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.

Seattle Fire says its Health One outreach teams will now operate seven days a week, expanding mobile care and case management beyond weekdays. Officials point to growing demand for non‑emergency medical and behavioral‑health support.

An anonymous mass text urged Snohomish residents to 'veto' the downtown Pride parade, drawing condemnation from regional Democrats and a city pledge to follow normal permitting rules.

A new Washington Roundtable analysis finds essentials like housing and food are gobbling up nearly 60% of household budgets, and the state is seeing net outmigration as costs climb. The squeeze stretches beyond Seattle to smaller metros.

An investigation finds Washington has held a man at McNeil Island for 23 years while offering little treatment and limited oversight. Advocates say his cognitive disability complicates the system’s use of indefinite confinement.

A fenced lot at Mercer and Fairview in South Lake Union has been reoccupied, reviving neighbors' fears after past fires and a 2023 suspicious death. City outreach and new shelter plans are in play.

After roughly 40 years atop the Columbia Center, the Columbia Tower Club will close and members will be consolidated at a South Lake Union club.

Seattle and King County removed César Chávez’s name from a South Park park after national reporting raised abuse allegations. Officials say a community-driven renaming process will follow.