Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan won't seek reelection, months after CHOP controversy

A Washington restaurant that has been struggling to survive during the coronavirus pandemic was given a little boost last week.  El Toreador Mexican Restaurant in Redwood, Washington, received a $1,000 tip last Monday, KING, the NBC affiliated TV station in Seattle, reported.  According to a photograph obtained by the station, the generous tip was on a $27 meal, with a note that said "Merry X-mas!" Restaurant owner Mark Mahan told KING-TV on Tuesday that the tip went to his wife and they decided

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A train carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and caught fire north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said.

A Seattle-area Antifa member, who has been arrested multiple times during violent protests and tweeted out a list of businesses that supported the city's efforts to clean out a homeless encampment, has been identified as a children's camp counselor and substitute teacher.  On Dec.

On Monday, award-winning trio Lady A opened up on the “Tamron Hall Show” about their controversial decision to drop ‘Antebellum’ from their name this past June.

.When Natalie first arrived in America from Ukraine, Mike made romantic arrangements for them to stay in Seattle for one night. Not surprisingly, Natalie loved Seattle, but their big issues eventually came to the forefront.

Seattle police made 21 arrests Friday while clearing out a homeless encampment inside a park after a federal judge declined to block authorities from doing so.  The Seattle Police Department said the offenses at Cal Anderson Park included misdemeanor trespassing, failure to disperse and obstructing an arrest.

A federal judge denied a request Thursday to stop Seattle from clearing the last remains of a homeless encampment that has received pushback from activists.  U.S.

A Seattle City Councilwoman called the police to her home Friday to report a crime she is effectively trying to legalize, according to media reports.  Lisa Herbold phoned authorities on Friday after a man reportedly threw a rock through her living room window, My Northwest reported.The councilwoman said "she was on the west side of the living room near the kitchen when she heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot and dove into the kitchen for cover," according to a redacted police report

Annie and All That Jazz, has died at the age of 71. According to her manager, she died last weekend while visiting with family in Seattle.

Seattle will cover the legal costs Mayor Jenny Durkan incurred while fighting a recall petition the state Supreme Court rejected. The City Council voted 9-0 Monday to pay Durkan’s expenses, estimated to be $240,000, The Seattle Times reported.

The Holiday and When Harry Met Sally, to more unexpected fare like Ocean's 11 and classics like Sunset Boulevard. Here are the best New Year's movies to watch this .One of the wintriest movies around! Sleepless in Seattle starts on Christmas Eve and ends on Valentine's Day, so New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are obviously a big part of this rom-com story about a woman who falls in love with a man she hears speak on the radio.A movie that reminds us that we don't have to spend this holiday on a

Ann Reinking, the Tony-winning choreographer and star of stage and screen who appeared inChicago,Annie and All That Jazz, has died. She was 71.

Seattle's City Council is mulling a new criminal code regulation that would make it the first municipality in the nation to excuse misdemeanor crimes if they can be linked to poverty, addiction or mental disorders. The proposal excludes misdemeanors related to domestic violence and impaired driving.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has asked the City Council to pay her legal fees of approximately $240,000 following a failed recall effort against her earlier this year, according to reports.

Local Seattle media outlets are raising concerns over the city's $3 million contract with King County Equity Now, a pro-defund the police group linked to this summer's Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP).

A federal judge has found the Seattle Police Department in contempt of court for the indiscriminate use of pepper-filled “blast balls” and pepper spray during Black Lives Matter protests in recent months. U.S.

Death Cab For Cutie and Modest Mouse frontmen Ben Gibbard and Isaac Brock, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Mark Lanegan.Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel also features in the backing band, alongside other members of Death Cab and The Afghan Wigs.The cover came together in support of SMooCH 2020, which is a benefit show that takes place every year to support the Seattle Children’s Hospital, and is supported by the Sub Pop label and lauded radio station KEXP.Watch the cover version below.The

Seattle’s first-term Mayor Jenny Durkan announced on Monday that she won’t seek reelection.This almost ensures the unthinkable: Seattle will drift even further to the left. The news didn’t come to me as a shock.

A bitter political battle has broken out in Seattle where one of the city's councilmembers is facing a recall effort led by residents who expressed dismay over her conduct during recent protests. On Thursday, Seattle resident Ernest Lou made his case again for the recall effort, which he based on four specific charges relating to how Councilwoman Kshama Sawant.

At the end of a record-setting year of news consumption, Amazon Fire TV said local TV stations in 12 U.S. cities will be added to Amazon’s news app, with another 90 on deck for 2021.