January 26, 2022 Navy SEALs to stop using Washington state parks after residents voice fears of seeing 'armed men' The US Navy is pausing SEAL training at Washington state parks while a legal battle over their use winds its way through the courts.
January 26, 2022 University of Washington department's website appears to violate own 'inclusive language guide' The information technology department at the University of Washington might be the newest member of the "Do as I say, not as I do" club.
January 26, 2022 Oregon child rapist sentenced to 27 years in prison Anthony Dewey who repeatedly raped and abused a child in Oregon and Washington state and placed a hidden camera to capture video of another child using a bathroom has been sentenced to 27 years in prison.
January 26, 2022 Driver in Washington charged after killing cyclist, high on heroin A man fell asleep behind the wheel after smoking heroin in his car. He struck a cyclist and killed him. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
January 25, 2022 Washington state school board removes classic novel from curriculum after complaints of racial insensitivity A Seattle-area school board has voted to remove the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” from the district’s ninth-grade reading curriculum after teachers, parents, and some students complained that it was racially insensitive.
January 24, 2022 Two stealth omicron COVID variant BA.2 cases reported in Washington state Two cases of the new Omicron COVID Variant BA.2 have been detected in Washington state. The new "stealth" subvariant of omicron differs from the original COVID-19 variant in some mutations, including on the spike protein.
January 24, 2022 Seattle man live-tweets attempted Target hostage-taking, days after allegedly assaulting officer: report A Seattle man charged with assaulting a police officer and released without paying bail was reportedly arrested just eight days later after allegedly attempting to hold hostages at knife-point at a Target.
January 23, 2022 Don Wilson, guitarist with The Ventures, dies at 88 Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died.
January 22, 2022 University language guide says 'grandfather,' 'housekeeping,' 'spirit animal' are 'problematic' words A University of Washington department language guide is calling everyday words used by Americans “problematic.”
January 19, 2022 Seattle-area faces 'crisis' after firing unvaccinated correctional employees, offers hefty overtime pay King County, Washington, home to the city of Seattle, is facing a severe staffing shortage in jails after 35 correctional officers were let go over the coronavirus vaccine mandate implemented by local government leaders.