Seattle News

Members of a Meetup-group pet Casper the cow at the Precious Life Animal Sanctuary in Sequim, Wash.

If Apple can have a " spaceship ," then Amazon can have a biodome. Although the company isn't creating a totally self-contained ecosystem so its employees never have to leave work, documents filed with the Seattle Department of Planning and Development indicate it is planning to build something not too far removed from that at its new campus ... (more)

Nearly four years after the end of the recession, King County unemployment hit 4.4 percent in April.

The Center will hold its grand opening and tour from 5-8 p.m. Thursday with the dedication starting at 6 p.m., at 2310 S. Lane St., Seattle.

Sorry, Capitol Hill. You are so last week. All of a sudden, restaurants and bars are competing for real estate in a new neighborhood.

For the past five years, I've played "kitchen liaison" at the Fred Hutch Premier Chefs Dinner and fundraising auction.

The University of Washington said Wednesday it will ask for $12 million in federal stimulus money in hopes of widening a 1.7-mile segment of the Burke-Gilman Trail by 2016, to serve an estimated 10,000 daily users.

Last month, Seattle resident Katherine Evans took her dog Abby on a long walk through the Arboretum and Montlake Playground.

Apparently a bunch of teenagers decided to make like Edward Norton in the movie Fight Club and start their own real-life Ballard-based version.

High school valedictorian, college football standout and UW-educated lawyer who built a career in his hometown, where a mayor told him at age 12 he should consider public office.

What do you want Seattle Parks to be like in the future - and how do you want to pay for it? Those key questions brought dozens to Dakota Place Park last night to discuss the department's draft Legacy Plan .

A group is planning to take to the streets of Capitol Hill Wednesday night to recruit local businesses into a new "block watch" and raise awareness of crime issues in the neighborhood: CAPITOL HILL ANTI-CRIME/VIOLENCE MARCH & RALLY Join Social Outreach Seattle for a peaceful march and rally to call for an end to violence and crime on Capitol Hill.

Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.

State troopers are conducting a week-long emphasis patrol to stop drivers who are aggressive around big trucks, even using their eye in the sky to find people who are speeding and cutting off.

First - before two reader reports - here's something that likely would have topped West Seattle Crime Watch 52 years ago: Anne Higuera from longtime WSB sponsor Ventana Construction was working on a project in Ballard when that West Seattle story from a 1961 edition of the Seattle P-I, stuffed in the walls, caught her eye.

On a rainy Saturday afternoon, a strong brew of native tea warms up the crowd at the Duwamish Longhouse in West Seattle.

The Millennial generation may be lazy, but at least they know the things worth getting riled up over: fight club.

Via the WSB Forums : Christopher's Salon and Massage in south Morgan Junction has announced that it's closed after 10 years in business.

The mayor declared Monday, May 20th Capitol Hill Housing day in Seattle as the non-profit developer was announced as a recipient of a $150,000 grant for its 12th Ave Arts project currently under construction at the former site of the East Precinct parking lot.

Residents who fall into the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct, which includes the Ballard area, may soon see a new police station.