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SEATTLE — King County officials say a dramatic surge in unpermitted hot dog vendors near Seattle sports venues is the work of centrally organized, multistate networks deliberately evading licensing requirements and potentially exploiting workers — findings that emerged from an eight-month KING 5 investigation. Health inspectors with Public...

Western Washington is home to an abundance of urban wildlife, animals that live and somehow thrive at the intersection of forests and concrete. Coyotes are the poster children of urban wildlife, scrappy scavengers who feed off a city’s critters, refuse and pets. Most cities across America coexist with coyotes, whether they know it or not, and the Seattle-Tacoma area is no exception. A...

LYNNWOOD—Support 7 will hold its fifth annual Reception and Auction this Saturday to raise funds for on-scene crisis care for trauma victims across south Snohomish County. The event is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 25 at the Community Life Center, 19820 Scriber Lake Road. Doors open at noon. Attendees can expect hearty appetizers, an espresso bar and...

The first time Dr. Anita Chopra had a long COVID patient, she cried. It was two years after the pandemic, she said, when the once-healthy patient described symptoms of weakness, chronic fatigue and frequently forgetting daily activities. "I still see him. He's in his late 40s, but the amount of...

SEATTLE — People living in Ballard are pushing back on Sound Transit's potential plans to cut or significantly scale back a voter-approved Link light rail expansion into their neighborhood. The community-led group Save Ballard Rail organized a march and rally in Ballard on Sunday to show support for the...

SEATTLE — A 26-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting reported early Sunday near Occidental Avenue South and South Jackson Street. Officers were dispatched at about 1:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting in the area. Police arrived and found the woman alert and conscious, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to her torso.

After its grand opening on April 1, Aslan Brewing Company’s new Seward Park location has quickly become a lively addition to the neighborhood. Taking over the former site of Zeeks Pizza at the corner of Genesee Street and 50th Avenue (4920 S Genesee St.), the expansion brings the brewery’s signature focus on 100% organic beer to South Seattle.

Firefighters rescued a man, a woman and a dog from a 3rd-floor window of an apartment that caught fire in Mountlake Terrace Sunday morning. The flames broke out just after midnight, at the Taluswood Apartments, on 236th St. S.W., about a block east of 44th Ave. W. Crews from South...

Seattle renters looking for a three-bedroom house with a yard are finding out the hard way that the classic family rental is quietly disappearing. What used to be a go-to option for growing households has turned into a hunt through a shrinking, more expensive slice of the market, shaped by higher prices, pandemic churn and a pivot toward smaller units.

An Arlington man died after crashing his motorcycle on Interstate 90 near Issaquah. Investigators say he lost control and struck a recessed storm drain.