Author: Freda Brown
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is all set to advance the city’s long-delayed plan to convert unused land adjacent to Discovery Park into more than 200 affordable homes. It has been more than a few decade legal challenges, and economic forces have been stalling the effort to redevelop Fort Lawton in Magnolia. But a ruling last […]
Around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, a fatal vehicle killed a pedestrian in Downtown, Seattle. Police officials are investigating the same as hit and run case, as the driver of the vehicle fled the scene. The police officials have no much information about how the pedestrian was hit. The incident occurred at the intersection of 4th […]
In one of the incidences, a man in his sixties slammed his vehicle into moving cars coming from opposite direction killing a 65-year-old woman on the spot before critically injuring a man on Tuesday night. The impact was so severe that it led to the pushing the car coming from the opposite direction into traffic […]
As per a recent study, University of California revealed the first-ever study report on the health impact of e-scooters and how the device sends riders and non-riders to emergency rooms. As per the Journal of the American Medical Association, research was conducted and it was found that of all the users who went to L.A. […]
King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove is planning to bring a 6-month moratorium on building and expanding the fossil fuel plants in King County. Upthegrove said, “We’re throwing a line in the sand for the future, it sends a clear message that moving forward, King County is going to support clean energy technologies rather than fossil […]
In another incident of crime, five police officers were placed on paid administrative leave after the man they were trying to arrest in southeast Washington state died. As per reports by media outlets, Jose Mercado (48) became unresponsive after a struggle with Richland police officers late Sunday night. Mercado, a resident of Arlington, Texas, was […]
Alaska Airlines plans to add over 3,000 jobs in the next one year. The airlines announced its hiring plans on an official blog post. As part of its “2019 jobs forecast,” it will hire people for a range of roles, and three-quarters of the new jobs will be based in Washington state. The jobs, mainly frontline positions, […]
Five people were arrested in downtown Seattle during protests against access to land for setting up pipeline on Friday afternoon. Around 100 demonstrators had blocked the street to support Wet’suwet’en Nation, a First Nations community in British Columbia in Canada. The community is against the court injunction that allowed a pipeline company access to their […]
No, we don’t wish for you to be sleep deprived! The pun on the words of the famous Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan starrer (Sleepless in Seattle) was our way to implore you to explore what is Washington State’s largest as also a seaport city surrounded by nature and home to tech giants Microsoft and Amazon. If […]
Ronald Buchanan has been named the new chief information security officer in Washington, the state announced in a recent press release. As state CISO, Buchanan will oversee the state Office of CyberSecurity. He takes over from acting state CISO Scott Bream who has been serving since July 2018. Before Bream, it was Agnes Kirk who […]
