damning, describing KCRHA’s internal accounting processes a

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is opening new public restrooms in Pioneer Square using a ceremonial toilet paper ribbon-cutting. The city partnered with Throne Labs to install four solar-powered facilities that offer running water without requiring sewer or water line connections. Throne Labs will be responsible for cleani

HUNGRY FOR NEWS? Welcome to our Friday Feed, where we run through all the local food and restaurant news this month—and maybe help you figure out where to eat this weekend. Two extremely popular suburban restaurants have opened the doors to much-anticipated Seattle locations this month. Tendon Kohaku, the Singapore-bas

The state Department of Ecology issued two penalties totaling more than $42,000 to the owner of two Kent Chevron gas stations for repeated violations of state and federal laws regulating underground storage tanks. The stations are Kangley Chevron, 26220 116th Ave. SE and Central Chevron, 1208 Central Ave. N., according

You know that feeling when you’re standing next to someone way better-looking in a photo? That painful comparison you can’t escape? Seattle is living that right now — and Bellevue is the attractive friend. Even Mayor Katie Wilson sees it. She recently admitted she thinks “it’s a...

A plan for a striking 21-story mass-timber tower at Pike Street and Third Avenue has quietly fallen apart, leaving one of downtown Seattle’s most visible corners back in limbo. Developers withdrew their application on Friday for the project that would have replaced the former Ross Dress for Less store...

New legal claims filed by veteran Black Seattle police officers Michael Griffin and Corey Foy are raising renewed questions about workplace culture, accountability, and racial discrimination within the Seattle Police Department. Filed in King County Superior Court by Attorney James Bible, these claims detail allegation