6+ hour, 6+ min ago  (470+ words) Jul 2, 2026, 5: 03 AM Aluel Cellars, the only wine tasting room on Capitol Hill, is closing after a decade, and its co-owner points squarely at the crime, drug use, and rising costs that turned the neighborhood into a hard place to run…...

6+ hour ago  (466+ words) Jul 2, 2026, 5: 10 AM Transparency goes out the window with the current Portland city government. (Portland City Council/X) Portland has cut another taxpayer-funded check to make a top official go away, and the running tab on the city's recent severance deals has…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (305+ words) Three democratic socialists backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani just swept their congressional primaries, knocking out sitting Democrats and putting the far left one step closer to real federal power. This Fourth of July, they're not celebrating the…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago  (539+ words) Jul 2, 2026, 5: 12 AM The story frames last fall's slowdown at Latino-owned businesses as the fault of "political uncertainty" and immigration enforcement, then credits summer watch parties with bringing the customers back. It is a tidy, and odd, morality play. It is…...

3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (488+ words) Jul 2, 2026, 7: 41 AM The Washington State Democratic Party finalized its 2026 platform at the party's June convention in Spokane. (TVW) Washington Democrats have adopted a state party platform that blames the Israeli government for the rise in antisemitism, putting victim-blaming in writing…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago  (341+ words) Jul 2, 2026, 5: 10 AM Alpha Technologies will close its Bellingham facility, cutting 75 jobs beginning August 31, 2026. (City of Bellingham/Facebook) Alpha Technologies Services will close its Bellingham operation and cut 75 jobs, ending a run in the city that started in 1975. The Washington State…...

6+ hour, 4+ min ago  (400+ words) Jul 2, 2026, 5: 05 AM Gov. Bob Ferguson, at a press conference, announced a World Cup Seattle success. (Gov. Bob Ferguson/X) The reality between the spin and the spreadsheet is the entire story. The people running the businesses tell it better than the…...

6+ hour, 11+ min ago  (383+ words) Jul 2, 2026, 4: 59 AM Producer, The Jason Rantz Show As we come upon our nation's 250th birthday, cities across Idaho are preparing celebrations commensurate with the momentous occasion. In 2024, the State Legislature and Governor Brad Little approved an ad hoc committee tasked with…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (417+ words) Jul 1, 2026, 6: 00 AM An 18-year-old says a fentanyl dealer threatened her with a gun on a Belltown sidewalk in broad daylight. She's now demanding Seattle finally treat the open-air drug market like a crime scene instead of a public health exhibit....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (461+ words) Jul 1, 2026, 5: 20 AM Seattle City Councilmember Dionne Foster is considering the Do Not Solicit registry bill. (Seattle Channel) Seattle homeowners could soon get a way to tell real estate buyers to get off their porch and stay off, and the city…...