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Airplane stolen from SeaTac, crashed on Puget Sound island A Horizon employee stole a prop plane from SeaTac Airport in August, with the ensuing crash causing a fire on Keton Island. Read more. Seattle City Council repeals head tax one month after passage While justifying her support of a head tax repeal, Seattle Councilmember Lisa Herbold said the opposition to the tax was just too great. Read more. I-1639: Washington state’s latest gun control initiative Efforts to pass stricter gun laws in Washington failed in the Legislature in early 2018. But voters got the final say in the form of I-1639, the most ambitious gun control laws of any state. Read more. Secret room hidden in the Battery Street Tunnel A hidden room measures roughly six feet wide, 10 feet long and eight feet high, and the design is somewhere between “industrial” and “nondescript." Read more. Musician attacked with baseball bat after leaving Seattle nightclub A local musician was sent to intensive care with serious head injuries after being struck with a baseball bat by a group of homeless people outside of a Seattle club. Read more. New lawsuit aims to close down Seattle’s tiny home villages A grassroots watchdog group is suing the City of Seattle over its use of tiny home villages to combat homelessness, with the hope of ending the shelter program altogether. Read more. Homeless boat spotted under the 520 Bridge in Seattle A kayaker was recently spending a sunny day on the waters around Seattle when something stood out amid the scenic journey — a homeless boat. Read more. Washington police chief proposes ‘2nd Amendment Sanctuary City’ law Before a legal challenge for I-1639, a police chief in a small Eastern Washington town declared he would not enforce the new gun rules, and moving to establish a “2nd Amendment Sanctuary City.” Read more. Costco thieves run right out the door and into Seattle police The plan was simple -- All they had to do was steal computers and vacuum cleaners from a Seattle Costco, then run out the fire exit. And it would have worked too, if not for the swarm of police waiting right outside the door. Read more. NRA wins Washington case, stops gun control initiative from going to ballot In a ruling that was eventually overturned, a Thurston County judge removed I-1639 from the state ballot, claiming that it violated signature-gathering rules. Read more.
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