Seattle news

• Yellowstone road plowing starts Friday

  27-02-2019 23:34
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Roads in Yellowstone National Park will begin to close to over snow travel on Friday so crews can start to plow in preparation for the coming spring and summer tourist season. The stretch of road from the East Entrance to Sylvan Pass will be the first to close, followed […]
  
  Read more

• Judge says public records lawsuit against ISP can continue

  27-02-2019 23:31
  SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge says a public records lawsuit against the Idaho State Police brought by a woman whose husband was killed in an officer-involved shooting can move forward in court. The Bonner County Daily Bee reports 1st District Judge Steve Verby has denied a motion from the Idaho State Police to […]
  
  Read more

• CDC director, federal health officials stress importance of measles vaccinations

  27-02-2019 23:13
  Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in Seattle that vaccines do not cause autism and that everyone should embrace vaccinations.
  
  Read more

• My Future Husband Is Wonderful But His Mother Is Destroying Our Lives

  27-02-2019 23:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I’m a straight woman in my 30s, in a monogamous relationship. I’m engaged to a wonderful, sweet, and interesting man, and we’ve been together about six years. We’re getting married this summer. If I could run away with my fiancé and ignore the rest of the world, marrying him would be the easiest decision I could make. I love him so much, and he makes me happier than I’ve ever been. But the problem, of course, is that
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Michael Cohen Shared the Receipts for at Least One Trump Crime. Now What?

  27-02-2019 22:59
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 187 considers the blockbuster Congressional testimony of Trump-fixer Michael Cohen. Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  President Trump’s former “fixer,” Michael Cohen, delivered hours of public testimony to the House Oversight Committee this week, and in doing so he clearly implicated the president in at least one crime.Eli Sanders, Rich Smith, and Katie Herzog consider what it all means—and whet
  
  Read more

• Colorado plane lost radio contact before crash in Nevada

  27-02-2019 22:59
  ELY, Nev. (AP) — Air traffic controllers lost contact with a small plane in bad weather before it crashed in eastern Nevada this month, killing a Colorado couple. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary accident report Wednesday the pilot, 72-year-old Phillip Bethell of Moffett County, Colorado, was headed from Craig, Colorado to […]
  
  Read more

• Strong Oregon economy triggers taxpayer refund

  27-02-2019 22:52
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Revenues in Oregon have soared beyond expectations, according to the state’s economic office, which could mean an extra tax credit for taxpayers next year. The state is forecasted to bring in $20.6 billion by the end of June, which is $147 million and over 4 percent more than what economists originally […]
  
  Read more

• Gov. Jay Inslee’s 2020 presidential campaign announcement expected this week

  27-02-2019 22:48
  Multiple sources in Washington politics said the governor intends to roll out his presidential campaign by the end of the week, testing his viability as a 2020 Democratic nominee.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Thanks to Amazon's Pullout, New York City Now Knows Where Seattle Is

  27-02-2019 22:30
  
  by Charles MudedeLong Island City Charles Mudede
  Twenty years ago, Seattle was practically nowhere on New York City's map. Today, NYC knows our city, its location, and its kind of economy and new politics, all thanks to the "six of the best" it recently received from the massive e-commerce company that's based in its downtown area, Amazon. NYC began misbehaving when it was announced late last year that Amazon would build a part of its HQ2 in Long Island City. Many of its citizens demanded that t
  
  Read more

• How ‘completely avoidable’ measles cases continue to climb

  27-02-2019 22:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 — and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine, federal health officials told Congress Wednesday. Yet the vaccine is hugely effective and very […]
  
  Read more

• In tobacco state, students testify about youngsters’ vaping

  27-02-2019 22:22
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Twelve-year-old Hannah Piedad first encountered vaping — an electronic form of smoking — at a New Year’s party. It was the smell that got her attention. “I was intrigued because it smelled just like maple syrup,” she said. Now the student at Johnson County Middle School in eastern Kentucky has testified […]
  
  Read more

• Even Stevens Claims to Donate to Charity. They Haven't in Six Months.

  27-02-2019 22:01
  
  by Katie Herzog KH
  Even Stevens markets itself as a sandwich company that also does good. When you walk into the University Village location, large letters painted on a wall read, “Eat and Give,” accompanied by an illustration of a hand making a peace sign.Another sign on the wall reads, “Purchase, Partner, Provide,” and a message underneath the menu—which, along with $12 sandwiches, features Party Tots, Saucy Tots, Loaded Mac, and other foods popular among toddlers
  
  Read more

• Deputy director sues Northwest Oregon Housing Authority

  27-02-2019 21:50
  ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — An administrator for the Northwest Oregon Housing Authority who was put on leave is suing the organization and its executive director. The Daily Astorian reports in a lawsuit filed this week, deputy director Teresa Sims says she has faced retaliation from Todd Johnston and the housing authority for speaking out about […]
  
  Read more

• Amtrak service unlikely to resume soon due to Sierra storm

  27-02-2019 21:34
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Amtrak passenger train service between Reno and Sacramento, California, is unlikely to resume until at least Friday because of a lingering winter storm that sent an avalanche across the Union Pacific tracks in the Sierra Nevada, railway officials said Wednesday. Service on Amtrak’s California Zephyr was suspended Tuesday after an avalanche […]
  
  Read more

• 2 Amtrak trains reverse course when avalanche closes tracks

  27-02-2019 21:34
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two Amtrak trains together carrying nearly 300 passengers stopped and reversed directions because of an avalanche that closed railroad tracks in the Sierra Nevada in northern California. More than 4 feet (1.2 meters) of snow has fallen over the past two days and winds have been gusting in excess of 100 […]
  
  Read more

• Natural History museum to mark 150th anniversary

  27-02-2019 20:48
  NEW YORK (AP) — The American Museum of Natural History announced big plans Wednesday for its big 150th anniversary, including exhibits, an anniversary website and a new space show in the planetarium. The slate of events is starting next month to commemorate the museum’s incorporation in April 1869, with the opening of the “T. rex: […]
  
  Read more

• Walmart is getting rid of greeters; disabled workers worried

  27-02-2019 20:46
  As Walmart transforms its greeter position into one that’s more physically demanding, workers with physical disabilities fear they will be out of jobs. America’s largest private employer is facing a backlash as customers rally around those greeters.
  
  Read more

• Seattle moves closer to $15,000 bonuses to attract police officers

  27-02-2019 20:43
  The Seattle City Council's public-safety committee approved the bonus plan, while adding a provision to pay a bonus of up to $7,500 to new recruits.
  
  Read more

• APNewsBreak: Medicaid recipients could be required to work

  27-02-2019 20:43
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Draft legislation involving voter-approved Medicaid expansion in Idaho would require recipients to meet similar work or employment training as the state requires in its food assistance program. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show Republican Rep. Bryan Zollinger is seeking co-sponsors for the legislation. Zollinger on Wednesday said whether the legislation […]
  
  Read more

• Future Language Documents the Unbelievable Life of No-Wave Space Cadet Von LMO

  27-02-2019 20:12
  
  by Dave Segal
  “Everything is fake. Nothing is real,” says New York No Wave musician Von LMO at the start of director Lori Felker’s Future Language, which screens at Northwest Film Forum tonight and tomorrow night. This ethos sets the tone for the documentary, an un-slick cinematic fan letter by a woman who capped her 18-year obsession with her subject by completing this scrappy movie.
  With his black, sigil-covered shirt and an enigmatic amulet around his neck lending his quasi-
  
  Read more

• Weeks after 2030 HIV pledge, report shows US headway stalled

  27-02-2019 19:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three weeks after President Donald Trump announced a campaign to end the U.S. HIV epidemic by 2030, new government data show that progress against the disease stalled recently. After declining for several years, the estimated number of new HIV infections held about steady from 2013 to 2016, the latest available data, […]
  
  Read more

• The Top 5 Tracks by Chocolate Chuck, One of Seattle's Best Hip-hop DJs

  27-02-2019 19:40
  
  When you need high-quality hip-hop that keeps your ass moving and your mind stimulated, call on Seattle DJ Chocolate Chuck.by Dave SegalChocolate Chuck wants to take you to a dimension of "rhythm that few get to experience." DAWNDRA BUDDCHOCOLATE CHUCK (aka CHARLES HARRIS-WHITE)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Aminé, "Redmercedes" (Republic) Spillage Village, "Voodoo" (Spillage Village)Quelle Chris, "In Case I Lose Myself in the Crowd" (Mello Music Group)Joey Purp, "Girls @" (self-released)Black Th
  
  Read more

• Company leaders are faulted in outbreak that killed 11 kids

  27-02-2019 19:12
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal report says a viral outbreak that killed 11 children at a New Jersey nursing home was made worse because those in charge didn’t plan for such an outbreak and didn’t react fast enough. The Record reports the pediatric medical director of the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation didn’t […]
  
  Read more

• Idaho man with animal cruelty past found guilty again

  27-02-2019 18:41
  FORT HALL, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man convicted of animal cruelty was found guilty on two similar charges in 2008. The Idaho State Journal reported Wednesday that Shane Haggard was convicted in January of misdemeanor animal cruelty following a nine-month investigation into neglect of horses on his Fort Hall property. A neighbor’s documentation of […]
  
  Read more

• Paintings So Colorful You Wish They Would Stain You Forever

  27-02-2019 18:40
  Don't miss Nikita Ares's solo show, Sugar Babies Only.by Jasmyne KeimigNikita Ares's show at Specialist Gallery is up until this weekend. Jasmyne Keimig
  When I met up with Philippines-born, Seattle-based artist Nikita Ares at her Specialist Gallery solo show Sugar Babies Only, she wore white pants, which is funny considering the oily, colorful nature of her work, which begs to stain. She told me that when she's in the process of creating, she wears a jumpsuit to protect whatever she's got on. Th
  
  Read more

• Alaska governor removes French as oil, gas commission chair

  27-02-2019 18:23
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has fired the chair of a state commission tasked with overseeing oil and gas drilling in Alaska, saying Hollis French was neglectful in his duties. French argues his firing was politically motivated, brought on by his seeking commission action on a Cook Inlet gas leak. French said Wednesday […]
  
  Read more

• Police look for second vehicle in truck crash, diesel spill

  27-02-2019 18:15
  GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) — A semi-trailer hauling two gasoline tankers overturned near Grangeville, Idaho on Tuesday, resulting in a hazardous fuel spill. The Lewiston Tribune reports Idaho State Police are looking for a dark blue unloaded logging truck that may have been involved in the accident by possibly forcing the fuel truck off the road. […]
  
  Read more

• Now Is the Time to Start Yelling About the Capital Gains Tax

  27-02-2019 18:15
  
  It's time to close the tax break on capital gains.by Rich SmithIt's time to tax this guy more.ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGESIn 2017, Jeff Bezos sold over $1 billion in stocks to fund his dubious plan to move "dirty industry" off the planet and "send the vitamins down to Earth."If he lived in any one of the 41 states (plus D.C.!) with a capital gains tax, which would have taxed the profit he made on that transaction, he would have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the state. But because he lives
  
  Read more

• Suit: Missouri professor stole and sold student’s research

  27-02-2019 18:11
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri system is suing a pharmacy professor at its Kansas City campus over allegations he stole and sold a student’s research, claiming that the school is the rightful owner of the work it believes could be used to make a billion-dollar drug. The university filed a federal […]
  
  Read more

• Lawsuit: Missouri professor stole, sold student’s research

  27-02-2019 18:11
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is accusing a pharmacy professor of stealing and selling a student’s research that the school says could become a billion-dollar drug. The Kansas City Star reports that the university filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Ashim Mitra improperly made $1.5 million from selling former graduate […]
  
  Read more

• Transit Advocate Abigail Doerr Announces Bid for King County Council

  27-02-2019 17:45
  
  Abigail Doerr, a transportation advocate and campaign manager for Sound Transit 3, announced her campaign for King County Council.by Lester BlackAbigail Doerr somehow ran four election campaigns without drinking coffee. Courtesy of Abigail Doerr
  Abigail Doerr, the campaign manager for Sound Transit 3 and 2018's carbon tax, announced Wednesday morning that she is running for King County Council in District 4, the only council district that is entirely inside of Seattle’s city limits. Doerr
  
  Read more

• Woman struck, killed on Seward Highway near Girdwood

  27-02-2019 17:36
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A woman walking near Girdwood was struck and killed by at least one vehicle on the Seward Highway. Anchorage police did not immediately release her name pending notification of next of kin. The woman at around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday was walking near Mile 91 along the southbound side of the highway, […]
  
  Read more

• Slog AM: Washington Diapers May Soon Be Sales Tax-Free, Michael Cohen's Congress Tell-All, Oregon Imposes Rent Control

  27-02-2019 17:36
  
  by Timothy KenneyOlympia wants to ease the baby bum burden.PredragImages/Getty Images
  Washington makes the short list for Russian nuclear targets: A Naval radio station near Arlington was listed on Russian state television as a possible target in nuclear war, next to heavy-hitters like the Pentagon, Camp David, and the McClellan Air Force Base in California. You know, it’s an honor just to be nominated in such a competitive category. There are so many Naval radio stations out their but the
  
  Read more

• Health officials warn of hepatitis A spike in Boise region

  27-02-2019 16:59
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public health officials say there is a spike of Hepatitis A cases in the Boise region, with six cases reported among Ada and Elmore county residents since Jan. 1. Normally, the area sees just one or two cases a year. The Idaho Statesman reports the Central District Health Department sent a […]
  
  Read more

• Dennis Richardson, Oregon secretary of state, dies

  27-02-2019 16:43
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, who last year announced he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, has died. Richardson’s office said in a statement that he died at home Tuesday night surrounded by family and friends. The 69-year-old Republican was a six-term member of the Oregon House before being elected […]
  
  Read more

• No need to panic about tonight’s snow prediction, but we are in for a chilly stretch

  27-02-2019 16:14
  After a weather system brings some precipitation Wednesday, we're looking at a clear, dry weekend. But bundle up: we'll be continuing an unusually long stretch of colder-than-average February temperatures.
  
  Read more

• Clear, dry weekend ahead — but ‘don’t break out the shorts’ as snow flurries possible tonight

  27-02-2019 16:14
  After a weather system brings some precipitation Wednesday, we're looking at a clear, dry weekend. But bundle up: we'll be continuing an unusually long stretch of colder-than-average February temperatures.
  
  Read more

• 12 Coast Guard members face charges in Alaska drug probe

  27-02-2019 16:04
  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says criminal proceedings have been initiated against 12 service members following an investigation into possible drug activity on Alaska’s Kodiak Island. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the agency removed several members in Kodiak from duty last fall as investigators examined allegations of members using illegal drugs. The […]
  
  Read more

• Fairbanks officials extend equal rights protections

  27-02-2019 15:39
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Fairbanks officials have extended a slate of equal rights protections to a number of demographic groups, including the LGBTQ community. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the Fairbanks City Council enacted an ordinance Monday, adding protections to city code for employment, housing and public accommodations. The council members voted on a number […]
  
  Read more

• How many households escaped homelessness last year? Seattle doesn’t know

  27-02-2019 15:00
  In her State of the City speech, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said 7,400 households left homelessness for housing last year. That's not true.
  
  Read more

Follow @Seattle_news_ on Twitter!