More than 9,000 without power in western Washington
SEATTLE — More than 9,000 people were without power in western Washington Saturday morning as a weather system made its way through the region. According to Puget Sound Energy (PSE), 9,000 customers are without power as of 11:30 a.m. The largest concentration of outages is in Snohomish County, in and around...
‘Could be problematic.’ Did Sheriff Swank alter records submitted to the court?
A King County judge has said that Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank appears to have altered text messages he was asked to hand over to a public records officer in an effort to remove messages that could be perceived as offensive. Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan wrote in a court order dated Oct. 22 that altering a...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outages: The Result of Senior Engineers Leaving Seattle
The recent outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday was not due to a cyberattack, contrary to some speculations. However, critics have drawn attention to Amazon's recent layoffs, which have seen at least 27,000 employees, including senior engineers, lose their jobs since 2022. This has sparked a debate on the...
Sound Transit board approves 1% property tax increase; cost overruns up to $34.5B
(The Center Square) – Residents in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties will pay more in property taxes next year, as the Sound Transit Board of Directors has approved a 1% property tax increase as the agency faces an estimated more than $30 billion in cost overruns on its Sound Transit 3 expansion projects. Sound...
Seattle Police to Receive 13% Pay Raise: City Council Discusses Budget and Public Safety...
Seattle City Councilmembers Joy Hollingsworth and Bob Kettle discussed a new contract that gives Seattle police officers a 13% pay raise. This raise makes them the highest paid officers in Washington state. The discussion took place on a program hosted by Brian Callanan. The councilmembers explained what the city...
Seattle police investigate possible armed robbery
Seattle police officers were dispatched to reports of an armed robbery at an apartment building in downtown Seattle Friday night.
Lynnwood Police Department addresses concerns over ALPR camera data use
LYNNWOOD—The Lynnwood Police Department on Friday, October 24, issued a statement to clarify and “address potential misconceptions” of its use of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology in response to a recent report by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights. The report titled, “Leaving the...
Other WA police agencies require cameras to stay on — Pierce County’s policy only...
Some police departments require body cameras to stay on. Pierce County’s policy says deputies only “should.”. While many major law enforcement agencies, including the Seattle Police Department (SPD), require officers to keep their body cameras rolling once it’s activated, a policy designed to protect both suspects...
‘Hot dogs out of a backpack’: Jake weighs in on vendor crackdown at Lumen...
More than a dozen unpermitted food vendors were shut down outside Lumen Field, many of which were operating without sufficient refrigeration or handwashing, KING 5 reported Wednesday. KIRO host Jake Skorheim shared his own experience with a food vendor outside the stadium. “My son and I went to a Mariners...
Violent crime plummets 36% in downtown Seattle, lowest since 2017
Between June and August 2025, officials reported that violent crime incidents in downtown Seattle dropped by 36% compared to the same period in 2024.
