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Prices in the greater Seattle area rose 4.9% over the past year, according to federal data released Tuesday, outpacing a national inflation rate that itself hit a three-year high of 3.8%. “We are getting hit even harder than much of the rest of the country,” KIRO host Ursula Reutin said...

Seattle is facing a projected budget deficit of $488 million over the next three years. Mayor Katie Wilson, five months into the job and facing numbers that are $113 million worse than what her predecessor left behind, went on the Seattle Channel last week to explain how the city got here.

SEATTLE — A school bus carrying 40 to 50 children was involved in a crash Tuesday on southbound Interstate 5 near Northgate Way, according to the Washington State Patrol. No injuries were reported, Trooper Rick Johnson said. The crash happened just north of Northgate Way near milepost 173, according...

This week on Seattle Nice, we discussed tensions between Mayor Katie Wilson’s office and members of the City Council, whose frustration with a lack of collaboration between the second and seventh floors of city hall erupted last week when a Wilson staffer asked the council to hold off on passing a bill to implement the

The future of the light rail in Ballard is currently in flux amidst a $34.5 billion budget shortfall. Of the three options presented last month by Sound Transit to its Board of Directors, none would see the light rail extension continue through Ballard on its original timeline. An expansion for...

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SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a suspect in the shooting of a 25-year-old beer garden employee who was killed while closing the business Friday night. Homicide detectives took a 20-year-old man into custody on Monday in the death of Quusaa Margarsa, known to many as “Q.”. The suspect...

An Ohio-based developer has been quietly threading together a series of shopping centers and town-center projects across Washington, reshaping local retail without making much noise about it. What started years ago as a single Bainbridge Island land deal has gradually grown into a multi-city footprint that now stretche

Barnes & Noble has opened a new location in downtown Seattle, taking over the Pike Street spot formerly occupied by The North Face. Why it matters: The bookseller's return to the city center is a bright spot for downtown retail after several high-profile closures in recent years. Zoom in: The...

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A multi-day search for a missing 24-year-old Bothell man ended on Mount Pugh after Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue teams located him dead, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday afternoon. The man was reported missing on Sunday, May 10, after he failed...