Year: 2022

The Friday before the Fourth of July long weekend has fireworks retailers hopeful for a “boom” in business. And nowhere is this perhaps more evident than at the Northwest’s biggest fireworks marketplace. Boom City Fireworks on the Tulalip Reservation encompasses…

The Seattle Symphony is highlighting anime music in its performance all weekend. The project, which is music by Joe Hisaishi, was composed for the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki, according to Ralph Wilson, Vice President of artistic planning for…

This holiday weekend, air travelers should be prepared to face delays as large amounts of people are expected to pass through Seattle Airport. The largest days were predicted to be Thursday and Friday, with about 155,000 to 159,000 people expected…

Governor Jay Inslee has issued a directive today instructing the Washington State Patrol to not cooperate with out-of-state abortion investigations. This has been described as a preemptive move in case states where abortion is banned or significantly restricted seek to…

Starting today, a new law goes into effect that makes 4 million Washington residents eligible to receive free or discounted hospital care. House Bill 1616 will expand charity care eligibility to an additional 1 million Washingtonians than those who qualified…

A statewide initiative that sought to decriminalize drug possession in Washington State and replace failing drug laws with a public health approach won’t be on the November 2022 ballot, organizers announced this week. “We will not be moving forward to…

Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer had to post $100,000 bail to stay out of jail today as he awaits trial for charges of false reporting. A Pierce County District Court judge called Sheriff Ed Troyer a “substantial danger to the…

When it comes to city management, Seattle currently ranks 118 out of the 150 largest cities in a new study compiled by WalletHub. Tacoma is ranked even worse at 139. The list was put together with a series of ratings…

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has ruled on a 6-3 margin that Congress, in drafting federal environmental policy, did not authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate coal and natural gas plants in order to decrease their carbon emissions.…

A Renton father and two daughters – found dead in December of 2021 “under mysterious circumstances” – died of starvation. The Medical Examiner says all three were emaciated and there was no food in the residence. No obvious mechanisms of…