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Three candidates are running for the Pierce County Council’s District 7 seat, which represents Ruston, Gig Harbor, the Key Peninsula and parts of northwest Tacoma.

The levy would raise nearly $480 million over seven years and is critical for library services. But some officials say it could affect funding for future city projects.

Candidates who pull ahead in races for the state Legislature, state Supreme Court, and U.S. Congress will advance to November's election. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. on Aug. 4.

According to Seattle police, the ghost gun was recovered from a 15-year-old boy who was taken into custody and is a suspect in the shooting.

Inslee, a Democrat, is the only living former governor to offer a full-throated endorsement of the tax. The measure faces a ballot recall in November.

After the deadly shooting at Bite of Seattle left three people dead and multiple wounded, community members returned to the campus to mourn in a candlelight vigil.

Three people died and at least four others including a child were wounded in a shooting Sunday at Seattle Center. One suspect is in custody and another died at the scene.

New public restrooms installed next to Lumen Field ahead of the World Cup are being moved around ahead of schedule after an appeal from a nearby property owner.

The hospital network announced that its family medicine residency program will no longer partner with three Seattle-area health organizations after 2029.

The Northwest ICE Processing Center remains closed to state health inspectors despite a judge’s order opening the region’s largest immigrant detention center to state officials.