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Mount Rainier Earthquake Swarm Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years on Washington 's Mount Rainier but say there is no indication that the cluster of quakes is cause for concern. The U.S. Geological Survey Cascades...

A Seattle family is suing Big Oil over a loved one’s death.

Participants in King County’ Washington’s Health Through Housing initiative (HTH), a ‘Housing First’ approach to assisting unhoused residents, are seeing marked improvements in their health, reports Guy Oron for Real Change. People in the program, which has served close to 2,000 residents between 2021 and 2024,...

King County Metro and county leadership have been working on safety improvements for all public transit systems following several attacks on passengers and drivers.

(The Center Square) – Seattle City Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth wants to balance crackdowns on illegal graffiti with beautifying public spaces, after a popular “Hot Rat Summer” mural was painted over. During the public comment period of a Seattle Public Works Committee meeting on Wednesday, one resident spoke on a...

A new contemplative space for grief has opened in Ballard’s Crown Hill Cemetery: Seattle’s first Sanctuary Wind Phone. The installation, created by the Grievers Library, provides a quiet place for visitors to “call” and speak privately to a loved one they’ve lost. The wooden phone...

The WA State Employment Security Department and Geekwire are reporting Indeed is laying off 92 Seattle-area workers, including some who work remotely. Officials say it's part of an integration with Glassdoor. Indeed, the employment services company is also owned by the same parent company as Glassdoor. Glassdoor is a...

Seattle police have arrested a 25-year-old in connection to the death of a 72-year-old woman who was pulled from her burning home last month.

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The scene of the officer-involved shooting and standoff with 53-year-old suspect and ex-convict, Daniel Jolliffe, at the Broadmoor Manor apartment complex near Seattle’s Madison Park Neighborhood, on June 20, was chaotic. Body-worn cameras revealed three Seattle Police Officers who responded to a 911 domestic...