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October 7, 2022

US caregiver shortage impacting 65 and older population

Marcela Hoag and her parents have been trying to find a caregiver for months with no luck. A caregiver in Seattle says he's had to cover more hours than before the pandemic.

October 7, 2022

Caregiver shortage impacting 65 and older population in the U.S.

Marcela Hoag and her parents have been trying to find a caregiver for months with no luck. A caregiver in Seattle says he's had to cover more hours than before the pandemic.

October 4, 2022

Seattle Chinatown residents up in arms over planned expansion to nearby homeless shelter

Residents of Seattle's Chinatown neighborhood are fighting an expansion of a 270-bed homeless shelter that has attracted a large unsanctioned tent encampment.

October 1, 2022

Kids thrive with 'sittervising' instead of constant parental involvement, experts say

"Sittervising" is trending on social media — it's the concept of simply letting kids play independently. Experts weigh in and say kids gain resilience and independence when parents stop "helicoptering."

September 30, 2022

Ex-Seattle man guilty of dumping body parts from 9 people

A jury found a former Washington man guilty of abandoning body parts in Arizona. The human remains were originally donated to his business for research.

September 30, 2022

Seattle principal under fire for sexual content on Instagram account: report

A Seattle principal in the Bellevue district was reportedly exposed for sharing sexual stories on a public Instagram account; it also said he was a lover of 'smut.'

September 27, 2022

Seattle to vote on $1.25 billion in new taxes to fund mental health system

King County has proposed a $1.25 billion levy to improve its mental health system and build five crisis centers. The levy will be placed on the April 2023 ballot.

September 26, 2022

MLS player under fire over political cartoon post, coach says 'a lot of people were hurt'

Xavier Arreaga, an Ecuadorian defender for the Seattle Sounders, sparked rebuke over a political cartoon he shared on his Instagram account last week.

September 23, 2022

Washington man pleads guilty to bringing 12 Molotov cocktails to protest

A man from Renton, WA, pleaded guilty to bringing a dozen Molotov cocktails, a gasoline weapon, to a 2020 protest at the Seattle police union headquarters.

September 22, 2022

Seattle suspect at large after deadly shooting in Chinatown-International District

Seattle police officers responded to a shooting in the city's Chinatown-International District Thursday afternoon, where a man was shot and killed by a suspect who remains at large.