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Three Seattle City Council members urged Mayor Jenny Durkan Monday to reopen negotiations with the Seattle Police Department on its recently-passed collective bargaining agreement.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Prosecutors say they are not filing charges at this time against a man who allegedly confessed to killing his former neighbor in 2009 but then recanted the confession. The Olympian reported Monday that any charges related to Nancy Moyer’s death will not be filed until the investigation is complete, according to […]

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best addressed a trio of violent incidents in Seattle over the weekend, noting a lack of support from city officials as one of the driving factors behind an understaffed department. 

Seattle and King County Public Health is investigating another new confirmed case of measles in a county resident.

A shocking decision was handed down by a Washington State Court of Appeals Monday, ruling that the City of Seattle has the legal authority to impose an income tax. 

With the latest study, the Northwest is inching closer to an ultra-high-speed rail project to connect Vancouver BC, Seattle, and Portland, with hour-long trips between them.

Seattle Mariners (39-58, fifth in the AL West) vs. Oakland Athletics (53-41, second in the AL West) Oakland, California; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Marco Gonzales (10-7, 4.24 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 82 strikeouts) Athletics: Daniel Mengden (4-1, 4.73 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 31 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: Seattle enters the game as losers of their […]

Sources allege that King County Executive Dow Constantine retaliated against a member of his protection unit who he believes spoke to the media.

Immigrant rights and labor leaders are using Amazon's Prime Day, the annual 48-hour shopping event that rakes in billions, to draw attention to workplace conditions, pay, and the company's ties with ICE.

A Vashon Island man sent a manifesto hours before he died. In it, he seems to indicate he was willing to die for his cause and stated “I am antifa.”

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a 56-year-old Washington state man died after he fell overboard from a tug towing a barge off the Nome coast. Troopers say David Whitemarsh fell from the tug July 4 while the vessel was towing a barge into the Port of Nome. According to troopers, life-saving efforts […]

What's the solution when gang violence, drugs, theft, robbery, and a variety of smaller crimes are committed by kids?

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — An environmental nonprofit group is hosting a series of public meetings in western Washington to discuss the possibility of creating an enclosure in Washington’s San Juan Islands for orcas retired from theme parks. The Northwest News Network reports that leaders of the Whale Sanctuary Project say a cordoned-off bay or cove […]

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Court of Appeals has ruled that Seattle’s tax on wealthy households is unconstitutional but so is the state’s law banning cities from taxing net income. The Seattle Times reports in doing so Monday the Court of Appeals declared void a 35-year-old ban enacted by the Legislature and opened the […]

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An engineering firm has found severe structural problems that would put a nearly 100-year-old courthouse in Washington state at risk if an earthquake hit. The Skagit Valley Herald reported Sunday that a report by the Davido Consulting Group identified several “significant seismic deficiencies” in the Skagit County Courthouse in Mount […]