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A day after a fatal hit and run on Seattle's First Hill, police have identified the driver of the truck responsible for hitting a woman and dragging her a block down the street before leaving the scene.

Inviting Don Harper and Carol Fisher to write an op-ed is like inviting a climate-change denier.

Because it has pounced on people, the otter will likely be killed unless it is a female with pups, said Capt.

SEATTLE Thousands of spectators and boaters are expected to converge on Lake Washington for Seafair festivities this weekend.

Denise Bradshaw shared that sunrise photo, as seen earlier this week from Seacrest, where the sun was right behind Seattle's tallest building.

U.S. employers extended this year's hiring surge into July by adding a solid 209,000 jobs.

The National Hockey League is waiting. The National Basketball Association is monitoring it, and Chris Hansen has quietly been waiting for the work to be done.

A new analysis by the City of Seattle shows that 2,000 of the city's worst parking offenders are evading the penalties that are supposed to be applied to "scofflaws" owners of vehicles with four or more unpaid tickets.

Police are searching for a man who crashed into several cars, sideswiped a 1-year-old baby in a stroller and then ditched his car and took off on foot Thursday night.

Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant and Jess Spear, a candidate for the state legislature, were among the activists who blocked railroad tracks to protest oil trains in Seattle.

Police believe a Thursday afternoon fire that severely damaged a West Seattle home was set intentionally, and they're now investigating a "bizarre" story told by a man who lives behind the house.

The number one question on a lot of people's minds: What are the chances of an Ebola outbreak in Seattle? A Seattle scientist who has been studying the virus shares her perspective.

The incident happened at 9th and James Street. Police said a pedestrian was crossing the busy intersection when the person was struck and dragged by a large truck.

On July 24 a train with 102 cars pulling 100 loads of crude oil -- 27,000 gallons of oil -- derailed under the Magnolia Bridge in southern Interbay.

In 2012, then Seattle-based graphic designer Dave Battjes set a design challenge for himself to create a logo for every one of the more than 400 parks in the city of Seattle-at the ambitious rate of one a day.

Whether it's Cal Anderson Park replacing its synthetic turf, Garfield Community Center expanding its operational hours, or Volunteer Park getting repairs in the service yard, much depends on the August 5 voters' pamphlet and what citizens decide in regards to Proposition 1. Prop 1 asks voters to approve the formation of a Park District, run by city ... (more)

The U.S. unemployment rate has plunged since the start of last year to a five-year low of 6.1 percent.

The return of fighter jets above the skies of Seattle has CHS thinking about the fighter jets destined to fly together underneath Capitol Hill.

King County Metro Transit ridership surged yet again in the first half of 2014 as the popularity of its RapidRide service continued to exceed expectations.

Last Wednesday night I carried a stack of newspapers up from the basement; the last 52 weeks of the Ballard News-Tribune/Westside Weekly.