Hearings at LP Brown and Madison elementary schools on October 15 and 19 let families weigh in before a November 12 board vote on three closures.

PSNS plans a dry dock for Ford-class carriers; the 1933 Hammerhead Crane has a 250-ton lifting capacity.

King County Council figures show 967 youth experiencing homelessness and just 187 shelter beds countywide.

Bryan Chushcoff and Coreen Schnepf clash over a felony case backlog and a $690 million abuse liability fight ahead of the November 3 vote.

Resolution 542 would bar city property from immigration enforcement and force employees to report ICE contacts.

Thurston County judge sides with sheriffs who sued, calling parts of the law overreach. The state says it will appeal.

More than 900 Seattle police employees got swollen June 12 paychecks after a clerk used 2020 pay rates instead of 2024 figures.

Brandon Myers and Rick Kuss are running for sheriff as Kitsap County faces a deputy shortage.

The 3.5% bump keeps Washington ahead of California, while salaried workers face a new $92,196 overtime threshold.

A new survey shows one disputed sentence about school and health funding shifts support by 13 points on Initiative 645.

A federal appeals court revived Joshua Diemert's hostile-work-environment claim against Seattle, though most of his lawsuit stays dismissed.

District leaders float turf fields, new tennis courts and a combined K-8 campus ahead of a possible February 2027 vote.

Seattle's pay floor climbs 84 cents next year under the city's annual CPI adjustment.