Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- State Patrol seeks witnesses to freeway diamond caper
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 06:09 PMThe State Patrol is looking for witnesses to an apparent diamond theft that occurred on the freeway in Seattle Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dino Rossi's latest benefactor? Mike Pence
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 03:33 PMThe political action committee of Vice President Mike Pence gives $5,400 to Republican Dino Rossi's campaign in Washington's 8th District. The Great America Committee doled out dollars to 30 Republican House incumbents. Rossi was the lone non-incumbent to get a check.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New charge filed in Pierce County deputy's slaying
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 08:21 PMOne of the three people charged in connection with the January death of a Pierce County sheriff's deputy was arraigned on a more severe charge Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charges: Stolen cell phone extortion case involving father, teen deepens
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 05:51 PMKing County prosecutors charged a second person in a case involving a stolen cell phone and a made-up abduction to extort a frantic father in Seattle.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Middle school student claims teacher pushed him during argument
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 11:18 AMA South King County middle school teacher is on administrative leave after a student said the man pushed him on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Report: College Republicans threaten lawsuit against UW over fee
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 01:18 AMThe University of Washington said the UW College Republicans must pay $17,000 for security costs in advance of a Saturday rally on Red Square. In response, the club said it will be filing a lawsuit on Tuesday against the school.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Eagle Scout turned child pornographer: I’m sorry I took photos
Monday - 02/05/2018 - 09:30 PMA Seattle-area "child predator" who worked with a California man to sexually abuse a teen girl they met online has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AG to Trump: If you try to drill off our coast, we'll sue
Monday - 02/05/2018 - 04:30 PMWashington Attorney General Bob Ferguson invites U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to visit his state's fabled Olympic Coast.Ferguson has another message for Zinke. The state will sue if Interior tries any oil and gas leasing in Washington's coastal waters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Some rivers flood as heavy rains continue to fall in the mountains this weekend
Sunday - 02/04/2018 - 05:10 PMHere are the 12 hour rainfall amounts over Western Washington as of 8 AM PST. Widespread 1-3 inch totals, mainly over the Cascades and the North Interior. Rain is driving some rivers above flood stage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Now hiring: Seattle firms with most tech job openings in 2017
Saturday - 02/03/2018 - 04:57 PMThe Seattle job market is stronger than ever, especially if your skills are in a technology field.
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- Connelly: 'O Canada' -- A national anthem goes gender neutral
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 04:57 PMWith a changing of its English language lyrics, fought over for 18 months, Canada now has a gender-neutral national anthem.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Musk marvels at rocket's triumph, looks ahead to bigger one
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 02:20 PM"It taught me, like, crazy things can come true," Musk said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Connelly: Hey Amazon.com, what are you doing to protect the Amazon?
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 05:51 PMThe environmental group Amazon Watch is asking Amazon.com to lend a hand at curbing destruction of the South American rain forests that are the company's namesake.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Washington, 9 states sue to stop gutting of 'Clean Water Rule'
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 04:21 PMWashington and nine other states are hauling the Trump administration into court in a lawsuit that seeks to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from suspending a "Clean Water Rule" that protects the nation's lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Skagit County homes surrounded by water as flood levels recede
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 11:18 AMSeveral homes in Skagit County were still surrounded by water Monday night as flood levels across the region begin to recede.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - City in $360K settlement for West Seattle trees illegally cut
Monday - 02/05/2018 - 10:48 PMThe city of Seattle has now agreed to $800,000 in settlements with West Seattle homeowners responsible for destruction of 153 trees in a city greenbelt, cut down so as to improve the residents' views.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charges: Kirkland basketball coach filmed girls changing
Monday - 02/05/2018 - 05:36 PMKing County prosecutors charged a 28-year-old volunteer basketball coach in Kirkland last week after two high school athletes found videos of themselves changing clothes on a school-issued iPad.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man struck by train, severely injured near Carkeek Park
Monday - 02/05/2018 - 11:06 AMA man is in the hospital with serious injuries after was hit by a train near Carkeek Park in North Seattle.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Locals cool off to raise money for Wash. Special Olympics
Saturday - 02/03/2018 - 09:57 PMPhotos of Washington Special Olympics Polar Plunge
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Uber, Lyft would gain urban car power under new, self-driving plan
Friday - 02/02/2018 - 11:03 PMThe companies that operate bike-rental and ride-hailing services in cities across the U.S. and beyond would have an even bigger hand in running inner-city transportation under a set of "mobility principles" they signed onto Thursday.
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- 2 teens charged in fatal Renton drug rip-off
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 04:57 PMTwo teens were charged with murder Tuesday in the Jan. 27 death of a 29-year-old man who appears to have been set up in a Renton drug rip-off, reports say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nearly 7,000 voter registrations lost in 'malfunction'
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 09:39 PMA computer malfunction at the state Department of Licensing left 6,969 people off the voter rolls. The glitch was discovered in late January. The DOL and Secretary of State's Office insist that the "impacted voters" will receive their ballots in time for the Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Charge: Alleged Rolex bandit posts photo of loot on Snapchat
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 06:44 PMProsecutors continue to stack up defendants in a series of Ben Bridge smash-and-grab robberies and believe they've charged three of the four suspects in the heists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon explains the patent to monitor workers' movements
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 01:59 PMLast week news broke that Amazon had been granted a pair of patents for a wristband tracking device that can track workers' hand movements with precision. Cue your "1984" jokes now.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Highway 509 off-ramp blocked by deadly crash
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 11:18 AMPolice and medics responded to the scene, the southbound Highway 509 off-ramp to Myers Road, at about 6:15 a.m. after receiving reports of a car hitting a tree.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Connelly: Trump channels Stalin: Don't stop applauding
Monday - 02/05/2018 - 09:30 PMIs it treasonous not to applaud the leader? Joseph Stalin thought so. Donald Trump does as well.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police: Suspect at large after Renton bar shooting
Monday - 02/05/2018 - 07:06 PMRenton police are enlisting the public's help in finding the shooter of a 38-year-old fighting for his life after being shot outside a bar early Sunday morning.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Landslides, flooding close roads, highways in North Sound
Monday - 02/05/2018 - 11:06 AMLandslides and flooding have shut down two highways north of Everett - including a major connector for North Sound commuters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man in custody after couple shot to death in Key Peninsula
Sunday - 02/04/2018 - 01:39 AM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Connelly: Dave Barrett, Seattle U. grad who became B.C. premier, dies at 87
Friday - 02/02/2018 - 09:57 PMFormer British Columbia Premier Dave Barrett is dead at 87. He was a graduate of Seattle University, a onetime Seattle P-I newsboy, a social worker, and the first socialist premier of the province.
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