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Jamari Bland received a 15-year prison sentence Friday for killing a 26-year-old man aboard a Sound Transit Link light rail train on Feb. 25, 2024. The attack, which unfolded on a downtown train between the Pioneer Square and University Street stations, stunned riders and fueled calls for stronger security on Link. The judge also gave Bland credit for time already served...

Ruston Way is an alt-rock/pop duo in the Seattle and Tacoma area made up of Dalton Haegele (vocals/composer) and Connor Cai (drums). All questions have been answered by Haegele for this interview and have been edited for length/clarity. How long have you been writing/performing?. I started writing as Ruston Way...

The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is back!. This year's theme is the "SIFF Effect", meant to encapsulate that dizzying sensation generated by the shared experience of sitting in a theater with like-minded cinephiles. It's a feeling that only independent film can produce, and boy, are we grateful to have SIFF served to us across five venues in downtown Seattle over 10...

The State Hotel sits on the corner of Second and Pike, overlooking Seattle’s Pike Place Market and the waterfront, and just minutes away from Lumen Field. With six FIFA World Cup matches coming to Seattle this summer, it seems like the kind of downtown hotel that would fill up with people attending the games.

SEATTLE — The man who fatally shot another man on the Link light rail train in downtown Seattle in 2024 was sentenced Friday. Jamari Bland was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with credit for time served. The murder occurred on the light rail train in downtown Seattle between...

A 36-year-old man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Monday in Seattle’s Northgate neighborhood had a lengthy criminal record and nine active warrants at the time of his arrest.

Seattle Police are investigating a shooting connected to an altercation in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood that left a man wounded and later found in White Center Friday morning, May 8. Police said patrol officers responded around 10:54 a.m. to reports of a man brandishing a weapon and possible...

SEATTLE — Beneath Lake Union lies what researchers describe as an “underwater archive” of Seattle’s maritime history, and a growing effort using sonar and robotic submersibles is attempting to create the most comprehensive visual documentation yet of the dozens of shipwrecks scattered across the lakebed. Over...

Travelers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) will see emergency response vehicles on the airfield the morning of Wednesday, May 13, between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. “THIS IS AN EXERCISE ONLY!” the Port of Seattle said. The Port of Seattle will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise simulating an aircraft...

A late-night stretch of 35th Avenue South and South Findlay Street turned into a crime scene after a shooting left one person wounded and headed to Harborview Medical Center, according to Seattle police. Scene And Police Response. The Seattle Police Department said on X that officers were investigating a shooting...