‘Boy in the tent’ enters school for the first time at age 10: ‘I...
A 10-year-old boy who lived in a tent in a park in North Seattle while his mother was trafficked on Aurora Avenue walked through school doors for the first time ever on Tuesday, capping a months-long rescue effort led by a local nonprofit and spurred by neighbors who refused to look away.
About 2,000 Fish Die Under I-90 Light Rail, Chinook Among the Carcasses
About 2,000 fish have died in Lake Washington near Sound Transit's new I-90 light rail crossing, and among the carcasses divers found were federally protected Chinook salmon. Amateur divers first spotted a pile of dead fish offshore from Seattle in August 2025, and by summer 2026 they had located nine to 12 separate pi
Seattle Mayor Wilson Signs Order To Stop Mid-Sized Firms From Fleeing City
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson signed an executive order Tuesday directing the city's Office of Economic Development to propose a new Seattle Strategic Initiatives Fund, an attempt to stop mid-sized firms from leaving town once they outgrow local startup incubators. The order lands alongside a newly published business clim
Harger: Two blue cities decided dealers don’t belong in recovery housing. Seattle hasn’t
Yes, I get frustrated writing about addiction and the streets in this region. But the frustration comes from somewhere simple: these are human beings who deserve to get better, and too often we prolong their suffering and call it kindness. So today, instead of just venting, I want to point at something that’s actually
‘Ain’t no part of bridge-building happening with this leadership’: Gee questions mayor joining Embassy...
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and King County Executive Girmay Zahilay joined striking Embassy Suites workers on the picket line in Pioneer Square on Labor Day. Wilson said she was there to support living wages. But KIRO host Gee Scott wasn’t buying it. “I’m the jerk that’s coming in and...
Five Latino Men Were Arrested by Immigration Agents at a Labor Day Camping Trip...
Five men from Western Washington are being held at the ICE detention center in Tacoma after a Labor Day weekend camping trip in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest ended with their arrest by federal immigration agents, according to their families. The men had traveled with their wives, children and relatives to
Woman hospitalized after violence in Bitter Lake
A woman was taken to the hospital after getting into some sort of a fight with a man in Seattle's Bitter Lake neighborhood, and police are still investigating.
Demolition Crews Raze Renton’s ‘Fentanyl Frat House’ Boeing Complex
Demolition crews are tearing down a sprawling North Renton office complex once owned by Boeing, finally clearing a site that for years was marked by vandalism, fires, and unauthorized occupants. The teardown comes after intense pressure from neighborhood residents who had grown weary of a property many locals blamed fo
Opening Night: This Tiny Pioneer Square Restaurant Is About to Be Standing Room Only
Welcome to Opening Night, our new column about hot new restaurants around Seattle. For our debut edition, we went to a media preview at Doris, a teeny-tiny Pioneer Square spot that oozes style. Longtime Seattleites may get a bit of a shock when they walk into Doris. The narrow, hallway-shaped...
Health Department closes unpermitted pop-up food vendors in Shoreline
Public Health lists the reason(s) the food business was closed. Reasons for closure may be due to food code violations and failure to follow the permitting process. Depending on the type of closure, additional information may include the date the facility was shut down, whether the business has reopened, the date it re
