When Seattle police officer recruit Marcus Jones heard Chief Carmen Best suddenly announce her retirement because of actions by the City Council, he said he was heartbroken to see his role model stepping down. Even though he's still training in the academy, he was compelled to write encouraging words to her.
Several Puget Sound families filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Board of Education and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction Tuesday, challenging rules from those agencies in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Alexis Krell and Allison Needles, The News Tribune
Washington state saw its highest primary turnout in more than five decades, with 55% of the state's 4.6 million voters returning ballots for last week's election, setting the stage for a potential record-breaking turnout in November.
After weeks of tension over the police budget, on Wednesday Seattle's City Council voted to override Mayor Jenny Durkan's veto of an emergency spending bill.
After months of an economic shutdown, months of school closures and months of the coronavirus death toll rising every day, state health officials on Wednesday said something not often heard from them.
The Seattle Office of Housing is investing $60 million to help build 600 new apartment units of permanent housing for the homeless in response to COVID-19.
Officials with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday announced that they have positively identified a body found floating in Stickney Lake in 1994 as Rodney Peter Johnson.
KIRO 7 has learned that the body of a woman who was found near Snoqualmie Pass last week has been identified as Diana Davis, a 50-year-old missing woman from Tacoma.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has announced that Deputy Chief Adrian Diaz will assume the role of Interim Chief following current Police Chief Carmen Best’s retirement on Sept. 2.
Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County has issued a statement following the news that Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best will announce her retirement at a news conference on Tuesday.
