Category: Local News

Test trains have started running the length of the new Northgate Link Extension, set to open in September 2021. The train really ties it all together at Northgate, don’t you think? #Link21. pic.twitter.com/ks9BczpF1U — Sound Transit #MaskUpWA – (@SoundTransit) January…

With President Joe Biden taking the oath of office on Wednesday, Washington state’s leaders and lawmakers expressed a range of emotions and reactions. That included Gov. Jay Inslee, who pointed to a National Mall “free of insurgency” following January 6’s…

Some of the largest hospitals in Washington state say they won’t follow Governor Inslee’s suggestion to try to speed up coronavirus vaccinations by making appointments then canceling them if there’s a supply problem or they don’t have enough doses. Starbucks…

The Washington State Department of Health, in partnership with Microsoft AI for Health, is now displaying COVID-19 vaccine data on its data dashboard to share the progress being made statewide as more people get vaccinated. The dashboard includes a “high-level…

One Republican senator had strong words for the Employment Security Department during a committee vote on the governor’s unemployment proposal. The Senate Labor, Commerce, and Tribal Affairs Committee passed the bill, which was written in response to a pandemic-related unemployment…

Police in Tacoma are investigating a shooting on Monday night that left one man dead and another injured. Around 7:30 p.m., a 20-year-old man walked into business in the 1400 block of S Sprague Ave. with gunshot wounds. KIRO 7…

For years now, Washington state Rep. Matt Shea and Rep. Bob McCaslin have made a habit of beginning the legislative session by proposing a bill that would have Eastern Washington secede from its western half. With Shea now expelled from…

In September of 2020, unsure what else to do to help his wife Holly in the midst of a mental health crisis, Abraham Dairi made the agonizing decision to call 911. “You feel like you’re being thrown around the system…

The chance of lowland snow in the Puget Sound region is increasing, with forecasters looking at a potential system arriving by Sunday. “It’s a good bet that we’re heading into a colder weather pattern,” the National Weather Service predicts. Lows…

With all 50 states fielding warnings from the FBI over possible violence at Capitol buildings, Washington plans to have its own added security remain in place through at least Inauguration Day. State patrol, National Guard set up extra security in…