Seattle
Man, 19, charged in ex-girlfriend's death
SEATTLE -- A 19-year-old Washington man accused of killing is 17-year-old ex-girlfriend, setting fire to her house and fleeing the state has been charged with first-degree murder and arson.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest
Seattle City Council opposes coal-export ports
SEATTLE -- The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday opposing the development of coal-export terminals in Washington state after raising concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest
Study links property values to obesity
SEATTLE -- The value of your home may be a stronger predictor of your weight than the genes inherited from your ancestors, a new public health study from the University of Washington has found.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Northwest
The treasures of Tut
King Tut Seattle exhibit last chance to see it in U.S. (gallery)
Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News
Study: Seattle could handle new stadium's traffic
Associated PressSEATTLE -- A study has found that Seattle's SoDo neighborhood can handle the traffic that may come from building a third sports arena in the area.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Northwest
Seattle principal cleared in student sex complaint
SEATTLE -- A Seattle School District investigation has cleared an elementary school principal who asked students to demonstrate how a boy inappropriately touched himself.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Northwest
Diver missing, presumed dead off Blake Island
SEATTLE -- A 59-year-old diver is missing and presumed dead after running out of air while spearfishing.
Date: 05/20/2012 | Northwest
Seattle takes greener approach to sewer overflows
SEATTLE -- A greener approach in Seattle aims to prevent untreated sewage and polluted runoff from flowing into Puget Sound by installing dozens of landscaped drainage systems in front of people's homes.
Date: 05/20/2012 | Northwest
Port of Seattle leaders fear impact of new arena
SEATTLE -- Port of Seattle and other maritime leaders say they're worried about the potential impacts a new proposed arena could have on the industry.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest
Report: Seattle omits biased policing in response
SEATTLE -- The city of Seattle's response to a U.S. Justice Department's proposal to fix its police department focused on curtailing excessive force, but did not address federal concerns about biased policing.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Damage found in pontoon built at Aberdeen
SEATTLE -- Damage has been found in one of the large pontoons that are being built at Aberdeen for the new Highway 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington at Seattle.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Ad exec creates floating billboards for Seattle
SEATTLE -- An advertising and marketing executive has come up with the idea of putting floating billboards on Lake Union and Lake Washington in Seattle.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
2 maritime workers killed in Seattle accidents
SEATTLE -- A forklift worker at the Port of Seattle and a man pressure-washing on a boat at a shipyard were killed in separate accidents Thursday in Seattle.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Wealthy couple plead guilty in welfare theft
SEATTLE -- A Seattle couple who lived in a $1.2 million waterfront home while collecting tens of thousands of dollars in welfare has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
40-story apartment tower planned in Seattle
SEATTLE -- A developer plans to begin construction next month on a 40-story apartment tower in downtown Seattle near the Paramount Theater.The 440-foot-tall building will have 386 units and 269 parking stalls.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Northwest
Crowds welcome Obama
President visits Seattle for fundraisers (photo gallery)
Date: 05/10/2012 | Northwest
Plea deal likely for monied Seattle welfare couple
SEATTLE -- Lawyers for a Seattle couple who drew welfare benefits while living in a million-dollar waterfront home say they will plead guilty next Wednesday in federal court.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Northwest
Ariz. man wins space trip in Space Needle contest
SEATTLE -- Gregory Schneider of Tucson, Ariz., has won a trip to space in celebration of the Seattle Space Needle's 50th anniversary.He beat out five finalists in Seattle this week for some final competitions.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Northwest
Mayors urge online escort service to check ages
SEATTLE -- Mayors of nearly 50 cities across the country are urging Village Voice Media to require identification for people posting escort ads on Backpage.com — its online ad service that has come under scrutiny from authorities for allegations that it’s used to promote child...
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Seattle will test less-frequent garbage service
SEATTLE -- The city of Seattle is moving forward with a plan to test every-other-week trash collection as a way to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
BoltBus starting Seattle-Portland service May 17
SEATTLE -- A low-cost inter-city bus service that began four years ago on the East Coast plans to start a Seattle-Portland route on May 17.BoltBus has no stations, baggage handlers or ticket agents. The black and red buses do offer wifi and places to plug in laptops.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Man's body found on park beach in Seattle
SEATTLE -- A jogger found a man's body Monday morning on the beach at Golden Gardens Park on Puget Sound in Seattle.Police say there's no sign of trauma or a crime but they're investigating the death as a homicide for now.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Finals of Space Needle contest begins
SEATTLE -- The five finalists in a contest to be sent into space as part of Seattle Needle's 50th anniversary celebration are in Seattle this week.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Jury: Former soldier wrongly fired
SEATTLE -- A federal jury in Seattle has awarded $485,000 in damages to a Washington National Guard sergeant who said she was fired because of her military service.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Feds seek death penalty in Somali yacht hijacking
NORFOLK, Va. -- Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against three Somalis charged with murder in the fatal shooting of four Americans aboard a hijacked yacht last year, according to a court document unsealed Tuesday.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Vote delayed on Seattle bar times
SEATTLE -- Seattle will have to wait a little longer to find out if liquor can be sold in the city after 2 a.m. The Washington Liquor Control Board has delayed until May 30 its vote on the city's request for a rule change that would allow later liquor sales in some locations.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Northwest
Seattle pastor sentenced for investment fraud
SEATTLE -- A Seattle area pastor who defrauded members of his own congregation and others in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced Friday to more than three years in prison.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Northwest
Upgrade doubles restrooms at Pike Place Market
SEATTLE -- The Pike Place Market says a three-year $68 million renovation has been completed on time and on schedule.Perhaps one of the biggest changes that visitors will notice at the Seattle tourist attraction is a doubling in the number of restrooms.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Northwest
Seattle police want to videotape peaceful demonstrations
SEATTLE -- Seattle police want the city to change a law and allow officers to shoot video of peaceful public protests and demonstrations.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Northwest
Former Seattle principal, staffer investigated
SEATTLE -- Seattle police are investigating the possible misuse of school funds by a former elementary school principal and a parent coordinator.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Northwest
Police ask for help after random Seatttle shooting
SEATTLE -- Seattle's mayor and top police officials have asked the public for help in finding the shooter who critically wounded a young woman who recently moved to the city to become a chef.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Seattle police preparing to deploy drones
SEATTLE -- Seattle police say they won't deploy drones until appropriate policies are approved.Police said Monday they are still in the evaluation and training stage of using unmanned aircraft. They say they have discussed the new technology with the American Civil Liberties Union.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Seattle residents opting out of phone book delivery
SEATTLE -- The city of Seattle says about one-fifth of the homes and business -- 75,000 addresses -- in the city have opted out of phone book deliveries since the choice was offered a year ago.The city said that's 420,000 unwanted deliveries, saving 375 tons of paper.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Machine tunneling under I-5 in Seattle
SEATTLE -- A machine digging a tunnel for a Sound Transit light rail line crosses another tricky point Monday night as it passes under I-5 in downtown Seattle.The tunnel will be just 15 feet below the express lanes.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Northwest
No one hurt in 2 rolling shootouts in Seattle
SEATTLE -- Police say two rolling shootouts in south Seattle may be related, and gang detectives are investigating.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Northwest
Do you remember the future?
Take a quiz and test your Century 21 knowledge
Date: 04/22/2012 | Local News
ACLU concerned about Seattle police aerial drones
SEATTLE -- The Seattle Police Department’s recent federal approval to use drones for aerial monitoring should spark a discussion among city leaders about privacy and law enforcement’s use of technology, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington says.
Date: 04/21/2012 | Northwest
It happened at the world's fair
Photo gallery: Seattle World's Fair sights and memorabilia
Date: 04/20/2012 | Local News
Agencies crack down on guns in Seattle
SEATTLE -- Seattle police are working with federal agents to get guns off the city's streets.They took their plan into action Thursday night with a raid in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
Go on scavenger hunt for prizes at Seattle Center
The annual Emerald City Search, a kind of scavenger hunt around Seattle, kicks off the 10-day game Saturday.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Life
Memories of the future
Stories from the Seattle World's Fair on its 50th anniversary
Date: 04/20/2012 | Local News
A Century 21 timeline
Here's a brief timeline of the Century 21 Exposition, otherwise known as the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Late 1950s -- Fundraising for the World's Fair begins with commitments from local, state and federal governments.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Local News
2 accused of taking up to $200K from caregivers
SEATTLE -- Two men are accused of embezzling up to $200,000 from a city caregiver program.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Northwest
6 arrested in Renton gun-trafficking sting
SEATTLE -- Six men have been arrested in a gun-trafficking sting in Renton.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Northwest
Thieves target West Seattle nonprofits
SEATTLE -- Thieves appear to be targeting nonprofit organizations in West Seattle.Two different nonprofits that rent space in the Youngstown Cultural Center have been hit.KOMO-TV reported the other organizations in the center are on guard for more thefts.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
Thieves target West Seattle nonprofits
SEATTLE -- Thieves appear to be targeting nonprofit organizations in West Seattle.Two different nonprofits that rent space in the Youngstown Cultural Center have been hit.KOMO-TV reported the other organizations in the center are on guard for more thefts.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
Thieves target West Seattle nonprofits
SEATTLE -- Thieves appear to be targeting nonprofit organizations in West Seattle.Two different nonprofits that rent space in the Youngstown Cultural Center have been hit.KOMO-TV reported the other organizations in the center are on guard for more thefts.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
Seattle teacher accused of grabbing teen by throat
SEATTLE -- Seattle police say a high school teacher accused of grabbing a disruptive 17-year-old student by the throat and slapping him has been arrested.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Man's body parts found in 2 locations in Seattle
SEATTLE -- Police say DNA testing has confirmed that body parts found in two locations in Seattle are from the same man, 53-year-old Donald Meyer, who was reported missing in June 2011.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Seattle to explore fewer trash pickups, more recycling
SEATTLE -- Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a registry for people to opt-out of getting phonebooks.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Northwest
Bill's in the mail for S.R. 520, Tacoma bridge tolls
SEATTLE -- People who have been tardy about paying their tolls for crossing the State Route 520 and Tacoma Narrows bridges will be mailed civil penalty notices this week.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Northwest
Candidates sought for new majority-minority districts
SEATTLE -- In the newly created eastern Washington legislative district where Latinos are the majority of the constituents, so far only one Latino candidate has declared a run for public office. And he's a 21-year-old college student.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Northwest
Jury selection to begin in rape case
SYCAMORE, Ill. -- Attorneys in the trial of a Seattle man suspected in the sexual assault of an Illinois teenager 50 years ago say they're ready for trial.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Northwest
Crash snarls I-5 traffic for miles
SEATTLE -- A multiple-vehicle collision involving a semi closed all four southbound lanes of Interstate 5 for about two and a half hours in downtown Seattle, causing an eight-mile backup.The accident was reported at 2:14 p.m. on Thursday.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Northwest
Seattle school district must make up 3 snow days
SEATTLE -- The Seattle School Board has told the district that classroom instruction is important -- and it needs to make up all three days lost to a snowstorm in January.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Northwest
Ferris wheel to spin on Seattle waterfront
SEATTLE -- Construction began Tuesday on a Ferris wheel that will sit on the end of a pier on the Seattle waterfront.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Northwest
Seattle considers breastfeeding ordinance
SEATTLE -- The Seattle City Council is taking up the issue of breastfeeding in public.At its Wednesday afternoon meeting, the council is considering an ordinance to prevent discrimination against breastfeeding mothers.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Northwest
A look behind Amazon.com's smile
The Seattle Times has now completed publication of a four-part series on the mammoth local company we all probably know least about -- at least in terms of what's on the inside. "Behind the Smile" is a wide-ranging series that explores Amazon.com's
Date: 04/04/2012 | Bizblog
Justice Dept. gives Seattle its police reform list
SEATTLE -- A day after Seattle's mayor proposed nearly two dozen police reforms in response to a damning federal report, U.S. Justice Department representatives delivered their own list of proposed changes during a closed-door meeting with city officials.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Northwest
Federal criticism leads to Seattle police reforms
SEATTLE — Pre-empting a meeting with Department of Justice officials, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn on Thursday proposed a series of police reforms in response to a damning federal report that came after several high-profile incidents involving minorities.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Northwest
Vehicular homicide charge in Seattle fatality
SEATTLE -- The King County prosecutor's office filed vehicular homicide and reckless endangerment charges Wednesday against a Covington woman accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 5 and causing a crash that killed a passenger in her car.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Northwest
Construction starts on new Highway 520 floating bridge
SEATTLE -- The Transportation Department says drivers on the Highway 520 floating bridge will see construction barges move into place Thursday on Lake Washington to start work on a new floating bridge.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Northwest
A cure for the common vacant storefront
Seattle Times deputy business editor Rami Grunbaum writes about a program that arranges for arts groups to temporarily occupy vacant retail spaces to keep them active and spified-up:
Date: 03/26/2012 | Bizblog
Marysville man gets 12 years for drug trafficking
SEATTLE -- A Marysville man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in a federal prison for his role in a multinational drug trafficking ring.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Local News
Dead girl's voice mails gone after T-Mobile promotion
SEATTLE -- When Faron Butler wanted to hear his daughter's voice, he went to the voice mails she left him before she died of cancer at the age of 14.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Northwest
Soldier's lawyer known for 'humanizing' clients
SEATTLE -- A day before the public learned the name of the soldier accused of methodically slaughtering 16 civilians in Afghanistan, his lawyer called a news conference and sketched a different portrait of Robert Bales: that of a loving father and devoted husband who had been traumatized by a...
Date: 03/21/2012 | Nation & World
Sound Transit tunnel reaches milestone in Seattle
SEATTLE -- Sound Transit says it reached another milestone in construction of a light rail line through Seattle on Wednesday when a tunnel boring machine reached the Capitol Hill station site after a 10-month dig from the direction of Husky Stadium.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Northwest
Seattle trees to be painted blue for art
SEATTLE -- A King County arts organization says 56 trees in Seattle and Kenmore will be painted blue starting April 2 in a temporary art project.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Northwest
Seattle officer acquitted of assault charge
SEATTLE -- A Seattle police officer accused of kicking a handcuffed man following an off-duty fight outside a bar has been acquitted of a fourth-degree assault charge.A Seattle Municipal Court jury returned the verdict Wednesday.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Northwest
Paul Allen puts $300M in brain institute expansion
SEATTLE -- Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is putting $300 million into expanding the work of the brain science institute he founded.The financial commitment announced Wednesday is part of a 10-year plan to tackle the most complex questions in brain science.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Northwest
Seattle sex offender faces possible life sentence
SEATTLE -- A sex offender accused of breaking into a house in Seattle's University District and threatening six women with a knife would face a life sentence if convicted of the latest charges.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Northwest
Man sentenced in Seattle bus shooting
SEATTLE -- A 25-year-old Seattle man has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for illegally possessing a gun that went off on a Metro bus in downtown Seattle last May.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Northwest
Raffaele Sollecito has book deal
NEW YORK (AP) -- Amanda Knox's former boyfriend will be the first to tell about the Italian murder case that made them famous worldwide.Raffaele Sollecito has a deal with Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books for a book scheduled to come out this fall. Knox's memoir is due next year.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Northwest
Seattle sues to recover funds from ex-employee
SEATTLE — The city of Seattle has filed a lawsuit seeking to freeze the assets of an ex-public utilities employee accused of embezzling more than $1 million.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Liquor board may extend Seattle closing time for bars
SEATTLE -- The state Liquor Control Board is expected to make a decision by early May about the city of Seattle's request to extend the closing time for bars past 2 a.m.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Emergency repair for Highway 520 floating bridge
SEATTLE -- An emergency repair is under way on one of the 58 cables anchoring the Highway 520 floating bridge in Lake Washington, after a diver discovered corrosion.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Northwest
Seattle landmark P-I globe to be preserved
SEATTLE -- A Seattle landmark, the P-I globe, should keep on spinning, but it will likely be moved by the end of the year from the waterfront building that once housed the Post-Intelligencer newspaper.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Northwest
Investor says he'll wait to get new Seattle arena
SEATTLE -- The San Francisco venture capitalist behind a plan to lure the NBA back to town appeared before a citizen panel Wednesday, saying he's willing to wait years to complete a deal for a new arena.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Northwest
Charges filed in Seattle home invasion
SEATTLE — A convicted rapist accused of breaking into a house in Seattle’s University District and threatening six young women with a knife was charged Wednesday with burglary, two counts of robbery and six counts of kidnapping.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Northwest
Arrest after 6 threatened by attacker with knife
SEATTLE -- Seattle police have arrested a convicted rapist accused of breaking into a house near the University of Washington and threatening six young women with a knife.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Northwest
Judge won't move trial of Seattle terror defendant
SEATTLE -- A federal judge said Monday he will not move the trial of a man accused of planning to attack a Seattle military recruiting station out of Western Washington.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Northwest
Deal expected to preserve Seattle P-I globe
SEATTLE -- An agreement among Hearst Corp., the city of Seattle and the Museum of History and Industry is expected to preserve the iconic Seattle P-I globe.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Northwest
Metro transit officer stabbed at Seattle bus stop
SEATTLE -- The King County sheriff's office says a Metro transit officer who was stabbed Friday at a Seattle bus shelter has been released from Harborview Medical Center.Spokeswoman Cindi West said the sergeant will recover.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Ex-Seattle utilities employee accused of $1M theft
SEATTLE -- Police say a man who worked for Seattle Public Utilities siphoned more than $1 million in water main extension funds into his private bank account.The theft was discovered during an investigation of employees who were crediting their own utility accounts.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
House bill prevents environmental delays to 520 bridge project
OLYMPIA -- The Washington state House has passed a bill to prevent a possible work stoppage on the 520 floating bridge project over environmental concerns.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Northwest
Gun found in middle school student's backpack
SEATTLE -- An unloaded gun has been found in the backpack of a Seattle middle school student.KING TV reports that the 13-year-old boy was taken into police custody.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Northwest
Body recovered off Seattle waterfront ID'd
MISSOULA, Mont. -- A co-owner of the Badlander bar in Missoula, Mont., has been found dead in Seattle's Elliott Bay.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Renton family admits to decades of disability fraud
SEATTLE -- Four members of a Renton family have pleaded guilty in a disability fraud case that netted them more than $350,000 over 31 years.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Seattle police arrest 10 people at City Hall
SEATTLE -- Seattle police have arrested 10 demonstrators for criminal trespassing after they refused to leave the lobby outside the mayor's office.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
More Seattle officers to patrol streets
SEATTLE -- Responding to a recent spike in violent crime, the city of Seattle is assigning more of its police officers to patrol troubled hotspots throughout the city, Mayor Mike McGinn said Monday.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
Body recovered off Seattle waterfront
SEATTLE -- A Seattle fire department boat has recovered a body off the downtown waterfront.Spokesman Kyle Moore told KOMO Radio the person was found Monday morning at Pier 57.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
Man gets 33 years for brutal assault in Shoreline
SEATTLE -- A 22-year-old man who brutally beat an older man who tried to thwart the theft of his car has been sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
3,000 gallon diesel spill in Seattle
SEATTLE -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe says most of a 3,000-gallon diesel spill was contained in a ditch at a Seattle switching yard.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Northwest
Diver missing diver off West Seattle presumed dead
SEATTLE -- A diver missing off West Seattle is presumed dead.
Date: 02/19/2012 | Northwest
Seattle zoo euthanizes elderly tiger
SEATTLE -- A Seattle zoo says it has euthanized a 19-year-old male Sumatran tiger whose health had been declining because of age-related kidney failure and liver disease.Woodland Park Zoo said the tiger named Rakata died Friday.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Burglary suspect wounded in Seattle
SEATTLE -- A south Seattle homeowner told police he shot an intruder early Friday.Police found a man with shotgun pellet wounds in his left arm on a Metro bus. After hospital treatment, the 37-year-old was headed to jail for investigation of burglary.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Seattle announces plans for new arena
SEATTLE -- Christopher Hansen is making a $290 million proposal to his hometown that could be the impetus for a new sports arena that could bring the NBA and NHL to Seattle. All he needs is city and county approval equaling $200 million and the two franchises to make it a reality.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Sports
Crane falls into water at Seattle shipyard
SEATTLE -- The operator of a crane that fell into the water at Vigor Shipyards in Seattle has been taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore told KOMO the operator was rescued from the water by a fire department crew and medics.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Northwest
Eggs scrambled in Seattle truck accident
SEATTLE -- A semi-truck carrying eggs crashed over a barrier and landed upside down after colliding with a car on Interstate 5 in north Seattle.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Northwest
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