1+ week, 4+ day ago   (505+ words) The only person who has been arrested in connection to the July 26 Seattle Center mass shooting was denied release and electronic home monitoring Tuesday. A King County juvenile court judge said the teen, who is charged with first-degree assault, is…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (728+ words) The wife of Carlos Sanchez Villalba says every day has been harder since losing her husband. He was one of the victims at the Seattle Center mass shooting last month. The tall, broad-shouldered dad is almost protecting them from this…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (522+ words) Washington state officials are keeping a longstanding program seen as vital to parents of children with developmental disabilities, but cutting its funding, ending weeks of unease about its future. The state Department of Social and Health Services is trimming the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (830+ words) For the past year, Seattle has been operating a recovery center for opioid overdoses. Staff say the center is diverting people away from hospital emergency rooms — and allowing them quicker access to new types of medications for opioid use disorder....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (869+ words) Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons was fined $15,000 on Friday by a state ethics panel for improperly using her position to steer public funds to a nonprofit where she worked, and trying to retaliate against the person who initiated the investigation…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (823+ words) Deaths and serious injuries of children involved with Washington’s child welfare system last year were even higher than record levels the state previously reported, according to new data. In 2025, 35 children died and 49 more nearly died either from abuse, neglect and…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (506+ words) Regulators have stopped a Seattle cement plant's push to burn more tires for fuel. The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency told Ash Grove Cement in August that the increased tire burning the agency had approved in December would put too…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (627+ words) Washington Democratic state Rep. Tarra Simmons tried hard to keep fellow Democrat Daria Ilgen from running against her this year. It didn’t work. The two will face off in November’s general election after she soundly beat him in the primary....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1112+ words) This story includes descriptions of sexual abuse. If you or someone you know needs support, text the word HOPE to 64673. Three Seattle police employees say they are troubled by the department’s latest choice to supervise its wellness unit. The position…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (881+ words) A new analysis concludes that Seattle’s current police guild contract preserves law enforcement as the default response to mental and behavioral crisis calls, and prevents the city’s civilian crisis responders from serving “a significant portion” of their intended population. Seattle’s…...