The Seattle Times: Local News
Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.State: Artifact found in 1973 may be more than 3K years old
Dec 17, 2019 03:16 AM EDT
MONROE, N.C. (AP)
Scientists seeking cause of huge freshwater mussel die-off
Dec 17, 2019 01:07 AM EDT
KYLES FORD, Tenn. (AP)
11 people injured when van crashes into Burien clothing store
Dec 17, 2019 12:57 AM EDT
A 2-year-old, the child’s 41-year-old grandfather and a man in his 30s were critically injured in the crash at the Burien Ross Dress for Less, said sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Ryan Abbott.
Dec 16, 2019 09:53 PM EDT
Officials in several Washington cities reacted to the decision with concern.
In Renton, local businesses worry about Boeing 737 MAX assembly line stoppage
Dec 16, 2019 09:20 PM EDT
For decades, Boeing was the backbone of Renton’s local economy, though that’s become less so as the city's population has grown and the number of Boeing jobs has shrunk.
Feds say they’ll grant $790M for Federal Way light-rail extension
Dec 16, 2019 09:06 PM EDT
The dollars to build light-rail from Angle Lake Station in SeaTac to Federal Way are nearly in the bag, after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) gave notice of its intent to grant $790 million, plus a $629 million low-interest loan. Both the grant and loan have been negotiated since 2016, when voters approved the Sound [...]
SpaceX launches communications satellite to bring connectivity to Asia-Pacific region
Dec 16, 2019 08:52 PM EDT
The Boeing-built satellite will connect previously unserved or underserved areas with affordable, high-speed broadband, connectivity that is expected to stimulate economic growth in that region of the globe.
Police chase in Lake City ends in death of stolen car’s passenger, officers say
Dec 16, 2019 08:02 PM EDT
A woman driver was injured and her male passenger died Monday when she crashed into a garbage truck in Lake City while allegedly attempting to flee Seattle police in what officers say was a stolen car. Seattle police spokesman Detective Mark Jamieson said officers typically would not engage in a pursuit over a stolen car [...]
Seattle City Council gives green light to regional homelessness authority
Dec 16, 2019 08:02 PM EDT
The Seattle City Council voted 5-1 in favor of creating the new authority.
Epilepsy Foundation was targeted in mass strobe cyberattack
Dec 16, 2019 07:21 PM EDT
Cyberattacks intended to trigger harmful seizures in those with epilepsy have become more common in recent years, particularly after a Texas author was targeted in 2016.
Man shot, killed by Renton police last week identified
Dec 16, 2019 07:20 PM EDT
A man shot and killed by a Renton police sergeant Thursday has been identified as 43-year-old Anthony Tovar, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Tovar died of multiple gunshot wounds, the office said Monday. The Port of Seattle Police Department is still investigating the sergeant’s fatal shooting of Tovar, and no additional information [...]
Officials: 3 people who went through LA Airport had measles
Dec 16, 2019 07:11 PM EDT
Review: No criminal charges for officer involved in shooting
Dec 16, 2019 07:10 PM EDT
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP)
Bend-La Pine Schools sued over black student’s suicide
Dec 16, 2019 07:09 PM EDT
BEND, Ore. (AP)
Sailing on a Sunday, sunny or not, on Lake Union
Dec 16, 2019 06:20 PM EDT
Boat rides during the Center for Wooden Boat's free Sunday Public Sail last around an hour and happen from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays on Lake Union. (The center will be closed from Dec. 23 to Jan. 3.)
Mexico says 2 more anchors may have come from Cortes’ ships
Dec 16, 2019 05:54 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP)
Homeless agency director resigns after dancer strips at Seattle homelessness conference
Dec 16, 2019 05:13 PM EDT
Acting director Kira Zylstra resigned over the weekend.
Oklahoma appeals judge’s $465 million order in opioid case
Dec 16, 2019 05:11 PM EDT
NORMAN, Okla. (AP)
Feral pigs, already roaming the South, now have Northern states worried
Dec 16, 2019 04:28 PM EDT
Wild pigs, widely considered the most destructive invasive species in the United States, have roamed parts of North America for centuries. Their stronghold is the American South, but now a population in Canada is growing unchecked and causing concern in the northern U.S.
Highway 99 tunnel contractor will appeal last week’s court loss over Bertha’s breakdown
Dec 16, 2019 04:25 PM EDT
Seattle Tunnel Partners has argued that a 110-foot-long steel pipe, which the tunnel-digging machine hit on Dec. 3, 2013, caused the breakdown. Washington state disagrees.