Sue Rahr’s interim role as Seattle Police Chief winds down this week as the city prepares to welcome Mayor Bruce Harrell’s nominee Shon Barnes, chief of police in Madison, WI, as the new head of the agency.

The Seattle City Council has bigger issues to ponder than whether to add housing to the stadium district. It ought to table a proposal that would do just that.

The transition of power at the top of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) will officially commence this week.Sue Rahr, who has served as the interim police chief in Seattle since May 2024, will clear out of the office Wednesday,

Analysis shows fewer than 3% of “protected” trees were actually preserved under the city’s controversial 2023 ordinance.

The $108 million investment in affordable housing is the first full allocation of funds after Seattle's approved 2023 housing levy, according to a release. Homeowners will be paying $970 million over seven years as part of the city's housing levy.

The countdown is underway, from 500 days down to 0, the day the first-of-its-kind FIFA World Cup 26 (FIFAWC26) begins!

City crews spent hours cleaning the streets and fixing vandalism in Seattle's Little Saigon neighborhood in a targeted operation Thursday afternoon.

Voters have two choices to make to determine the future of Seattle's newest housing plan, starting with whether it should be funded. Ballots went out last week.

Voters are being asked to choose between two measures. One, a new tax, would raise an estimated $52 million a year in perpetuity. The other would earmark $10 million a year for five years.

The Seattle City Council chose Mark Solomon, a crime prevention coordinator with the Seattle Police Department, to fill the open District 2 seat left earlier this year by former member Tammy Morales.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell speaks during an event hosted by OneAmerica after Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order creating a family separation rapid response team aimed at respondin

For years, as Seattle’s street scene frayed with rising homelessness and drug abuse, there was a bitter joke that went around: At least we’re not as bad as Portland.