Washington’s first battery ferry to enter service next week
Washington’s first plug-in ferry will begin shuttling cars and passengers across Puget Sound by the end of next week. Gov. Bob Ferguson made the announcement Thursday during a celebratory demonstration lap around Elliott Bay on the ferry Wenatchee, concluding a challenging conversion to hybrid-electric propulsion...
Issaquah woman accused of forging checks, stealing $630,000 from employer
The Issaquah Police Department arrested a woman Wednesday, accused of stealing $630,000 from her employer over about seven years.
Early Childhood Educators At Head Starts And Other Programs Say They’re Facing Even More...
A survey by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) of more than 10,000 early childhood educators across the country illustrates how insufficient public investment in our early childhood education system burdens educators across all settings and the families they serve; and how it...
A look at the history of Pier 58: From the Gold Rush to revitilization
Pier 58, which was originally called Schwabacher’s Wharf, and then Pier 7, has a past covered in grit, gold-dust, and go-getters. This spot is where the Seattle of the 21st century was born.
Victim died of asphyxiation after being duct taped during Renton burglary
Edy Omar Romero-Diaz and Huy Huu Nguyen face multiple charges including first-degree murder. Axel Enrique Chirinos-Banegas was found dead in his Renton apartment in March 2025. Surveillance, fingerprints and DNA linked the suspects to the scene of the alleged burglary and homicide, according to charging documents....
Police: Two teens arrested in Seattle stabbing of 17-year-old girl
Seattle police confirmed Thursday that two teenagers had been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 17-year-old girl in West Seattle last weekend.
13-year-old hailed as hero for saving boy from drowning in Everett, WA’s Silver Lake
EVERETT, Wash. - A 13-year-old from Sedro-Woolley is being hailed as a hero after rescuing an 11-year-old that nearly drowned at Silver Lake near Everett. He jumped into the water to search for the younger boy after he fell from a dock and never resurfaced. The backstory:. The rescue happened...
Belltown Hellcat Driver Faces Sentencing After Reckless Driving Conviction
Miles Hudson, the man notorious as the “Belltown Hellcat” driver in Seattle, is set to be sentenced on Monday following his conviction for reckless driving in June. The 22-year-old garnered significant backlash from residents in his former Seattle neighborhood due to his modified Dodge Charger, which he would drive...
Rantz: Seattle residents beg city to curb rowdy, noisy Magnuson Park after years of...
For more than two years, neighbors have complained of the excessive noise from Magnuson Park as young people gather for nightlong parties, blasting music that can be heard and felt over a mile away. But the city has yet to successfully tackle the crisis. Local leaders previously said they’d stop...
DRUGSTORE TURNOVER: More than just Rite Aid and Bartell
While big changes loom for four freestanding West Seattle drugstores – California Rite Aid and both Bartell Drugs converting to CVS, Westwood Rite Aid closing – change is apparently on the way to at least one other local drugstore too. Our routine check of commercial listings reveals that the Roxbury Walgreens is...