Bellevue Garners 2025 Frank Chopp Public Sector Champion Award for Affordable Housing Commitment
The City of Bellevue has been named the 2025 Frank Chopp Public Sector Champion for its commitment to affordable housing, according to the Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County. This accolade comes as recognition of Bellevue's efforts to address the housing affordability crisis, showcasing the city's...
Governor signs rent stabilization bill into law, prompting praise and concern
SEATTLE, Wash. – Governor Ferguson signed a slate of bills around housing Wednesday afternoon, including the contentious cap on rent increases that passed on the last day of this year’s legislative session.
Seattle police nab alleged armed drug dealer downtown
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) reported officers arrested a 32-year-old drug dealer armed with a loaded handgun during a late-night drug bust Wednesday. Detectives revealed the man’s concealed pistol license had expired. More critically, he was a denied firearm applicant—legally barred from carrying a concealed...
Vendor data breach affects Providence Swedish patient information
Providence Swedish said it was recently notified of a security event at a former collections vendor, Nationwide Recovery Services (NRS), affecting the records of patients of Stevens Memorial Hospital, now known as Swedish Edmonds. According to a hospital news release, NRS alerted Providence Swedish of the breach...
Videos capture inmate slipping past officers at Sea-Tac Airport
An inmate escaped custody while being transported by a contracted agent with a law enforcement agency out of Kentucky, at the Seattle-Tacoma International (Sea-Tac) Airport Sunday, Port of Seattle Police reported. The Port of Seattle released videos on Wednesday of 28-year-old Sedrick T. Stevenson evading officers...
Pie Bird Bakeshop To Open Location in July
It was recently announced by Pie Bird Bakeshop owner Hannah Jacobsen that she will be opening her new bakeshop at 2218 NW Market Street. According to the Pie Bird website, Jacobsen founded her business in 2018 and has been showcasing her pies at farmers markets in the area. She started out making pies from picked...
SEA Airport aircraft fuelers vote to authorize strike
150 aircraft fuelers at SEA Airport are now poised to walk off the job after teamsters voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize a strike.
Bellevue police launch emphasis patrols after 163% spike in speeding tickets
Police in Bellevue are cracking down on speeders with emphasis patrols starting this Friday and continuing every weekend throughout the month of May.
Cloudier weather, big cooldown ahead for Seattle
SEATTLE - After highs jumped to the upper 70s and low 80s on Tuesday afternoon, temperatures will only reach the upper 50s and low 60s around Puget Sound today. It'll be noticeably cloudier as well. There’s a small chance for light showers at times this afternoon and tonight, primarily east of the I-5 corridor....
Rantz: End the misery of Bumbershoot Seattle after another aggressively bad lineup
We’re told that all good things must come to an end. If that’s still the case, mediocre ones are bound to die too, and we shouldn’t delay the inevitable. Enter the 2025 edition of the Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival, a perfect example of a festival clinging to life when it should’ve bowed out gracefully.