Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has appointed Randy Engstrom as the new director of Seattle Center, bringing decades of experience in arts, culture and public policy to the role.
U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Ron Wyden are urging the Trump administration to reverse proposed changes to a federal contract that would limit access to legal counsel and undermine protections for unaccompanied immigrant children.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has paused expansion of the city’s surveillance camera program and ordered a privacy and data governance audit to balance public safety needs with oversight and civil liberties.
Seattle University has hired John Bonner as its seventh head coach of the women’s basketball program, bringing with him a decade of experience and a proven track record of success.
Amazon and Walmart have been fined over $1.1 million by the Washington Department of Ecology for illegally selling climate-polluting cooling and refrigeration products containing the prohibited refrigerant R-134a.
Marlo and Phillip Brown, co-owners of Brown’s Garage in Shelton, were sentenced to jail and ordered to repay $36,875 to the state after pleading guilty to collecting sales tax from customers but failing to remit it to the state over a four-year period.
Drivers in the Puget Sound region should prepare for significant congestion from March 20-23 due to construction on I-405, which will include lane closures and ramp closures in Bellevue, Renton, and Kirkland.
Sound Transit is considering delaying or scaling back key Seattle light rail projects due to a $34.5 billion funding gap, raising concerns about whether the agency can maintain public trust while reconsidering projects that communities have been promised for decades.
Chrissy Shimizu has been appointed as the new executive director of the Wing Luke Museum, following a nationwide search, and will begin her new role on May 11.
The Washington State Legislature has passed the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, which requires employers to notify workers when federal immigration authorities request employment eligibility records and provides additional protections for workers.
