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Seattle settles lawsuit over 911 'blacklist'

William Yurek died in 2021, even after his 13-year-old son called 911 twice to get him emergency help; medics arrived but were told to wait for a police escort before entering the home.

Seattle drug plan will balance rehabilitation and public safety, Harrell says

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell explained his plan Thursday to balance public safety and rehabilitation in the face of a growing opioid crisis that has killed more Washingtonians so far in 2023 than all of last year.

Seattle 'poised' to get serious about public drug use, Mayor Harrell says

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed the city’s new drug possession law Wednesday. It’s now on track to take effect in thirty days, on Oct. 20. “We are poised to address the crisis with the seriousness that it is,” Harrell said, after he and City Attorney Ann Davison toured Evergreen Treatment Services in the Sodo neighborhood Wednesday.

Kelso gun store sued for violating ban on high-capacity magazines

Seattle City Council returns to drug law debate with new proposal

The Seattle City Council’s Public Safety committee has approved a new version of the drug possession law in a 4-1 vote Tuesday.

Federal judge salutes 'the end of the beginning' of Seattle’s police reform efforts

In a hearing Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Robart said the Seattle Police Department has made substantial progress in major issues at the heart of a decade-long federal consent decree. He predicted the decree will pass away "in the near future."