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Sound Transit has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Everett Link Extension, opening a 45-day comment period through Nov. 2, 2026. The proposed 16-mile extension will feature six new light rail stations and a major Operations and Maintenance Facility North (OMF North) requiring 80 to 100-pl

CLALLAM COUNTY, Wash. — A Kitsap County jury has awarded more than $30 million to a Clallam County sheriff’s deputy who lost his right leg below the knee after an AR-15 unintentionally discharged during a mandatory firearms qualification. On Sept. 17, 2026, the jury returned a $30,176,905 gross...

The exit ramp to West Seattle from northbound I-5 is fully blocked due to a garbage truck burning in the middle of the roadway. The garbage truck caught on fire in the median on the West Seattle Bridge at approximately 12:40 p.m. and initially did not block any lanes, according to KIRO Newsradio Traffic.

A local environmental group is suing Swire Coca-Cola, USA, and Western Washington Coca-Cola Bottling. Waste Action Project, a Covington-based nonprofit, claimed polluted runoff from Coca-Cola’s Bellevue bottling facility entered Goff Creek and ultimately Lake Washington. The nonprofit is being represented by Seattle la

Wait, what?! A video I posted this weekend about Seattle’s business climate took off on social media, and I don’t think that happened because everybody suddenly became fascinated with business policy. I think it’s because people are starting to wonder whether we are paying attention to what’s happening to Seattle’s eco

(The Center Square) - Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced a $1.7 million plan Sunday to help independent grocery stores boost business, stopping short of a campaign idea and previous city ideas that would have had Seattle operating supermarkets. Wilson floated the idea of Seattle entering the grocery business during h

SEATTLE — The criminal cases against 33 people accused of occupying a UW engineering building are expected to end without criminal convictions or restitution paid to the University of Washington, following 16 months of legal wrangling and $1 million in damages. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 33..

Seattle has about 30 housing projects stuck in the pipeline, and KIRO fill-in host Angela Poe Russell said the numbers explain why builders are walking away from the city. “Second-quarter housing permit applications are down 94% from the same period in 2020,” Angela said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio.

A man pretending to shop for beer pulled a black handgun on a gas station clerk in Morgan Junction just after 10 p.m. Sunday, ordering him away from the register and walking off with as much as $2,000 in cash. Seattle Police officers on uniformed patrol responded to the robbery call.

The flagship of the best donut shop in Washington is two stories of glass with wall-to-wall books, which makes it look considerably more like a reading room than a place that fries dough. Writers actually work upstairs, where the light is dimmer. The monorail runs directly overhead. It is the least donut-shop-looking d