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In 2006, Edith Macefield turned down $1 million for her Ballard farmhouse. Developers built a five-story complex around it instead. Here's what happened next.

Seattle City Councilmember Bob Kettle warned that Mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed budget could put Seattle’s recent public safety progress at risk. Kettle pointed to a proposed cap of 1,250 police positions and said staffing levels could leave about 1,100 officers deployable by the end of 2028. But, even with those conce

The South Sound will see rain and high winds on Tuesday. According to a news release from the National Weather Service, wind gusts will range from 25 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour along the interior, compared to 35- to 45-mph winds along the coast and across parts of Whatcom and Snohomish counties. There is a 40%

KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. — A man died after an armed standoff with law enforcement at a home in unincorporated Bremerton, and the Washington State Office of Independent Investigations is reviewing the shooting, officials said Tuesday. Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies were called about 8:45 p.m. Monday to a residence in...

A Seattle-area advertising executive took out a full-page ad in Sunday’s Seattle Times to tell Mayor Katie Wilson that the region’s homelessness response is failing—and that City Hall needs to measure what each taxpayer-funded program actually accomplishes. Robert “Bob” Hacker founded The Hacker Group, a direct marketi

West Seattle has a new chicken spot. Starbird Chicken opened its first Washington restaurant Monday on Fauntleroy Way SW, right next to Whole Foods near the Alaska Junction. If you haven’t heard of Starbird, you probably don’t spend much time in California. The San Francisco chain has a loyal following there for its cr

There are bad decisions, no doubt about that. Then there are decisions where the consequences show up before you can even leave the scene. Seattle police are searching for two suspects who allegedly tried to steal fuel from box trucks at a rental truck lot in the SODO neighborhood early Friday morning.

Tutta Bella, the brand that introduced VPN-certified Neapolitan-style pizza to the Pacific Northwest, has begun cutting back its brick-and-mortar restaurant presence in the Seattle area. But it appears to be part of a strategic move further into the retail pizza business. According to a recent announcement on social me

A group of Seattle property owners has filed a claim against the city over what they describe as a growing homeless encampment marked by fires and violence. The owners said the city blocked them from clearing the property themselves. According to the group, the encampment occupies four vacant lots in...

Seattle's socialist mayor, Katie Wilson, has a brilliant nonsolution to the problem of theft from the city's grocery stores: Spend $1.7 million for more security at private grocery stores.