Category: Local News

Does it feel like the past five pandemic-filled months have been an entire year? Or is it hard to even tell what day it is anymore? There’s a psychological reason for that mistaken perception of time. It turns out that…

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said she is not opposed to some of the changes the Seattle City Council wants to make to the police department — but added that she has not been invited to sit down with the…

On today’s COVID-19 podcast, reporter Chris Sullivan joins KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross to explain why Mayor Jenny Durkan vetoed a COVID-19 relief plan from the Seattle City Council. Can we endure another stay-at-home order here in Washington? A new model…

More than four years after a group of masked individuals opened fire inside the infamous homeless camp known as the “Jungle” and shot five people, there’s finally a resolution in the case. For those of you new to Seattle, the…

New local data shows a significant increase in fatal shooting victims in King County in 2020, part of a larger trend beginning to take shape across the United States. Arrest warrant issued, murder charge filed for suspect in fatal CHOP…

Just days before the Seattle City Council votes to defund the city’s police department, the department launched a website that allows residents to access policing data, current job postings, and community policing programs. Explore the new website here Chief Carmen…

The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s (IHME) latest projections predict that without large-scale, statewide adherence to mask-wearing, Washington could risk a return to business closures and stay-at-home restrictions as early as October. Why resistance to wearing…

Boeing and its cozy relationship with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been in the spotlight for years, but it has intensified since the deadly crashes of two 737 MAX planes. Now, the FAA has fined the company for putting…

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that his office is urging most schools in Washington state to consider enacting distance learning when school resumes this fall. “If every school district brought all of their students back today, I believe we would…

Over a thousand people rallied at the King County youth jail on Wednesday, urging Seattle council members to follow through on a pledge to cut the police department’s budget by 50%. Seattle budget committee to vote on SPD funding cuts…