Microsoft confirms largest layoffs since 2023, 3,100 Seattle-area jobs cut between May-July
Microsoft is laying off approximately 9,100 employees, the tech giant confirmed Wednesday. It’s the largest round of job cuts since 2023, The Seattle Times confirmed, equivalent to 4% of Microsoft’s workforce. The company had about 228,000 employees worldwide as of June 2024. According to the Washington State...
Suspect in Broadmoor apartment domestic violence police shooting died by suicide
Investigators say the suspect in a domestic violence shootout with police at an E Madison apartment last month died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The King County Medical Examiner says Daniel Jolliffe, 53, died by suicide. CHS reported here on the Friday, June 20th shootout and standoff as Jolliffe attacked...
Microsoft’s largest layoff in years hits Xbox, sales and other divisions
Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years. The tech giant began sending out layoff notices Wednesday that hit the company’s Xbox video game business and other divisions. Among those losing their jobs are 830 workers tied to Microsoft’s...
Arlington man may have been spotted three months after he disappeared
A family believes a missing Arlington man has been spotted in Kirkland. If so, he was nearly 40 miles away from home.
More preschool, bigger tax bill: Seattle voters to decide on $1.3B education levy
It’s now up to Seattle voters to decide on a six-year $1.3 billion levy that funds early-learning programs for the city’s youth. On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise, or FEPP, Levy, with a focus on funding childcare in the city to ease the financial...
Rantz: Citizens group launches ordinance to ban homeless encampments in King County
A new bipartisan citizens group is taking on the crisis of homeless encampments that King County politicians have allowed to spiral out of control. The Quality of Life Coalition launched its campaign Tuesday, filing a new ordinance to restore safety and compassion to a region that has lost its way.
Suspect in Seattle journalist attack contacts victim; still no arrest
Sixteen days after a brutal attack on an independent journalist as he was covering anti-ICE protests in Seattle, the alleged suspect has still not been arrested. The attack was captured on video.
Local Special Olympics swimmer takes gold at state championships
Hezekiah Hewes, a Battle Ground Public Schools Futures Program enrollee, has experienced success in the Washington State Special Olympics State Swimming before, but it has been a couple of years.
WEST SEATTLE TUESDAY: Here’s the list!
(Noctilucent clouds, photographed by Steven Rice) Here’s our list for your Tuesday, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:. SUMMER FOOD: As reported here Monday, there are multiple sites in West Seattle where kids can get breakfast, lunch, and/or snacks. CITY COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: The meeting...
New evidence links Travis Decker to WA triple-murder crime scene
DNA analysis has confirmed that blood found in a suspect's truck matches Travis Decker, the man accused of killing his three daughters. The multi-agency manhunt for Decker has now entered its fifth week, with coordinated search efforts continuing across Chelan and Kittitas counties. Authorities currently have no...
