Category: Northwest

A Good Samaritan rescued all crew members on the Aleutian Isle as the vessel was sinking Saturday.

The bridge will open Sunday, Sept. 18., providing weary West Seattle travelers with a beacon of hope.

Harborview Medical Center in Seattle will temporarily stop accepting less acute patients.

The money from the Federal Highway Administration will be used to improve the ferry service.

Federal regulators said they are satisfied with changes Boeing has made in the plane’s production.

An entire eastern Washington town was being evacuated Thursday because of a growing wildfire.

A judge ruled the Navy violated federal law in an environmental study of expanded Whidbey Island jet operations.

The state rule prohibited insurers from using credit scoring to set rates for auto, homeowner and renter insurance.

Authorities say an automobile and passenger ferry crashed into a dock Thursday.

People age 18 and under will ride buses, water taxis and streetcars for free in King County starting Sept. 1.

Her Republican challenger Tiffany Smiley, a former nurse from Pasco, contends it is time for a new senator.

Sen. Steve Hobbs of Lake Stevens was sworn into the position last November. Now, he faces challengers.

The court rejected a claim by environmental groups that state trust lands should be managed to benefit all residents.

Violent crimes rose significantly in Washington last year while the number of available officers plummeted.

The sheriff’s office was asked to investigate people who planted signs near ballot boxes warning voters they were “under surveillance.”

Gino Betts was nominated to lead the Seattle Police Department’s Office of Police Accountability.

The court will review the overturning of a new capital gains tax on high profit stocks, bonds and other assets.

A Whatcom County jury was unable to determine whether or not an Arlington man killed his friend in self-defense.

Investigations were mandated to start July 1, but it appears the new agency won’t be ready for months.

The slope was too unstable to recover their bodies Monday so efforts will resume Tuesday.

This impacts how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

The price of a new plate will rise from $10 to $50, and replacing a lost plate will increase from $10 to $30.

A high school football coach from Bremerton sought to kneel and pray on the field after games.

The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

The tribe sued, saying the pen owner had not reimbursed the tribal government for its clean up effort.

Raises for gate agents, stores personnel, office staff, as well as ramp workers who load cargo.

The city’s budget chief says there’s no easy way to bridge the gap.

Policymakers and homeowners are scrambling to manage the so-called “wildland-urban interface” to mitigate the threat.

The initiative would alter the way Seattle elects mayors, city attorneys and City Council members.

Fred Campbell was part of the historic expedition, but got sick and had to turn back before the submit.

Robert DeLaurentis, known as the “Zen Pilot,” submitted a letter of intent to purchase the A.J. Eisenberg Airport.

A self-published romance novelist was sentenced after a seven-week trial for her husband’s murder.

Thirty-one Patriot Front members were arrested with riot gear after a tipster reported the assembly of “a little army.”

Derek Kammerzell had been disciplined for posting the insignia on his office door and joking about the Holocaust.

The bridge abruptly closed in 2020 and is planned to be reopened the week of Sept. 12.

Race and ethnicity must be taken into account when deciding whether a person is free to leave an encounter with police, the high court ruled.

A draft report does not make recommendations on whether four dams should be breached. A decision is expected later.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says it has led to a backlog of dozens of stalled cases.