The Seattle Police Department's budget swelled by more than $100 million over the past five years as the city poured resources into reforms and sealed...
A U.S. federal agency approved a new highly sought-after respirator mask made by Chinese automotive conglomerate BYD Co., paving the way for Washington and other...
After ordering $37 million of Chinese-made masks to protect against the coronavirus, state officials cancelled more than half the orders and stopped placing new ones...
State officials ordered $227.5 million in coronavirus supplies from a Chinese manufacturer, but some shipments are weeks behind schedule and others are sitting in a...
Amid a national frenzy to buy medical supplies for use in the COVID-19 outbreak, Washington state suspended competitive bidding and recruited help from the private...
As an outbreak of COVID-19 spread through a mental-health center for youth in Burien, employees were alarmed that they lacked adequate protective gear and training...
When Washington state identified its first confirmed coronavirus case, experts delivered a unified message: The risk of it spreading was low. But officials were unaware...
Gov. Jay Inslee said late Sunday he would sign an emergency declaration temporarily shutting down bars, restaurants and places of entertainment and recreation statewide, and...
Now as cases of virus-stricken patients suffering from COVID-19 multiply, Seattle-area government and hospital officials are facing the real-life consequences of shortcomings they’ve documented on...
Public officials for decades have promised to deal with the old brick buildings in Seattle that could crumble with deadly consequences when a major earthquake...