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A 58-year-old Kent woman received a 17-month prison sentence for a long-lasting fraud scheme that stole more than $1 million in benefits from the Veterans Administration (VA) designed to help severely disabled veterans. Kelly M. Lee-Carroll recruited her sister and her son to the scheme to defraud Veterans...

Spring arrives this weekend, and with it the spring ferry schedule. It’s the yearly sign that we are emerging from the darkness. It’s also a good time to remind people to stop cutting in line.

KENT, Wash. - A Kent woman was sentenced to over a year in prison for defrauding more than $1 million in benefits from the Veterans Administration. Kelly M. Lee-Carroll, 58, had a long-running scheme where she falsely claimed she was unable to walk and needed round-the-clock care, where in actuality she was traveling...

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Josh Underhill’s Family Furniture here is going out of business after 80 years. The Underhill Family has partnered with furniture promotional specialists Planned Furniture Promotions to guide their company through its final chapter. “An 80-year family legacy is something truly special,” said Tom...

Seattle’s Sound Transit is launching a night bus pilot program that will offer 24-hour access to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. According to an article in Mass Transit, “After trains stop running on March 28, the night bus—Route 570—will start rolling between downtown Seattle and SeaTac airport about every...

Seattle City Light (SCL) is facing perhaps the most consequential time of its 120-year history as the utility begins the search for new power resources needed to head off looming electricity shortages. Brownouts may be in the future. Later this year, SCL will issue requests for proposals for new wind...

Another piece of Seattle history is dimming its lights. After more than a century in Pioneer Square, Seattle Lighting permanently closed its flagship location at 222 Second Avenue Extension South on February 15, 2026, ending a 109-year run in the same neighborhood. The property, which includes two historic buildings...

Police believe a Federal Way man was responsible for a shooting that left six people injured in San Jose, Calif., hours after the Super Bowl. The man, 46, was taken into custody in Federal Way on Wednesday and booked into the King County Jail. He is charged in King County District Court with being a fugitive from...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) says a 40-year-old man was arrested for damaging nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of glass at Seattle Center’s Chihuly museum on Monday night.

The new service will run daily, with it operating at one trip per day in each direction. Service for this new route begins Wednesday, March 18.