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No more direct bus service from West Seattle to the airport? Sound Transit wants to shorten Route 560

Sound Transit‘s proposed service plan for next year and beyond would drop ST Express Route 560 service to West Seattle, which among other things has been a way for people to get to the airport without transferring. The proposed change is mentioned in the Morgan Community Association‘s newest newsletter, and explained as follows on the […]

Eugenio Suárez haunts old team as Reds halt Seattle Mariners’ win streak

Former Mariner Eugenio Suárez homered and added a spectacular defensive play to rob Randy Arozarena of extra bases as Seattle fell to the Reds 4-2 at T-Mobile Park.

Baby dies in car fire near Tumwater; sibling saves toddler

A 5-month-old baby died in a car fire Tuesday in Thurston County. Another young child was rescued by a sibling.

After an extremely rare pregnancy, an Australian woman gives birth to identical quadruplet girls

An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described as incredibly rare.

WA man, sent soaring by Yellowstone bison, grateful he didn’t get gored

The community leader from Kendall suffered a fractured femur, along with serious hip and leg trauma.

Photos: Reds at Mariners

PLAY BALL! West Seattle Baseball has two things to tell you

West Seattle Baseball has two announcements for players and families – first, they’re launching Bigfoot Baseball Camp; second, Coach Ballgame is returning to the Pee Wee Fields. Here’s info about both! Bigfoot Baseball Camp Brings a New Kind of Summer Ball to West Seattle Bigfoot Baseball Camp is officially launching this August in partnership with […]

WA wildfire survivors return home to ‘black all the way around you’

One resident used a gas-powered rototiller to protect his home as the Kaiser Canyon wildfire erupted to 110 square miles. The fire remains only 1% contained.

Interlune extracts helium-3 from ordinary helium, demonstrating a process it plans to use on the moon

Seattle startup uses cryogenic distillation to produce helium-3 for quantum computing and other applications — initially on Earth, and eventually on the lunar surface. Read More

5th person dies in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

A fifth person has died in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City.

ELECTION 2026: Get ready to vote on sales-tax increase for transit in November

Seattle City Councilmembers voted today to put the renewal of the Seattle Transit Measure – doubling the current sales tax that pays for extra transit service – on this November’s ballot. Today’s vote followed a review process before an all-council committee chaired by District 1 Councilmember Rob Saka. You can read the text here. The […]

Seahawks, Devon Witherspoon close to new deal, report says

One of the bigger questions hovering over the Seahawks — when will star cornerback Devon Witherspoon get a contract extension? — may be close to an answer.