Parks Tacoma lays off staff due to $8M budget shortfall
TACOMA, Wash. — Parks Tacoma faces an $8 million budget shortfall that has resulted in layoffs and dozens of other jobs being impacted. The department laid off 14 employees the week of Sept. 29. Ten people accepted voluntary separation packages, and 25 open positions were frozen and will be left unfilled. This...
Walmart to close busy store this month and lay off over 250 workers
Walmart announced it is closing a store location in Washington state at the end of this month. About 250 employees will be affected by this move, but the company said it would offer employees the ability to transfer to another store.
Armed duo robs 7-Eleven in Seattle with dog; 1 arrested, 1 at large
An armed 22-year-old man was arrested Saturday morning after he allegedly robbed a 7-Eleven with his dog and another female suspect in Seattle.
Have you seen them? Two teenagers missing from Renton
Officials are searching for two teenagers missing from Renton.
Man calls 911 after seeing someone drive off in his car while inside Kent...
A 27-year-old man from Enumclaw is accused of stealing someone’s car while they were inside a restaurant and causing a wrong-way crash.
Projected Timeline Of High-Speed Rail In The Pacific Northwest
Imagine zipping from Vancouver to Portland in less than an hour. That dream might be closer than you think, but there’s a lot to unravel.
Seattle scientist shares Nobel Prize in medicine for work on the human immune system
A Seattle scientist was among three who won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their work on the human immune system.
Starbucks workers plan protest at Seattle HQ after mass store closures
Starbucks baristas and local union leaders are planning a protest at the company’s headquarters, located in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood, at 12 p.m. Monday.
Tacoma has WA’s deadliest 10-mile stretch of highway, report says. Where is it?
The Tacoma area has the deadliest 10-mile stretch of highway in Washington, according to a new report. The section of Interstate 5 between South 38th Street and State Route 18 saw 22 fatal crashes between 2019 and 2023, according to an analysis published by Seattle Injury Law. Twenty-five people died in those wrecks,...
Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling...
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
