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SEATTLE - Traffic was backed up about 8 miles on southbound I-5 after a crash involving two semi-trucks blocked multiple lanes on Wednesday morning. Seattle I-5 traffic: Crash on Ship Canal Bridge blocks lanes. What we know:. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) sent out the initial traffic alert..

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Thousands of King County residents could face changes to their health coverage beginning Oct. 1 as new federal Medicaid rules begin taking effect in Washington, followed in January by work requirements, more frequent eligibility renewals and shorter retroactive coverage periods for many adults enrolled in Apple Health.

A 39-year-old man on active state Department of Corrections supervision has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of a stranger in Seattle’s Westlake Park. Jake Skorheim and fill-in co-host Greg Tomlin said the case represents everything broken about the system’s handling of repeat offenders. “Thi

WALMART, Costco, Target and other retailers face strict fines under one city’s new plan to regulate prices. Seattle is looking to ban algorithmic pricing in chain retailers. The Fair Pricing and Transparency Ordinance would stop grocers from using shoppers’ data to set variable prices, both in-store and online.

Update: Seattle Police say Michelle has been found safe. Original: Seattle Police are looking for a 15-year-old girl who was last seen in the 1400 block of NW 57th St. in Ballard. According to SPD, her name is Michelle. She has long brown hair and was last seen wearing a...

Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Septembers in Washington since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Rankings are based on the lowest average temperature in each month. For each of the coldest months listed below, we've included the average state temperature, state-wide high

LYNDEN, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A Lynnwood man was arrested in connection to a scheme that police say defrauded a Lynden resident out of $60,000. Lynden Police Chief Jeremy Bos says the arrest stemmed from an ongoing investigation into an online scam. A Lynden resident had been told to withdraw...

A convicted felon was arrested in Bellevue after police say officers found a loaded .45-caliber handgun in his pocket. Alrick Hollingsworth served nearly seven years for shooting five people at a Seattle bus stop in 2016 and was released in February. Federal Way police have since identified Hollingsworth as a...

SEATTLE — Firefighters and hazardous materials crews were called to an apartment building near Seattle's iconic Pike Place Market on Tuesday. Just after 12:30 p.m., the Seattle Fire Department said the hazmat team was responding to the 90 block of Union Street to investigate an unknown substance in an apartment.