A Got Green report and a Rainier Vista march allege mold, leaks and years-long repair backlogs at Seattle Housing Authority properties. Tenants are demanding faster, enforceable repairs.

Adams Elementary families in Ballard protested after Seattle Public Schools placed Anitra Jones — a former Rainier View principal who faced a 2024 ruling finding unlawful discrimination against staff.

A motion asks whether topless sunbathing is allowed in Denny Blaine's clothing‑required zone; a May 1 hearing could reshape enforcement at the contested Lake Washington park.

Former Providence employees say a single Invesco fund cost their 401(k)s nearly $70M and have filed a federal ERISA suit in Seattle seeking restorations and plan reforms.

A Gig Harbor ticket missed the jackpot but became a $250,000 winner after the player added Power Play. The purchase was made at the Safeway on Point Fosdick Drive.

Seattle is directing $5.5M from payroll‑tax revenue to tribal and Indigenous organizations for climate projects—from heat pumps to food sovereignty and resilience hubs.

WSU has reassigned senior campus leadership and named Sandra Haynes to a systemwide executive role as the university confronts a decade of enrollment and budget declines.

Two former Amazon employees have filed a Seattle federal complaint saying the company coded women into lower‑paying job codes and underpaid them. The filings seek class certification and back pay.

Court filings and a contested email deepened an eviction fight over Green Lake’s Little Red Hen; a judge has pushed the trial to Sept. 24, 2026.

Crews cleared tents from Daejeon, Lewis and Sturgus parks on April 9 as Seattle presses to add 1,000 shelter units. Outreach workers warn people remain at risk in nearby greenbelt pockets.

Jim Whittaker, the Seattle-born climber who became the first American to summit Everest in 1963, died April 7 in Port Townsend at 97. He helped grow REI and shaped Pacific Northwest mountaineering.

A Whatcom County grower tells FOX13 that ICE detainments have left critical labor gaps at the start of spring planting, with at least one worker held in Tacoma.

Cuts and larger class sizes are spreading through rural Washington after timber‑sale dollars fell and state land decisions delayed expected receipts. Districts want a backstop from Olympia.