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22 hours ago | 
seattletimes.com | Lauren Girgis
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an emergency request from four Seattle police officers who attended the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to maintain their anonymity.
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23 hours ago | 
seattletimes.com | Paul Roberts
Rite Aid said on Friday it will shutter another 17 stores in Washington, including four locations of its Bartell Drugs subsidiary, as the court-approved liquidation of the bankrupt drugstore chain appears to be picking up speed. The 17 locations were listed in a Friday court filing that included more than 200 new Rite Aid closures nationwide.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | David Horsey
Elon Musk’s five-month tenure as DOGE czar turned out to be a disaster for both the country and for Musk himself. The country might eventually recover from the serious harm he did to essential federal government programs with his drastic, random cuts to personnel and financial grants, but Musk may never recover from the damage done to his reputation.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | Lauren Girgis
An apartment building rooftop fire sent a plume of smoke over Capitol Hill on Friday afternoon, drawing a large firefighter response. The fire in the 100 block of 10th Avenue East broke out around 2:15 p.m. Firefighters got onto the roof of the building and started hosing down the flames. About 15 minutes later, the Seattle Fire Department said the incident was “under control.”The department did not immediately say whether there were any injuries.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | Dorany Pineda
DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) — Air quality regulators in Southern California heard impassioned public comments Friday before an anticipated vote on proposed rules that would curb harmful emissions from gas-powered furnaces and water heaters. The rules aim to reduce emissions of smog-contributing nitrogen oxides, also called NOx, a group of pollutants linked to respiratory issues, asthma attacks, worse allergies, decreased lung function in children, premature death and more.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | Amber Katz
When square footage comes at a premium, innovative design solutions make the most of limited space. In a small room, many assume pieces need to fall under the small-space solution furniture category. “We tend to think small because the space is small,” MG2 interior designer and materials manager Eleazar Juarez-Diaz says.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | Nicole Blanchard
An Idaho national forest announced that it will temporarily shutter some of its district ranger stations due to short-staffing, the second forest to do so in recent weeks after deep cuts to the U.S. Forest Service earlier this year. Officials with the Payette National said in a news release that it will temporarily close its McCall, New Meadows and Weiser ranger district offices until further notice. Only the Council Ranger District Office and the forest headquarters in McCall will remain open.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | Paul Roberts
For Seattle-area shoppers watching the systematic dismemberment of Bartell Drugs and its bankrupt parent Rite Aid, the math has been pretty discouraging. Drugstore rival CVS said last month it was acquiring 64 Rite Aid and Bartell locations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho as part of a court-approved fire sale to repay Rite Aid’s massive debts after a failed turnaround. But CVS hasn’t said which locations it’s buying.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | Lauren Girgis
Days after 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine was shot and killed during lunchtime at Garfield High School last year, students returned to school with community members, teachers and families applauding them as they went up the steps, promising change and healing. A year later, no arrests have been made, the public doesn’t know the identity of Murphy-Paine’s killer and the school district is still trying to figure out how to make students safer.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | Lauren Girgis
A 15-year-old girl who went missing from Snoqualmie last Friday was found dead over the weekend in Shoreline, prompting a homicide investigation, according to the King County sheriff’s office. The girl, Azjanae Brooks, was shot in the head and neck Saturday. Where she was killed is unknown, according to the King County medical examiner’s office. No arrests have been made, according to the sheriff’s office. Her disappearance was initially investigated by the Snoqualmie Police Department.