The Lynnwood City Council on Monday interviewed 10 candidates for the vacant Position 6 council seat vacated by Mayor George Hurst in the recent election. Councilmembers will vote to...
Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney Jason Cummings announced he is running for reelection, pointing to a strong record of protecting public safety, strengthening accountability and transparency, and expanding effective responses...
To Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels, the installation of automatic license plate reader cameras has been revolutionary.
Flock Safety, a leading supplier of these cameras, brags that they’re used by...
The Washington Legislature is again considering empowering local governments to tax short-term housing rentals, much to the irritation of homeowners who rent out their properties on platforms like Airbnb...
Reviews are in for Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s debut budget blueprint. They are mostly two thumbs down.
In the course of six hours of public hearings over three days last...
Mountlake Terrace resident Imraan Siddiqi on Monday announced his campaign for State Representative Position 2 in Washington’s 32nd Legislative District.
The position is now held by Lauren Davis, a Shoreline...
The Lynnwood City Council is scheduled at its Jan. 20 meeting to interview the top 11 candidates for the Position 6 vacated by George Hurst when he took office...
Washington State's secretary of transportation will outline the most pressing issues and challenges facing the state’s transportation system during the Washington State Transportation Commission’s Jan. 21-22 meeting, according to...
Congress last week approved a $3.2 billion budget for the Hanford nuclear reservation’s cleanup in fiscal 2026 — a more than $200 million increase from the prior two years.
That...
Three Washington state senators said the biting testimony Pierce County’s sheriff delivered during a committee hearing Thursday was threatening to legislators.
Sheriff Keith Swank delivered the remarks to the Senate...
Edmonds City Councilmember Will Chen on Friday announced that he will be a candidate for 32nd District State Representative Position 1 in this fall’s election. That seat is being...
Edmonds-Woodway High School senior Scarlett Luo joined several members of the Seattle nonprofit Make Us Visible Washington in testifying before the State Senate Wednesday about SB 5574. The bill would...
Mountlake Terrace City Councilmember Kyoko Matsumoto Wright, Edmonds City Councilmember Susan Paine and Lynnwood City Councilmember David Parshall have been selected to a two-year term on the Community Transit...
Former Lynnwood City Councilmember Jim Smith died Thursday evening following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Smith served the people of Lynnwood for 26 years, serving twice on the...
Microsoft President Brad Smith leads some of the tech giant’s work in areas ranging from artificial intelligence to cybersecurity to environmental sustainability.
Right now, housing issues before the Washington state...
A wave of close to 1 million more passengers pushed Washington State Ferries’ 2025 ridership to 20.1 million -- a jump of 5% from 19.1 million the previous year,...
The Snohomish County Health Department on Thursday confirmed three new measles cases this week in local children who were exposed to a contagious family visiting from South Carolina. These...
Yale Moon, a senior at Lake Washington High School, uses generative artificial intelligence in his free time to create fake images and videos.
He also sees other content that he...
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is hosting an online open house through Tuesday, Jan. 20 on recommended improvements for people walking, biking and taking transit along SR...
