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Tacoma sets sights on buying hotel to convert into homeless shelter

(KIRO 7) Tacoma will soon begin moving forward on plans to purchase a hotel to use as an emergency homeless shelter,...

Teamsters aims to step up efforts to unionize Amazon workers

(AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File) The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union that represents 1.4 million delivery workers, is setting its sights...

Remembering the Washington judge famous for his ‘monumental’ 1974 decision

The Boldt Decision was a landmark legal ruling handed down in 1974 by a federal judge named George Boldt. At its most basic...

Western Washington enters dangerous wildfire territory ahead of weekend heatwave

The I-90 bridge over Lake Washington disappears through heavy smoke from wildfires on Sept. 11, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Lindsey...

NY Times: University of Washington police officers claim culture of racism is unbearable

Students at the University of Washington in March 2020. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images) Five Black officers with the University of...

Rantz: Woke HS yearbooks feature ‘ACAB’ sign, officer beating black woman

Two Seattle-area high school yearbooks featured anti-police imagery and messages supporting student activism around Black Lives Matter. The Woodinville High School yearbook featured...

Canada to ease some restrictions, but U.S./Canada border still closed

It may not be long before Americans are allowed to go to Vancouver and other cities of the Great White North. (Nicole...

Wildfire smoke: A burning health issue is getting worse

Health experts are urging Washingtonians to prepare for more of what they suffered through last September — what the Department of Ecology called an...

Man arrested for throwing rocks over I-90 in Seattle

A rock did extensive damage to this car on June 3. (Mercer Island Fire Department) Washington State Patrol and Seattle Police...

Know way to know if vaccination will outpace Delta variant

Pedestrians fill the sidewalk as Seattle has become the first major city to reach a 70 percent COVID-19 vaccination rate on June...

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