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Operating as usual
Alaska Airlines is facing issues with contracting and a shortage of pilots, leaving travelers to deal with a surplus of flight cancellations.
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Alaska Airlines is facing issues with contracting and a shortage of pilots, leaving travelers to deal with a surplus of flight cancellations.
Another gem from Feliks Banel.
The recent addition to the Heritage Register is an artifact of an old mill that closed 80 years ago. It's called the “Carlisle Lumber Company Smokestack.”
In April, two men were arrested at the Pike Place Market after an altercation involving a hammer used as a weapon and a deliberate motor vehicle assault of a pedestrian. Thursday, one of those men pleaded not guilty to felony assault charges in King County Superior Court.
A man arrested for an assault stemming from a Pike Place incident pleads not guilty in King County Superior Court.
Exclusive: Two men arrested in Tukwila Friday morning in connection to 60 smash-and-grab robberies were previously arrested for murder, new information from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reveals.
https://bit.ly/3FNeFIA
60 robberies involving trucks driving into local stores to steal ATMs and cash registers may be solved with the arrest of two men at a Tukwila motel Friday morning.
First Student's competition has accused Seattle Public Schools of “arbitrarily and improperly” awarding a district contract to First Student.
The headlines are pretty straightforward: “Homemade baby formula can be dangerous.” “Never make homemade baby formula.” We get it. But then what’s a mom supposed to do?
I’m having trouble accepting that the US is dealing with a baby formula shortage – especially when the main advice is do NOT try to make your own.
“There’s a Facebook group called Seattle Queer Exchange, and a couple times a month, trans and gender non-conforming people would be posting, begging for somewhere safe they could work out,” said Walker. “People don’t like getting stared at, people don’t like getting judged for being in the weights area. They want to feel safe in the shower. Why is this stuff so hard?”
No Judgement Fitness is mirror free and focuses on body positivity, not weight loss.
As the fallout from the Supreme Court leak continues to fuel debate, demonstrations, and political maneuvering regarding the future of abortion rights, it’s worth noting that Washington voters have twice approved pro-choice ballot measures in the past – including a few years before Roe v. Wade, and again in 1991.
https://bit.ly/37EEpdj
Washington voters have twice approved pro-choice ballot measures in the past – including a few years before Roe v. Wade, and again in 1991.
“After taking a deep dive into the allegations, here’s what I found: nothing."
“In this case, I was stopped from doing a part of my job.”
https://bit.ly/3FEcoiu
I didn't come up empty-handed because I have no idea whether or not it's true. In this case, I was stopped from doing a part of my job.
“We are a paramilitary organization. We have accountability here at the sheriff’s office, and we will hold people accountable if we learned that they are actively working against the mission and goal of this agency,” Cole-Tindall told KIRO Newsradio.
https://bit.ly/3FCi6lf
Interim sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall described her department as a "paramilitary organization" one week before her council hearing and confirmation vote to be sworn in as King County Sheriff.
“I believe Reagan Dunn has just given a gift to the Democrat incumbent Kim Schrier. Just a reminder: a majority of voters in Washington are pro-choice … looking at the state of Washington, and our history here, in 1970, we became one of the first states to decriminalize abortion before Roe v. Wade.”
https://bit.ly/3woYSuV
A bevy of Republican candidates is looking to upset 8th Congressional District incumbent Kim Schrier (D). One of them, Reagan Dunn, a sitting King County
The Seattle Waterfront might be looking to attract a specific type of business: billionaires who can afford luxury superyachts. To make that work, Seattle needs fewer fixed bridges under 150ft.
https://bit.ly/3OJk33l
The Seattle Waterfront might be looking to attract a specific type of business: billionaires who can afford luxury superyachts.
“90 percent of the manufacturing is performed in Shanghai … which supplies the contrast agent to the U.S. And because of the lockdown in Shanghai in April, it has impacted the production of this contrast agent.”
https://bit.ly/3FBZuSr
The majority of the dye that is used in the U-S is produced in China, but that production has gotten disrupted by the lockdowns.
After weeks of testimony in November 1987, a Snohomish County jury found Talbott, now 59, guilty of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder for killing young Canadian couple Jay Cook, 20, and Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18.
https://bit.ly/39ehjdO
The state Supreme Court will review a SeaTac trucker’s overturned conviction for a 1987 Snohomish County double homicide.
SPD has seen 60 separations in 2022 with only 19 hires, bringing total deployable officers down to 880 (SPD claims to need 1,400 to be considered fully staffed).
https://mynorthwest.com/3466785/city-seattle-budget-gap-spd-hiring/
The Seattle City Council has passed out of committee two pieces of legislation intended to remedy the Seattle Police Department's staffing shortage.
Being Americans, we hate anything mandatory. Even things that might be for our own good.
https://bit.ly/3N6UPdo
Apple, Google, and Microsoft announce that they have joined the FIDO alliance: FIDO stands for Fast Identity Online, and its mission is to end password hacking.
Divers from the Northwest Straits Foundation will soon be going into Fidalgo Bay outside Anacortes to recover lost crab pots.
https://bit.ly/3kZq8Lg
Northwest Straits Foundation estimates there are 12,000 crab pots lost in the Puget Sound each year, trapping and killing approximately 180,000 crabs.
The City of Seattle has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a Public Records Act lawsuit filed by the Seattle Times over former Mayor Jenny Durkan’s missing text messages and other PRA-related issues.
https://bit.ly/3sqTHtf
The City of Seattle has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the Seattle Times over former Mayor Jenny Durkan’s missing text messages.
This week, negotiations among 22,000 West Coast dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) will begin ahead of a July 1 contract expiration date.
https://mynorthwest.com/3465241/port-seattle-labor-west-coast-dockworker-contract-talks/
Negotiations among 22,000 West Coast dockworkers and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) will begin ahead of a July 1 contract expiration date.
A strike could happen if negotiations break down and the federal government authorizes a walkout.
https://bit.ly/3sjCjqf
The pilot union’s leaders at Alaska Airlines unanimously voted to conduct a strike-authorization ballot among their pilots.
Everett Community College’s main campus is in lockdown after the school posted the message on social media, “Not a drill. Lock doors. Seek shelter. Avoid being seen or heard.”
https://bit.ly/3N60nFj
Everett Community College's main campus is in lockdown over a threat sent via email, Everett Police Department tells KIRO Newsradio
Snohomish County’s health director is asking people to wear masks again as the county reports an uptick in COVID cases.
https://bit.ly/3MSy78S
Snohomish County's health director is asking people to wear masks again as parts of Western Washington report upticks in COVID cases.
Cell phone service providers are phasing out 3G service as 5G becomes the new norm — and that means for a lot of people, their devices will no longer work.
https://bit.ly/38hiJEi
The phase-out of 3G service for phone and medical alert systems may present challenges for the elderly, who rely on these services in emergencies.
As the Seattle City Council prepares to debate separate proposals for how to boost the Seattle Police Department’s flagging deployable officer numbers, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has thrown his office’s weight behind one which grants the SPD funds to pay for a staffing incentive plan that could include new and lateral hire bonuses.
https://bit.ly/39wuqr1
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has thrown weight behind a proposal that grants SPD the funds to pay for a staffing incentive plan.
Seattle City Council members are considering minimum pay rates for app-based delivery drivers, opening up the floor for public comment to hear both sides of the debate on the pending legislation.
https://bit.ly/3LVfIrV
Seattle City Council members are considering minimum pay rates for app-based delivery drivers.
Drug-reform advocates, doctors, and politicians have initiated a ballot measure, Initiative 1922, to remove the penalties for possessing drugs of any kind in the state of Washington, including cocaine, heroin, and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
https://bit.ly/3880WQ1
A ballot measure was initiated to remove the penalties for possessing drugs of any kind in the state of Washington.
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates, and that means yesterday was the right time to buy inflation-indexed bonds. ~ Dave Ross
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates, and that means yesterday was the right time to buy inflation-indexed bonds.
The Seattle City Council, in an effort led by councilmember Lisa Herbold, is working with the King County Regional Homeless Authority (KCRHA) to create a safe-lot program to store RVs and other large vehicles residents have used as homes.
The Seattle City Council is working with the King County Regional Homeless Authority (KCRHA) to create a safe-lot program to store RVs.
Boeing has officially made the move to the East Coast.
Boeing will move its headquarters from Chicago to the Arlington, Virginia area, just outside Washington D.C.
“Without Roe, you don’t have a constitutional right to an abortion. That’s a very dramatic result. It’s the wrong result in my view because Roe has been on the books, as modified by Casey v. Planned Parenthood, for almost 50 years now.”
https://bit.ly/3vLr8J5
The Supreme Court is poised to make a ruling on Roe v. Wade, potentially upturning the right to abortion and leaving the issue up to the states.
“These are precious, precious moments. When you’ve missed the opportunity a few times, you don’t want to do it too often, so I’m really happy we’re able to take care of this today and write history.”
https://bit.ly/3FqPlrt
Raul Ruidíaz scored twice and Nicolás Lodeiro added another goal as the Sounders beat Pumas 5-2 on aggregate in the CCL final.
If the weather holds, southbound I-5 through Seattle will be shut down this weekend for the first of a summer’s worth of weekend closures for expansion joint repairs.
https://bit.ly/38b2CrT
If the weather holds, southbound I-5 will be shut-down this weekend through Seattle for the first of a summer’s worth of weekend closures for expansion joint repairs.
22-year driver Erik Christiansen told Dori Monson on KIRO Newsradio that he and his colleagues are seeing an increasing number of riders smoking drugs on buses – and they fear for children and pregnant women who sit near drug users inhaling fentanyl fumes.
How much secondhand smoke from drug users riding Metro Transit buses is too much? It’s something 22-year driver worries about for his passengers.
Let's go Seattle Sounders FC!
Seattle Sounders FC has officially broken the record for the highest-attended match in CONCACAF Champions League history, with more than 67,000 tickets
The Anacortes to Sidney ferry – which connects Washington and Vancouver Island – has been shut down for more than two years because of the pandemic. And that’s a shame, because the iconic route from Skagit County through the San Juan Islands to the Saanich Peninsula just quietly – or maybe that should be “silently” – marked its 100th anniversary.
https://bit.ly/39qKCdl
The Anacortes to Sidney ferry – which connects Washington and Vancouver Island – has been shut down for more than two years because of the pandemic.
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Seattle police released video of a man suspected of stealing from a Seattle nonprofit. More info: http://bit.ly/1hJ89Fu
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