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Caravan of Care Brings Free Health Services to Goodwill on Dearborn

From dental cleanings to ORCA card help, Evergreen Goodwill's outdoor resource fair on Dearborn aims to meet community needs in one place.

‘Digit’ maker Agility Robotics to go public in $2.5B deal — here’s what the filings say about its finances

Salem, Ore.-based Agility Robotics, whose two-legged Digit robots have been tested inside Amazon warehouses, is set to become the first publicly traded U.S. company dedicated solely to humanoid robots, beating its Silicon Valley and East Coast rivals to Wall Street. Read More

Microsoft says its data centers use 90% less water than its earliest facilities as public concern grows

Microsoft announced Wednesday that over the past two decades, it has become dramatically more efficient in its use of water… Read More

Midweek Roundup: Level Up

Reminders: To ensure there is enough space on trains, bikes and scooters are not allowed on trains on World Cup match days. Local: Further Afield: This is an Open Thread.

Moment of ‘Zen’: Another billionaire’s superyacht turns heads in Seattle

“Zen,” a $200 million, 289-foot yacht reportedly owned by Chinese billionaire Wu Guangming, motored smoothly through the Ballard Locks and out to Puget Sound, drawing onlookers along the railings of the popular Seattle destination. Read More

Seattle Scores Record Transit Ridership

On Friday, Sound Transit and King County Metro carried over 500,000 passengers on trains, buses, and boats throughout Puget Sound. Both Link and the King County Water Taxi set a new one-day ridership records of 280,000 and 9,483 boardings, respectively. Friday was a busy day in Seattle. Communities around the City hosted Juneteenth celebrations. The … Continue reading "Seattle Scores Record Transit Ridership"

The Best Restaurants in Tacoma

Often thought of as Seattle’s southern little sister, Tacoma has surged in population in the last decade, and Washington State’s third-largest city can definitely hold its own against its siblings when it comes to its food scene. From fried chicken and waffles in Lincoln to luscious bagel sandwiches in Edison City, from Vegas-style fine dining […]

Seattle-area young entrepreneurs capture third-straight win in global TiE startup pitch contest

A team of Seattle-area high school students won the 2026 TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) Global Pitch Competition earlier this month, notching a three-peat for the TYE Seattle chapter. Read More

Lime rides World Cup fever in Seattle to single-day trip record during USA vs. Australia match

Seahawks legend Marshawn Lynch was among the riders who helped Lime set a new single-day ridership record in Seattle, with 83,000 trips recorded on shared bikes and scooters. Read More

Microsoft’s next big thing for the cloud: an agent that keeps its cool when everything falls apart

Microsoft is promising relief to engineers who get woken up at 3 a.m. for outages and other cloud glitches: an… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft names new exec; Remitly CPO/CTO departs; AWS leader to head Synthesia in Seattle

Microsoft names chief digital safety officer; Remitly's chief product and technology officer departs; and an AWS leader joins Synthesia to oversee its new Seattle office. Read More