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FILE -In this Oct. 9, 2018 file photo, the afternoon sun illuminates the Legislative Building, left, and the Insurance Building, right, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Democrats will pick up seats in the Washington state Legislature after the midterm election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, but the exact number remains unclear with a handful of races still too close to call. In the House, party officials were paying close attention to seven races where Democrats were looking to gain seats and were leading in recent returns.

November 17, 2018 at 6:00 am

Recounts likely in a handful of Washington state legislative races

If the results as of Friday afternoon ultimately hold, Democrats would gain a total of three Senate seats and seven House seats.

November 16, 2018 at 7:33 pm

Seattle City Light releases report on alleged workplace sexism

A City Light-funded investigator heard from employees about inappropriate behavior, including unsolicited touching, but found insufficient evidence to back up an allegation of blatant sexism.

November 16, 2018 at 5:23 pm

King County will require health-warning signs at gun stores and firing ranges

The regulation is set to take effect next month, though Public Health - Seattle & King County does not yet have the budget to enforce...

King County Superior Court Judge Timothy A. Bradshaw.

November 16, 2018 at 4:07 pm

Lawsuit against Seattle over head-tax meetings moves forward, but repeal vote stands

A spokesman for Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes said in an email Friday the ruling means the "repeal stands because it occurred at a valid...

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July 31, 2018. Home waters series on Orca’s. Southern resident orca’s heading north into Canada off of Stuart Island. 207230

November 16, 2018 at 10:49 am

Orca recovery task force urges partial ban on whale watching, study of dam removal

Gov. Jay Inslee's task force on southern resident orca recovery released its first recommendations Friday to help Puget Sound's orcas, on the brink of extinction.

The Long Island City neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York is one of Amazon’s two picks for its split HQ2 expansion outside Seattle.(JOSHUA BRIGHT / NYT)

November 16, 2018 at 6:00 am

Podcast: What does Amazon’s HQ2 decision mean for Seattle, the company and its new homes?

Who won and lost in Amazon's HQ2 move? Seattle Times Amazon beat writer Matt Day helps break it down.

Exterior shot of Western State Hospital in Lakewood, WA, shot Tuesday, September 18, 2018. 207783

November 16, 2018 at 6:00 am

$800M for a new Western State Hospital? Washington ponders what’s needed to bring psychiatric facility into compliance

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services has requested $800 million from the state to build a new psychiatric facility on Western State Hospital's...

November 15, 2018 at 6:46 pm

Gun-rights advocates file lawsuit to block I-1639

Filed Thursday in U.S. District Court against the state of Washington and Attorney General Bob Ferguson, the lawsuit also includes plaintiffs who are gun dealers...

Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff speaks to the media about work being done so that light rail trains can travel over the I-90 floating bridge (in background) Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Light rail trains will begin running over the middle lanes of the I-90 floating bridge in 2023. Building light rail across a floating bridge is a world’s first achievement. Innovative engineering has created a track bridge that will compensate for six ranges of lake motion. When the trains start running, it will take about a minute to cross the floating bridge. Construction on the floating bridge is part of the East Link project that will extend light rail 14 miles from downtown Seattle to downtown Bellevue and the Overlake area of Redmond via I-90, with 10 new stations. Drivers will not see work being done until around 2019 because the work being done now is underneath the bridge, in the floating pontoons that hold up the bridge. After the pontoons are retrofitted with one million feet of cables, tracks will be laid.

November 15, 2018 at 5:38 pm

Sound Transit board approves new contract, 11 percent raise for CEO Peter Rogoff

Board members voted 14-1 to approve the 37-month deal, which takes effect Dec. 1

In this April 11, 2018 photo, Brett Smith, CEO of Propeller Airports, left, talks with project engineer Todd Raynes, right, inside the privately-run commercial U.S. airport terminal Smith’s company is building at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Propeller Airports sold $50 million in bonds earlier this year to finance the construction, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. The terminal has commitments from Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines for up to 24 daily flights, mostly to destinations in the West and Midwest. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW310

November 15, 2018 at 9:28 am

Alaska Airlines starts taking reservations for flights out of Everett’s Paine Field

Flights at Paine Field can be booked starting Thursday, and service is scheduled to begin in February.

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