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Man arrested for pepper spraying Seattle police, Metro coach supervisor
SEATTLE - Seattle Police have arrested a man accused of pepper spraying two of their officers and a King County Metro coach supervisor. Investigators say officers were called remove an unruly person causing a disturbance inside a Metro bus near 3rd Avenue and Pine Street on August 17. The 48-year-old...
Post-Snap Reads 8/25: Seahawks finish preseason slate, look steady and prepared
Now that’s over, we can get on to the cuts and the shuffling and the projections again. Which players should stay? Which should our Seattle Seahawks keep? Who looked good enough to secure themselves an indispensable space on the squad? Dive into the links below. We will help you answer all your biggest ‘Hawk questions. Thanks for being here.
Seattle receives $5.5 million FEMA cooling center grant for extreme heat mitigation
SEATTLE — Summer may be one of the most beautiful seasons in Seattle. It can also be a dangerous time of year as heat waves are getting longer and hotter. "For those who have lived in Seattle for some time, we know the impacts of climate change. They are becoming more frequent and more pronounced," said Tom Fay, Seattle Chief Librarian.
Seattle temperatures rebound to almost 80 degrees for Labor Day weekend
SEATTLE - After experiencing remarkably cool and wet weather the last couple of days, we're forecasting the return of gorgeous summer weather just in time for Labor Day weekend. For Sunday, Seattleites can plan on clouds lifting for sunbreaks later this afternoon. Cloud cover will vary neighborhood-by-neighborhood, and forecast models...
Sears is disappearing from the Washington landscape…. Again.
If you're of a certain age. Like me, you may remember the Gigantic Sears store in Seattle that is now the world headquarters for Starbucks. When I was a kid, we would make the trip to the Sears store. Nine floors of brick building, 2 levels of basement, it was huge. Now it's just a memory.
Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A company developing an industrial-scale solar panel array on Badger Mountain in Eastern Washington has paused permitting activities on the project amid concerns about impacts to Indigenous cultural sites. The...
Smash and grab burglars crash into 14 vehicles during Green Lake heist
Police are looking for a couple of smash-and-grab burglars who went on a destructive rampage in Seattle’s Green Lake neighborhood, damaging a store and more than a dozen vehicles. Early Thursday morning, they smashed through a glass storefront and tried to steal a safe. The frenzy of wreckage they...
Police Officers' Libel Lawsuit Against Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant Thrown Out
From Miller v. Sawant, decided Thursday by Ninth Circuit Judges William Fletcher, Carlos Bea, and John Owens:. In February 2016, Miller and Spaulding [two Seattle police officers] fatally shot Che Andre Taylor, a Black man, as they tried to arrest him. Miller and Spaulding's [defamation] complaint … against [Seattle City Council member Kshama] Sawant [was] based on her remarks, at public protests, that Taylor's shooting was a "blatant murder at the hands of the police," and that Taylor was "murdered by the police."
Ex-pilot who allegedly tried to shut off engines on commercial flight after taking mushrooms says sorry
A former Alaska Airlines pilot, who reportedly had a magic mushroom-induced meltdown trying to switch off the engines of a passenger jet mid-flight, has admitted to making a "big mistake." Joseph Emerson, 44, faces serious charges for his actions on a Horizon Air flight from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco...
Washington DCYF secretary resignation calls mount over Green Hill safety lapses
(The Center Square) – Calls are growing louder for the resignation of Ross Hunter, the director of the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families who was appointed to the position by Gov. Jay Inslee. Pressure has been mounting for months over critical safety issues and violence directed at staff and inmates at the […]
Mike Yastrzemski homers as Giants survive Blake Snell’s wildness, beat Mariners 4-3
SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski homered among his three hits, and the San Francisco Giants survived a wild outing by starter Blake Snell to beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Saturday. Snell, who grew up near Seattle, walked five batters in the second inning, two with the bases loaded,...
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