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Sammamish cancels all city credit cards as FBI investigates ransomware attack

Sammamish will cancel all city credit cards but can't yet say if personal information of residents, employees or those who do business with the city have been compromised in a cyberattack.
8 years ago

Netflix series boosting local thrift store donations

A popular show on Netflix about de-cluttering is boosting donations at thrift stores across the country, including in Washington state.
8 years ago

Doctors worry measles outbreak will get worse, spread

There are now 25 confirmed measles cases and 12 suspected cases in Clark County, and officials are worried that low vaccination rates could lead to an even greater spread.
8 years ago

Man with measles in King County came in contact with hundreds

Health officials say a suspected measles case in King County has been confirmed. Public Health Seattle and King County said Wednesday that the man in his 50s was hospitalized but has been released.
8 years ago

Homeless could be paid to pick up trash in a Washington city near you

A three-year, three-city pilot program would provide homeless adults with jobs on community "beautification and cleanup projects," such as picking up trash and pulling weeds in parks.
8 years ago

WSDOT spending $4.4 million to tell you about new 99 Tunnel

WSDOT is marketing the 99 Tunnel with a $4.4 million budget, including $156,000 spent on nine billboards with the message “Tunnel Direct."
8 years ago

Man threatens to shoot kids at 5 Edmonds day cares, police investigating

A man called Edmonds day cares with graphic threats on Monday, and Edmonds police are trying to find him.
8 years ago

Teens in Burien arrested after armed robberies and carjacking

Bellevue police arrested two 16-year-olds after a crime spree they say started with a carjacking in Burien. They are looking for a third teen.
8 years ago

Democrats decry Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz idea to run as independent in 2020

The possibility that former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz might launch an independent run for the presidency is not playing well with Democrats in his home state.
8 years ago

Annual MLK Day march in Seattle, more events in Western Washington

A list of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Western Washington for 2019.
8 years ago

16-year-old boy shot to death in Renton Walmart parking lot

A 16-year-old boy is dead after a shooting at a Walmart in Renton on Sunday afternoon, according to the Renton Police Department.
8 years ago

SR 509 shootings task force created after boy in car shot in head, blinded

A law enforcement task force has been created to address a series of incidents where cars or homes were shot at on a stretch of SR 509 in the Burien-SeaTac area.
8 years ago

Issaquah School District staff members vote to strike

Educators with the Issaquah School District voted Tuesday night to authorize a strike. 
8 years ago

Issaquah School District staff will hold strike vote Tuesday night

At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, hundreds of staff members at Issaquah School District will consider whether to leave their posts and head to the picket lines.
8 years ago

Alaska Air to add 3K jobs in 2019, mostly in Washington

Alaska Air Group says it plans to add more than 3,000 jobs this year, with three-fourths of the positions opening in Washington state.
8 years ago

Some smartphone maps showed viaduct, new tunnel as open

Users of some smartphone maps reported problems early Monday related to the closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Some online maps were not showing the viaduct as closed, others showed the replacement tunnel was already open.
8 years ago

Lakewood police killed man they say called 911 on himself

Lakewood police shot and killed a man they believe called 911 on himself. The shooting happened at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday at the Terrace Apartments on 88th Street Court Southwest in Lakewood.
8 years ago

Legislature to open with Inslee still mulling presidential run

With the Washington State Legislature scheduled to begin on Monday, Inslee will go to Nevada on Saturday to test the waters for a possible presidential campaign.
8 years ago

Dispute over missing evidence in Bertha breakdown goes to court

Some pieces of the steel pipe the tunnel machine Bertha struck five years ago sat in a bucket Wednesday in a Thurston County courtroom.
8 years ago

Study: 97 percent of Seattle soda tax passed on to consumers

Seattle raised nearly $17 million in soda taxes in just nine months. A new study shows that regular Seattleites ended up being the one who paid for it all.
8 years ago

Passengers at Sea-Tac miss flights as TSA agents call out sick amid government shutdown

The partial government shutdown and the impact of hundreds of thousands of federal employees not getting paid is taking a toll at Sea-Tac International Airport.
8 years ago

Viaduct closure will slow buses, make them harder to track

Local bus riders say it's already difficult to track when their buses will arrive during rush hour and that popular bus lines like the Rapid Ride D and E lines are frequently packed.
8 years ago

Immigrant rights group suing city of SeaTac over protest bill

A group of demonstrators is suing the city of SeaTac after they were handed a big bill for their June protest over the Trump administration's immigration policy.
8 years ago

26-year-old Bremerton cold case murder culminates in arrest

A woman's murder case in 1992 in Bremerton was cold for years, until Wednesday, when detectives in Boise made an arrest.
8 years ago