Rumors spread like wildfire around the internet in early January, claiming that the state Board of Health was meeting to set up forced quarantine facilities for the unvaccinated. Protesters later flocked to the state Department of Health offices in Tumwater,…

After soaring to record numbers in January, COVID-19 cases in King County appear to finally be trending downward. King County COVID cases soar by nearly 200% over holiday weekend The latest update from Seattle-King County Public Health indicates that cases…

As of Tuesday morning, there is only one intensive care bed available in all of Snohomish County. New mass COVID vaccination site opens in Snohomish County Snohomish County Health Officer Dr. Chris Spitters says that while COVID-19 cases are beginning…

Republic Services and Teamsters 542, whose sanitation and trash collection workers from the San Diego area have been on strike since mid-December, have ratified a new contract, settling a dispute over allegations of unfair labor practices. The strike extended north…

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano had the entire West Coast of the United States under a tsunami warning for most of Saturday. But the volcano’s effect on the Seattle area manifested in a different, more peculiar…

In July of 2006, a 12-year-old girl who had run away from home in search of her mother made her way to Seattle. It was a beautiful sunny day. It was the day of the Torchlight Parade. The girl, who…

Years ago, whenever an unincorporated neighborhood in Washington was being annexed into a city, something known as a community council would be formed to ensure that the newly-added area was adequately represented in the transition. Nowadays, only two such councils…

A coalition of public defenders and corrections officers are demanding that the county take immediate action to relieve a short-staffed jail system overburdened with COVID cases. King County Corrections Guild calls for two-week shutdown of jail operations In a letter…

Frigid temperatures had the Seattle Department of Transportation working to fill hundreds of potholes across the city in early January. Wet weather, potholes in Washington make grocery deliveries challenging SDOT received reports of new potholes in almost 600 locations across…

A state lawmaker from Seattle is pushing to offer financial incentives to state residents if they give up their gas-powered yard tools. Seattle takes new approach in latest bid to curb use of natural gas in homes State Sen. Reuven…