Burien approves homeless hut shelter after months of debate The Burien City Council this week accepted a $1 million offer from King County to open a pallet shelter near downtown. The council accepted the money hours before a midnight deadline, after first being offered the money months ago.
King tides are coming. Is Seattle's South Park neighborhood ready? Tuesday Nov. 28 is the first king tide of the season.In South Park, business owners, residents and the government are hoping to avoid a repeat of last season's catastrophic flooding.
Results are in: What do this year's elections mean for 2024? Washington elections are a lesson in patience. A week after the general election, results are just shaping up for most of the major races. And those results can help with determining what policy and politics will look like in Seattle, and Washington.
Burien group protests city’s new camping ban by sleeping outside This weekend a group of people set up tents in downtown Burien to protest the city’s recently enacted camping ban, an ordinance that prohibits people from sleeping overnight on public property. The activists said the city should not enforce the law until it provides some sort of shelter for people experiencing homelessness.
Envelopes containing 'white powdery substance' stall ballot counts at elections offices across Washington state Suspicious mailers have been reported at multiple elections offices throughout Washington state, including the King County elections headquarters in Renton, which was evacuated Wednesday.
Seattle may be taking swing to the center after years of lefty candidates Seattle's three incumbent city council members were trailing after the first ballot drop on Election Night.
Election 2023 results: Seattle City Council & King County races Election results according to the most recent ballot counts. Results will change as more ballots are processed over the week following the November general election.
Some King County voters received mysterious mailings due to clerical error King County Elections said a “clerical error” is to blame for a recent mis-addressed mailing. The agency sent about 14,000 letters to addresses that did not match the names on the envelope. Some recipients said the mistake created confusion and could harm public trust in King County Elections.
Domestic violence surge 'easing' in King County, prosecutors say Prosecutors in King County say the numbers of domestic violence cases overall are trending downward. That’s after a spike in cases during the pandemic.