Passage of the bill fulfills a longtime hope for Seattle-based Katrina Spade. She is founder and CEO of Recompose, which aspires to be the first "natural organic reduction" funeral home in the U.S. If Gov. Jay Inslee signs the bill, the law would take effect May 1.
Project Homeless is a new Seattle Times initiative that explores and explains the region’s complex, troubling problem of homelessness. With strong watchdog reporting and vivid storytelling, Project Homeless seeks to spotlight what is working, and what is not working, in responding to homelessness. We will also feature solutions-oriented reporting from elsewhere in the country.
Especially in South King County, students regularly move across district lines, so a district-run program could lose track of some of the most vulnerable families. That mobility has prompted some speculation that a regional approach could work better.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Army veteran with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder was on his way to a Bible class when he told investigators he intentionally drove into a group of men, women and children, injuring eight people, police said. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, was scheduled to appear in court Friday in San... VIEW
Joseph Shaun Goodman's eighth DUI arrest places him among a small cohort of chronic drunk drivers. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make cases like Goodman's felonies rather than misdemeanors. Goodman appeared in court Monday. WATCH
A 3-year-old boy died after he was hit by a car in a Kirkland parking lot Thursday afternoon, police said. Medics responded to a Safeway parking lot in Kirkland’s Juanita neighborhood shortly after noon, Kirkland police Lt. Rob Saloum said. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver who hit the boy stayed...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A quarantine at two Los Angeles universities affected more than 200 students and staff who may have been exposed to measles and either have not been vaccinated or cannot verify that they are immune. The order issued in connection with the University of California and Cal State University comes as the... VIEW
