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Mayor Jenny Durkan, right, and Chief of Police Carmen Best both oppose cuts proposed by the Seattle City Council members. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Local Politics

Seattle mayor, police chief object to proposed police layoffs

Durkan urged the council to hold off on additional cuts until the 2021 budget, arguing reductions would be too hard to make right away and ill-advised, anyway.

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How the cracked West Seattle Bridge will push city into debt New 6:00 am
Pat O’Day, when at KJR, “creator of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll radio station in the Northwest,” dies at 85 New 6:00 am
Seattle City Council votes to defund team that removes homeless encampments, in victory for activists
Judge extends restraining order against Seattle City Council’s crowd-control ordinance
Republican Loren Culp advances to face Gov. Jay Inslee in Washington’s Nov. 3 general election

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Denny Heck, left, and Marko Liias, right.

Local News

Denny Heck, leading in lieutenant governor results, could face another Democrat in November

Seattle police are asking for the publicâ€™s help in identifying several people they believe could be involved in a June 20 shooting that killed a 19-year-old man and injured a 33-year-old man near the Capitol Hill protest zone.

Crime

Police ask for public’s help in identifying people possibly involved with CHOP shooting that injured 33-year-old

The site of the Elk Fountain close by the U.S. federal courthouses in Portland now has a memorial to Black Lives Matter. Fires sent by protesters earlier destroyed the base and prompted the removal of an elk statute that stood on a pedestal above the fountain.

Local News

Protests at Portland courthouse smaller, calmer, free of tear gas after federal withdrawal VIEW

The Space Needle, Thursday, July 23, 2020 in Seattle.

Life

Space Needle reopens to visitors after host of coronavirus-related upgrades

Times Watchdog

Venus Mills, Executive Director of Drug Free Business in Bothell has had her workers hit by false unemployment claims and faces possible costs increases herself, due to the fraudulent payments.

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How a Nigerian fraud ring dubbed 'Scattered Canary' targeted Washington state's unemployment system

Federal court rules against Yakama tribe in policing dispute

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Transportation

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How the cracked West Seattle Bridge will push city into debt

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Ahjeawnna Sterling (CQ), captain of the Washington Diamonds Drill Team & Drumline, gets help with her ostrich feather headdress before the Ujoma Fest parade leaves 23rd and Union for Jimi Hendrix Park.
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Photos: Umoja Fest parade dances and trots through Seattle’s Central District VIEW

Protesters head south west on Broadway through Capitol Hill
Planned protests for a “Youth Day of Action and Solidarity with Portland” take place in Seattle Saturday July 25, 2020. Tensions are high in reaction to federal law enforcement officers stoking clashes in Portland, escalating ongoing Black Lives Matter demonstrations into violent displays of force. Federal law enforcement officers landed in Seattle earlier this week against the wishes of local officials.

Local News

Photos: Seattle-area protests Saturday, July 25 VIEW

Jasmine Brown gets in a water blast before Lela Lee can refill as they improvise play with a homemade water slide, wading pool and water supply borrowed from a neighbor on Phinney Ridge.

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Sliding and splashing on Seattle’s Phinney Ridge

A Peregrine Falcon chick that still has baby fuzz on the top of its head, looks out from a service platform under the west end of the West Seattle Bridge where it landed after its first flight last week. The chick decided that was enough flying for one day and laid down to take a nap after its maiden flight. The Falcon baby came from a man made nest installed under the bridge by the Department of Transportation about 20 years ago. The Falcon parents recently had three chicks. One landed on West Marginal Way after it tried to fly from its nest and was killed by a vehicle. The second chick landed on the low bridge and was taken to PAWS until it is ready to fly, and this chick, waiting for its wings to mature so it can safely fly, hunt, and survive.

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Falcon family living under West Seattle Bridge grows with fledging chicks

Education

Gov. Jay Inslee holds a press conference to provide an update on the state’s ongoing response to COVID-19 in Olympia, Wash on Wednesday, August 5. 2020.

It’s unsafe for most of Washington students to return to school buildings this fall, state says

Education Lab

Here we go again: King County schools announce intentions to go online-only come fall

CDC calls for reopening schools, departing from earlier assessment of risks

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Health

Playing electoral defense, Trump to promote recovery in Ohio

WASHINGTON (AP) — Forced to play defense in states he led comfortably months ago, President Donald Trump set his sights on Ohio on Thursday in an attempt to reframe the centerpiece of his reelection pitch. During his visit, Trump planned to promote the economic prosperity that much of the nation enjoyed before the coronavirus pandemic...