Author: PNW Live

In early February, the nascent King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) picked Atlanta consultant Regina Cannon as its CEO, seemingly putting an end to a lengthy selection process that was already months behind schedule. That timeline was thrown further into…

A natural gas leak that caused an underground fire in Seattle’s Central District has now been secured. Flames could be seen coming up from underground through a manhole covering. Seattle Fire Department officials said the burning gas melted through asphalt.…

An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 5-year-old girl named Azalia, previously last seen inside a vehicle in a Safeway parking lot. The Safeway the car was reportedly stolen from the Safeway at 200 South 3rd Street in Renton,…

A King County Superior Court judge upheld a trio of Seattle eviction protection ordinances Wednesday, in the face of a legal challenge levied by a coalition of local landlords. The ordinances upheld by the judge include: A mandate requiring landlords…

The Washington State Department of Health, along with Public Health — Seattle & King County and the UW Medicine Virology Lab, announced that the B.1.351 variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in King County. This is a variant that originated…

This past Monday marked two months since the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailment in Custer that spilled about 29,000 gallons of crude oil. Department of Ecology experts say the area appears to be healing just fine. Of the 29,000…

While limitations imposed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have continued to burden Americans, a ramping up of vaccine distribution by the end of spring could have the country on its way to a return to some semblance of normal…

The Washington Legislature has a trio of competing proposals right now for the state’s transportation budget over the next decade-plus. WA Rep: Democrats’ gas taxes could be ‘rammed through this year’ The most recent one comes from Republican state Sen.…

Due to high avalanche danger, I-90 Snoqualmie Pass, US 2 Stevens Pass, and US 12 White Pass all closed at 6 p.m. Sunday and remained closed overnight. As work continues Monday to clear the roads, US 12 and I-90 have…

It’s been nearly a year since most schools in Washington state closed to in-person learning due to COVID-19, with much of the of the nation not far behind, and some parts of the globe already shut down. The months of…