Police are looking for Tyrese B. Harrison, 22, who has been charged with second-degree murder for a fatal shooting Nov. 27 in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood. Harrison is considered armed and dangerous. Full Story »
The state of Washington is suing DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite television company, for allegedly burning consumers with big fees and terms buried in fine print. Full Story »
A body found near railroad tracks west of Hood River last week has been identified as 24-year-old Dane Ludwig of White Salmon, Wash. Full Story »
Washington quarterback Jake Locker announced Monday he will return to Washington for his senior season, quickly putting to rest any lingering questions about his future. Full Story »
Stump Mitchell's agent says the Washington Redskins running backs coach has had a preliminary telephone interview for Southern University's head coaching job. Full Story »
ARLINGTON On Saturday, Dec. 12, at approximately 1 a.m. Arlington Police received a report of an assault in progress at the corner of Fourth Street and Olympic Avenue in downtown Arlington. Full Story »
The man accused of killing a Seattle police officer and fireboming several police vehicles pleaded not guilty in court on Monday. Full Story »
Seattlepi.com looks into whether an open can of O'Douls could get you a ticket. Full Story »
Flood risks on the Green River are fewer today than they were last summer, but preparations have cost millions and forced spending changes and delays in other work. Full Story »
Alexander, Etta B, 92 of Seattle, Dec. 2. Allee, Walter E, 82 of Federal Way, Dec. 2. Alula, Kidane G, 90 of Seattle, Dec. 8. Arko, Theodore E, 90 of Enumclaw, Dec. 7. Full Story »
The AG's Office says DIRECTV is accused of attracting customers with ads for low prices while, at the same time, hiding fees, planed rate changes and terms that call for automatic renewals. Full Story »
A Lynnwood family that brought a barbecue grill into their apartment to keep warm poisoned themselves with carbon monoxide. Full Story »
Colgan Air says in a report submitted this month to the National Transportation Safety Board that the pilot's inattention and failure to follow safety rules likely caused Flight 3407 to plummet from the sky on Feb. 12. Full Story »
The man accused of killing a Seattle police officer pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, attempted murder and arson charges. Full Story »
After an icy morning in some areas of Western Washington, temperatures will warm up, bringing rain to most areas. Full Story »
Tyrese B. Harrison is wanted for the murder of Max Gasoi in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood on Nov. 29. Full Story »
Well-known Salt Lake City defense attorney Scott Williams said Monday he has been retained by Josh Powell, whose wife Susan Powell was reported missing Dec. 7. Full Story »
Police are still investigating why a Lynnwood family brought a charcoal grill into their apartment for heat, sending nine people to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. Full Story »
A regional airline is blaming the pilot for the commuter plane crash that killed 50 people near Buffalo earlier this year. Full Story »
The University of Washington and the U.S. Geological Survey are looking for homeowners willing to help them measure earthquakes in urban areas around Seattle. Full Story »
Part of the commercial property on NE 21st and Interstate 84 slide down the hill towards the MAX tracks. There were no reports of anyone hurt. Full Story »
The AG's Office says DIRECTV is accused of attracting customers with ads for low prices while, at the same time, hiding fees, planed rate changes and terms that call for automatic renewals. Full Story »
Two people and their dogs were able to get out of their burning home in North Spokane early Monday morning. Full Story »
A Lynnwood family that brought a barbecue grill into their apartment to keep warm poisoned themselves with carbon monoxide. Full Story »
The Principal of Colton High School confirms hunter Glen Voshell, who taught science at the school, was found dead Monday morning after a two day search in the Palouse. Full Story »
SEATTLE -- Jake Locker says he will not make himself available for the NFL draft and will return to Washington for his senior season. Locker released a statement through the university on Monday. Locker says he gave the idea of leaving after his junior season careful thought. Full Story »
The gifts have been pouring in, but the Marines say their annual Toys for Tots drive is falling short. Full Story »
SEATTLE -- A jury in Seattle continues deliberations Monday in the second trial of the man who shot up a Jewish Federation office three years ago and killed a woman and wounded five others. Full Story »
A military helicopter searches upper elevations of Mount Hood, as rescuers hold onto hope that two experienced climbers will be found alive after a third member of their party was discovered dead over the weekend. Full Story »
LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- A Lynnwood family that brought a barbecue grill into their apartment to keep warm poisoned themselves with carbon monoxide. Police say medics took family members to a hospital Sunday, and they were treated with oxygen in a hyperbaric chamber. Full Story »
The University of Washington says quarterback Jake Locker will return as a Husky for his senior year. Full Story »
"Hundreds Of Consumers Burned By Big Fees...." Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna has a laundry list of complaints in his suit against DIRECTV. Full Story »
Monfort appeared in court for the first time this morning. The man accused of murdering Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton pleaded not guilty to all five charges against him Monday morning at his arraignment in Seattle. Full Story »
Crews Were Called To The Scene At 5 a.m. Monday Morning Two people were rushed to the hospital after suffering injuries in an apartment fire in Everett. Full Story »
Snow Causes Problems At Homes and on Roads After more than a week of bone-chilling cold, snow finally arrived in western Washington. There was a dusting on streets and in neighborhoods. A sheet of ice around Lake Stevens made things very slippery. Full Story »
Our broad, broken system of public education has always reminded me of the book Animal Farm . Not because I read Orwell’s work in school — though, of course, I did — but because every brilliant new plan that’s supposed to fix schools in America only succeeds in making them worse. Take desegregation. I’m a huge fan of desegregation on a community-wide level. But even as teary-eyed as I get ... Full Story »
Lingering somewhere in the shadows at Oslo’s Nobel Prize ceremony may well have been the spirit of Reinhold Niebuhr , the 20th-century American theologian whom President Obama has described as his favorite philosopher. As Obama navigated the choppy sea between hawks at home and doves in Norway, devotees of Niebuhr’s “Christian Realism” heard much that resonated. “There will be times when nations ... Full Story »
Crowd-pleasing gets under way even before the show officially starts in the Seattle Shakespeare Company's boisterously high-spirited production of Twelfth Night . While the audience gathers in the lobby of the Seattle Center House Theatre, in stream caroling actors, clad in Dickensian motley, to engage everyone in parlor games and singing. The merry-making carries on for a spell after everyone ... Full Story »
Responding to reduced state assistance and other budgetary pressures, President Mark A. Emmert announced that the University of Washington will eliminate all students beginning January 1, 2010. Rejecting the alternative of across-the-board reductions, the Board of Regents chose to preserve the “heart and soul” of the University, the faculty and the administrative staff. Emmert called the ... Full Story »
Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Crosscut on Dec. 8, 2007. The holidays are a great time for two kinds of people: kids who believe in Santa Claus and adults who like to drink. I missed out on the first one due to a dad who believed in honesty to a fault. Most parents tell their kids the usual little white lies about Santa, the Tooth Fairy , the Easter Bunny , etc. Not in my ... Full Story »
As Seattle Public Schools released new details about its latest transformation plan for perpetually-troubled Cleveland High School over the past week, there's been a collective eye roll am... Continue reading "Will Cleveland High School Become Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson's Crown Jewel or Albatross?" Full Story »
Washington's junior senator's sites haven't been focused on the home front so much these days. With the real Secretary of State Hillary Clinton busy dealing with the Afghanistan situation,... Continue reading "Maria Cantwell: Honorary Secretary of State" Full Story »
Serving up the best of the local blogosphere, once daily. - All About Microsoft asks if Google's new Nexus One phone will spur a Microsoft copycat. While TechFlash explains how Microsoft... Continue reading "Seattle Blogs: The Coming Microsoft-Google Phone Wars?" Full Story »
Christopher Monfort, facing a murder charge for killing a Seattle police officer Halloween night, stared at the courtroom floor, nodded when asked to confirm his name, listened quietly as... Continue reading "Not Guilty, Christopher Monfort Says, Of Killing Seattle Cop; First Court Appearance in Slaying of Tim Brenton" Full Story »
Reader Little Smitty responds to Today in Irony: Robert Henry Smith, Rainier Beach High School Drug Prevention Counselor, Indicted on Drug Charges. Warning: Today's highlighted comment com... Continue reading "Reader: My Dad Is a Good Man, Not a Drug Dealer" Full Story »
The Washington Attorney General's Office has announced it is suing California-based DIRECTV for alleged unfair sales practices. Full Story »
The north entrance to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport garage will close overnight for four nights beginning on Monday evening. Full Story »
The Federal Way School Board has hired a search firm to find a successor for Superintendent Tom Murphy, who is retiring at the end of June. Full Story »
The Tacoma Athletic Commission has donated $105,000 to Tacoma Public Schools to support middle school sports. Full Story »
The Sumner-Bonney Lake Recreation Department is offering day camp activities during winter break for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Full Story »
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