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King County executive initiates plan to conserve and save the region’s wilderness

King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a plan to rapidly accelerate the protection of 65,000 acres of forests, farmland, and greenspace, raising property taxes in...

SPD report discovers 80% of 911 calls were for non-criminal events

After reviewing more than 1.2 million 911 calls from 2017 to 2019, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) found 79.7% of calls were for non-criminal events....

Federal Indian boarding schools implemented systematic cultural whitewashing, new report reveals

After more than a year-and-a-half of investigating, the U.S. Interior Department published a report detailing the atrocities committed at boarding schools against Indigenous people. The...

Seattle’s spring continues with coldest May 12 in 23 years

Temperatures peaked at 51 degrees Thursday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, breaking the record for the coldest May 12 in Seattle, according to the National Weather...

Seattle considers ‘Pay Up’ policy to increase wages for gig workers

Seattle City Council members are considering minimum pay rates for app-based delivery drivers, opening up the floor for public comment to hear both sides of...

‘Save the Cedar River’ to file appeal this week against new asphalt plant

The local organization ‘Save the Cedar River’ has promised to make a formal appeal against the construction of a new hot-mix asphalt plant in Renton....

Union concrete workers, suppliers reach truce without scheduling new contract talks

After striking in the Seattle area for nearly five months, most of the 330 formerly picketing concrete delivery drivers are back at work. Two weeks...

Biden: ‘No one should suffer or die because they cannot afford insulin’

Biden promises to reduce the price of insulin and other prescription drugs during his visit to the pacific northwest. “Nearly 1 million Americans will see...

King County turning former homeless hotel into temporary housing for refugees

The former Silver Cloud Inn in Redmond will temporarily house current and newly arrived refugees, King County Executive Dow Constantine recently announced. This is a...

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