Category — Seattle, Washington

Every Seattle neighborhood seems to have one: A construction carcass that began as a developer’s dream and died in the recession, leaving behind a yawning pit or weedy lot.

Amid the layoffs, cutbacks, furloughs and foreclosures, one notable silver lining has emerged from the recession: Good times for renters.

Prosecutors have filed assault and firearms charges against two teens accused of groping a dancer at a downtown Seattle strip club before using a pistol to accost a man.

A juvenile and four young men have been charged in connection to the Monday attempted home-invasion robbery of a medical marijuana advocate.

A Portland Timbers fan who thought he got into “friendly rivalry banter with several Sounders fans” after a preseason game last week was beaten by those fans and dragged around the sidewalk, according to police.

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Special Forces Army Ranger Joel Clarkson, the grandson of longtime Oak Harbor resident Virginia Williams, was wounded in Afghanistan last Friday.

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The fiance of the missing Silverdale woman says she had a drinking problem and relapsed last week.

Back in the 90s, Seattle passed a set of “civility laws” that outlawed aggressive begging and sitting on a sidewalk during business hours. So why does the city now need a new law against aggressive panhandlers?

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust has purchased an option to buy 664 acres of the former Trillium Woods property between Freeland and Greenbank.

Alley, Rory C, 53 of Seattle, March 10. Alton, Clifford E, 74 of Seattle, March 5. Andrews, Michael J, 70 of Kenmore, March 5. Barrett, Leon A, 86 of Kent, March 6.

What’s the likelihood that Seattle’s ambitious Alaskan Way Viaduct tunnel will finish on time and on budget?

A modern convenience, the garbage disposal churns up food scraps into small particles that easily wash down your drain. But does it encourage people to grind up fatty food waste that causes grease build-up in the city’s sewers?

Emboldened and with spending restraints removed by activist judges on the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is giving us a $10 million taste of what big business will serve up in this fall’s election.

Federal drug distribution charges have been filed against two men arrested Monday at a Lakeside School parking lot.

A surge of wind following the passage of a cold front Tuesday afternoon caused both traffic and marine issues across Western Washington.

A Seattle man charged in a string of burglaries targeting University of Washington fraternities has been arrested.

The number of city workers in Seattle has remained essentially the same since 2002, but payroll expenses have gone up 40 percent and the amount spent to provide health and dental beneifts has nearly doubled.

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Suspended University of Washington football player Andru Pulu turned himself into Seattle Police Tuesday morning, a week after it was revealed he’s suspected of assaulting a man at a University District party earlier this month.

When King County sheriff’s deputies investigated a double shooting at the home of a medical marijuana advocate, they found more than 300 plants and confiscated evidence of the pot-growing operation that will be turned over to prosecutors.

One of the suspects arrested for the alleged home-invasion of a medical marijuana advocate is a former employee of his, according to court documents. Another susepct is a self-admitted drug dealer, police say.

A man who killed four people while driving drunk near Marysville last November wiped away tears as a judge sentenced him to eight years in prison Tuesday.

A Tacoma man charged with killing his wife then setting their house on fire pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder and first-degree arson.