Seattle WA

While The Seattle Times reported Washington utilities are exploring cutting energy costs by remotely controlling thermostats during spikes, KIRO host Jake Skorheim said there is “no way in heck” he would allow that. “No way in heck I do this,” Jake said on “The Jake and Spike Show”...

A Hazen High School student is accused of committing a double murder after taking a bus from Renton to Seattle. On March 20, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (KCPAO) charged a 16-year-old boy, who was 15 at the time of the homicides, with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of unlawful...

In January, the Puget Sound Regional Council reported that the region had lost 12,900 jobs last year. Last year’s losses were the first annual decrease in jobs since 2009 at the depth of the Great Recession. John Curley, host of “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio, addressed the...

Something doesn’t add up in Seattle right now. We are asking more from our businesses than ever, while increasingly treating them like the problem. We are home to some of the most innovative companies in the world. They create good-paying jobs. They bring people back downtown. They support small businesses. And they...

SEATTLE - High pressure will continue to build on Friday, allowing for dry skies and mild temperatures with a few areas of patchy fog to start Friday. Highs will be a few degrees warmer on Friday, reaching the mid to upper 50s with nice afternoon sunshine. The Mariners game Friday...

After years of delays and revised plans, the project to redevelop a section of NW Market St appears to be moving forward. The plans call for a new mixed-use development at 1740 NW Market St., where Holland Partner Group is pursuing an eight-story project with 239 apartments, 140 parking spaces, and ground-floor retail.

A local software developer has created a tool designed to help drivers communicate about common parking issues without confrontation. Pankaj Luthra, a longtime Seattle resident who previously lived in Fremont, said he built the web-based app PlateBuddy after years of dealing with blocked driveways and other parking...

Seattle Mayor Kate Wilson told representatives of the city's tourism community Thursday that federal Department of Homeland Security agents will be at The World Cup, but she doesn't believe there

An investigation is underway after an inmate died at the Kitsap County Jail.

Washington just set an all-time record for diesel prices this week. Now the all-time record for unleaded gasoline in Seattle is in the crosshairs too. And one of the country’s leading fuel analysts is warning this could get worse than the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s. Patrick De...