A new state report says the booming population of seals and sea lions is likely impeding salmon recovery efforts. Lethal intervention is under discussion.
Issaquah School District discloses bond funds spent on wrong projects
Officials in the Eastside district made the discovery within the past two months while conducting an internal review of capital expenditures.
Debt payment program aims to help Black families become homeowners
Experts say debt is one key factor driving the homeownership gap between white and Black families. A new Seattle program aims to begin solving that problem.
Vivian Williams, Northwest Folklife Festival co-founder, dies at 84
Vivian Williams, a fiddle champion and co-founder of Seattle Folklore Society and Northwest Folklife Festival, died Jan. 6.
Rant & Rave: Broken train station escalators, elevators draw ire
A train station plea, a shoutout to accessible mats at Golden Gardens Park, anger at a library book defacer and much more in this edition of Rant & Rave.
How stray logs in Puget Sound turn industrial shorelines green
The “trash lumberjacks of the sea” scoop stray logs out of Puget Sound so they don’t damage boats, and return them to riverbanks to become new salmon habitat.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact resounds today in Seattle’s Black arts, cultural communities
Ahead of what would have been civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr.’s 94th birthday, Black Seattle artists and community leaders reflected on his legacy.
Spanish health workers march against Madrid regional govt
Several thousand health workers have returned to the streets of Spain’s capital to protest what they claim is the dismantling of Madrid’s public health care system by its conservative regional government
Netanyahu moving ahead on legal overhaul despite outcry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government plans to charge ahead with an overhaul of the country’s judicial system.
7-year-old seriously wounded in London drive-by shooting
British police say two children and four women were injured in a drive-by shooting in central London.