Seattle

Seattle mayor has 'serious concerns' for homelessness agency after audit

Seattle's 'late 8' bus route gets an overdue upgrade. Can the L8 become GR8?

Some long-awaited changes are coming for a Seattle bus route known as the “late eight.”

'Amazon can never be us.' How Seattle's independent bookstores have met the digital age

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day is on April 25, kicking off 10 days dedicated to filling your shelves with books from local booksellers, like Estelita's Library and the 33 participating stores in the Seattle area alone.

Seattle sports power couple Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe announce split

The sports power couple announced Friday that they are ending their 10-year relationship and phasing out their popular podcast, “A Touch More.” They dropped the news together on the podcast.

PHOTOS: Seattle area blossoms into spring

Spring has sprung in Western Washington, and the sun is officially setting after 8 p.m. KUOW's Megan Farmer and Juan Pablo Chiquiza set out to document the essence, feeling, and hues of springtime in our region.

Seattle's traffic deaths are climbing. One City Council member wants an audit to find out why

Seattle’s goal is zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Right now, the numbers are far from zero — and going nowhere but up.

Tacoma-Seattle fast ferry 'unlikely' to launch ahead of World Cup

A proposed fast passenger ferry between Tacoma and Seattle is "unlikely" to hit the water ahead of the World Cup as officials had hoped.

The late-night spot this Seattle Chef has been going to for 25 years

What's your go-to spot in the Seattle area? The place you depend on for a reliable lunch or the cafe with a perfect birthday vibe or even that deep cut right off the light rail that just turns the day around. For Victor Steinbrueck, the chef and owner of Local Tide, that place is Honey Court Seafood Restaurant.

Sumo almost faded away in Seattle. These wrestlers changed that

Sumo wrestling has a long history in Seattle, dating back to the first generation of Japanese American immigrants to the area. After Japanese incarceration, Seattle's sumo community didn't recover. Eighty-plus years later, Rain City Sumo has changed that.