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Amazon has acquired the Bellevue Corporate Plaza building, center, and the adjacent parking structure, with potential to build multiple office towers. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Amazon grabs large downtown Bellevue property next to transit hub

The development potential on the Bellevue Corporate Plaza site adds to Amazon's vision of a major corporate campus across Lake Washington from its Seattle headquarters.

Seattle’s top prosecutor and public defender accuse presiding judge of improper conduct
Boeing CEO denies any ‘technical slip’ in 737 MAX crashes, as grounding cuts into profit and cash reserves
King County’s landfill will get bigger, despite concerns over the ‘monolithic pile of garbage’
Former Seattle Police Chief John Diaz to temporarily oversee King County jails Updated 9:12 pm
Washington Democrats have days left to negotiate a new state budget — and decisions on taxes Updated 8:13 pm
In push for 2020 election security, Homeland chief was warned: Don’t tell Trump
Felix Hernandez gives vintage performance vs. Padres — and Mariners give him vintage run support VIEW

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is presented with an honoring blanket held by Earth Feather Sovereign, center- left, of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, after Inslee signed a bill into law, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The bill creates liaison positions within the Washington State Patrol, and requires the agency to develop best practices in hopes of reducing disproportionate rates of violence faced by Native American and indigenous women, and also the frequency with which perpetrators of the crimes avoid justice. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW104 WATW104

Local News

Inslee signs law focused on murdered and missing indigenous women

A growing number of missing and murdered Native American women are the focus of a Washington bill signed into law Wednesday amid concerns the victims’ cases are slipping between jurisdictional gaps. VIEW

Monday, April 15, 2019 University of Washington Quarterback Jacob Eason grabs the snap from the center before handing off during a drill at the beginning of Spring Practice number seven at Husky Stadium. 209923

Husky Football

Observations from the UW Huskies’ 13th practice of spring football

One quarterback excelled while another struggled on Wednesday, and defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake unveiled another new starting safety tandem.

Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Justin DeRosier, 29, was shot and killed Saturday, April 13, 2019, while checking on a disabled vehicle northeast of Kalama, Wa.. (Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office/The Columbian via AP) NYSH101 NYSH101 NYSH101

Local News

‘Shots fired — I’m hit’: A southwest Washington county grieves after deputy’s deadly encounter

It seemed a low-key assignment on a Saturday night. Deputy Sheriff Justin DeRosier was assigned to check on a poorly parked motor home and a pickup partially blocking a winding Cowlitz County road. VIEW