Month: November 2021

If you get your Christmas tree at a place that’s been selling them year after year, you likely don’t need to worry about the talk of a supply chain problem this year since most local tree lots have long-term relationships…

Gov. Jay Inslee, King County Executive Dow Constantine, and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan released a joint statement on Monday, detailing their respective strategies regarding the emergence of the omicron variant. Still ‘a lot we don’t know’ about omicron variant, says…

As wet weather persists across the region, the Seattle area has officially set an all-time record for fall rain. Puget Sound region’s year of record-breaking weather continues According to the National Weather Service, Sea-Tac Airport — where the NWS measures…

Seattle’s 2021 general election results have long since been decided, but there’s plenty to glean from recently-released data that provides a broader picture of how moderate candidates prevailed over their more progressive counterparts. Red-lining, race, and wealth continue to form…

Sound Transit is investigating an incident where a stopped train led to passengers exiting into the tunnels shortly after the Apple Cup last Friday. Light rail finally reaches Northgate, a promise 25 years in the making The light rail line…

Seattle City Council members will begin work this week on an early draft of their priorities for the state’s upcoming 2022 legislative session. Beyond the defund debate: Will new SPD budget deliver on promise of reform? The draft outlines a…

As a new omicron variant has sparked concern across the globe, the good news in Washington state is that COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped in the past week. Mayfield: How scared of the omicron variant should we actually be? “The daily…

Lakewood’s Clover Park High School has announced that it is in the process of changing the school’s mascot to comply with a new state law that prohibits the use of Native American iconography in public schools. The school, currently home…

While the pandemic lingers in Washington state, one of its relics disappears. A local distillery, Copperworks Distilling Company, has been ordered to shut down its manufacturing of hand sanitizer, a pivot the company made in 2020 away from supplying local…

The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission has released the recall Councilmember Kshama Sawant political action committee “A Better Seattle” from its campaign contribution limits. New PAC forms amid bid to recall Kshama Sawant, petitions for release from spending limits On…