Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Seattle

Smoke rolling back in for the weekend

Just when Seattle thought the haze was over, it rolled back into the city Thursday night to smoke up the weekend. Some residents took to Twitter to say they were smelling something funky and familiar. Some air quality websites started...

Did city deliberately withhold records showing tally of council votes on head-tax repeal?

Records have emerged showing the Seattle mayor’s office and a City Council staffer privately conveyed to individual council members information about where a majority of their colleagues stood on issues related to the repeal of the controversial business head...

‘Mister May Day’ is retiring from the Seattle Police Department, taking his skills statewide

The man with the informal title of “Mister May Day” in the Seattle Police Department — because of his role overseeing the department’s response to the peaceful daytime march and evening mayhem — is retiring. Chris Fowler, who over 26...

2 typhoons weaken after pounding South Korea and Japan

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A weakening typhoon is brushing by metropolitan Seoul after battering southern South Korea with heavy rain and high winds, leaving one person missing and a slew of damaged buildings, cancelled flights and power outages. Japan’s...

Survey reveals high rates of sexual assault among Native American women, many of them homeless

When Abigail Echo-Hawk first started her job as director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, she felt compelled to open the bottom drawer of a file cabinet in the corner of her office. The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is funded by...

Former Trump aide Omarosa has “explosive” book coming

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump aide and “Apprentice” contestant Omarosa Manigault Newman has a memoir coming that her publisher calls “explosive” and “jaw-dropping.” The book is called “Unhinged.” Gallery Books announced Thursday that it will be released on...

Cox studies sale of Seattle’s KIRO, other TV stations after FCC loosens ownership rules

Cox Media Group said it may sell Seattle’s KIRO and other television stations across the United States, taking advantage of the loosening of federal media-ownership rules. The decision raised concerns about decreasing competition in the industry. KIRO (Channel 7) is...

Now streaming: ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ ‘Castle Rock,’ ‘Ready Player One’

Here’s what’s new on Video on Demand, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and other services. Top streams of the week The sixth season of the popular Netflix Original series “Orange Is the New Black” sends the inmates of the Litchfield Women’s Correctional...

Get your fill of art fests in Bellevue, or grab a good spot for the Seafair Torchlight Parade

Weekend Highlight This weekend, catch summer art festivals in downtown Bellevue at Bellevue Arts Museum ARTSfair, Bellevue Festival of the Arts and 6th Street Fair Friday through Sunday, July 27-29. Meanwhile, in Seattle, the Seafair Torchlight Parade steps off on Saturday, July 28. Now...

The new oasis of calm at Pike Place Market

Up a pleasantly creaking wooden staircase at Pike Place Market, above the noise of the fish throwers and tourist throngs, is a book-lined oasis of calm. Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum moved to the Market earlier this month, after two...
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