Author: John Rivera
City prosecutors on Tuesday filed a misdemeanor theft charge against anti-tax crusader Tim Eyman six days after store surveillance video showed him wheeling a chair out of an Office Depot in Lacey. Responding to the charge, Eyman’s attorneys quickly issued a news release and statement from their client, contending the entire episode was an honest mistake […]
Heavy snow has created many problems on I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass, as conditions continued to get worse overnight. Chains were used for most vehicles and officials said that the eastbound lanes would close for avalanche control at 4 a.m. It was a complete snow filled scene which had a flipped car on its side, and […]
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he is running for president in 2020. His 2016 electoral campaign has reportedly reshaped the Democratic politics. “Our campaign is not only about defeating Donald Trump,” the 77-year-old self-described democratic socialist said in an email to supporters. “Our campaign is about transforming our country and creating a government […]
A baby was accidentally shot during a house party Saturday night in rural Olympia. The mother of the baby is in shock and wants to see those responsible for facing jail time. The incident also has left the infant’s babysitter wounded. As per Samantha Allen, the gun owner, her neighbor, has a concealed weapons permit. […]
Tuesday’s vote count has passed levies to pay for Seattle Public Schools’ daily operations and construction projects. The three-year Educational Programs and Operations levy (Proposition 1) and six-year Building Excellence Capital levy (Proposition 2) would cost $2.2 billion to property owners. The operations levy increased by 66 percent whereas capital levy won by 68 percent. […]
The Justice Department has accused Lockheed Martin Corp. of using false records and making false statements to fraudulently bill the Energy Department for tens of millions of unauthorized profits and fees at the Hanford nuclear site in Central Washington. The federal civil lawsuit, which was filed last week in U.S. District Court in Eastern Washington, […]
As per the 2018 annual scorecard by INRIX, the worldwide traffic-data firm based in Kirkland, a Seattle driver who commuted at the slowest pace would have lost 138 hours last year due to congestion. Seattle-area traffic has become America’s sixth most congested among major U.S. cities, as per INRIX’s Annual Congestion Report released Monday night. […]
The closure of Viaduct or as it was trending over the social media as ‘Viadoom’ has not affected Seattle as expected, but the recent changes in the weather has made the condition of the traffic miserable. Last week, Seattle Public School students stayed at home for two days and again on this Monday they could […]
The news of the most expensive divorce that is going to happen between the Amazon founder and his wife was a quick hit over the internet. Just after the news broke in, a tabloid revealed that he’d been having an affair, releasing texts and photos of him and his mistress. And adding to these recently […]
A King County jury on Thursday awarded $123 million to the victims of the 2015 Ride the Ducks crash that took lives of five people and injured another 60 others. The hearing was done after a four-month civil trial. The jury gave the Ride the Ducks International — the Branson, Missouri-based manufacturer of the Duck […]
