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Before and after trial and even for low-level, nonviolent crimes, Native American youths are locked up at higher rates.

Amy Muia’s book A Desert Between Two Seas: A Novel in Stories follows characters living in Spanish missions in Baja California, Mexico in the 1800s. It won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction.

The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is circumnavigating the globe to raise awareness of the ocean’s role in our future as the climate changes. The world-renowned ship recently docked in Seattle.

Progressive candidate Katie Wilson has won one of the closest mayoral races in Seattle's history. Both candidates said Thursday that it’s time for the city to come together.

A former barista in Everett is suing Starbucks for allegedly violating a new city law that requires employers to offer more hours to existing part-time workers before hiring new ones.

U.S. postal workers and other federal government employees get the day off, though most of the latter aren’t working anyway due to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Southwest Washington Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s centrist politics are being seen as a template for the 2026 midterms.

Girmay Zahilay, chair of the King County Council, had 53.2% of the vote as of Friday afternoon after a tight race against fellow councilmember Claudia Balducci.

The name honors the Northwest’s geography and frequent rainfall. "Torrent" also hints at how the women’s hockey team will approach play on the ice.

Even with the mayor’s race still undecided, the balance of power in Seattle city government is set to change.

University leadership said the decline in the number of international students is a trend at colleges and universities across the country.

Anders Ibsen ran against Tacoma City Councilmember John Hines to be the community's next mayor. On Thursday Ibsen led Hines by over 6,000 votes, with roughly 1,500 ballots left to count.