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Former leaders of the National Archives — which preserves and protects the nation’s most important documents — are urging a federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s effort to ignore the Presidential Records Act, a decades old law that requires presidents save all official records from their time in office.

An American Airlines plane blew two tires while taxiing for departure at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration – the fourth tire mishap in a month at the airport.

Seventeen-year-old Mari-Yona Shannon recently returned to her hometown of Seattle to compete in the Washington State Open, her first adult tennis tournament. Shannon, who moved with her family to Ohio in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic and following the death of her mother, first picked up a tennis racket at age 4 and has been competing ever since.

Attorney Barbara Laners, Esq., was a respected civil rights and labor attorney, professor, community leader, radio personality and dedicated advocate for justice whose life was defined by strength, faith, compassion, service and an unwavering commitment to others.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson recently signed an executive order aimed at speeding up residential permitting and housing construction by creating an interdepartmental permitting team, proposing an affordable housing ombuds position and establishing a task force to recommend additional changes to the city's housing policies.

Across succeeding generations, nearly every worker has been urged to ‘save’ for retirement.  However, yesteryear’s gold watch and pensions that came with health care benefits or even added stock options are today nearly extinct.

My cousin Sean Ousley was many things. He was a father. A son. A cousin. A protector. A DJ. The life of the party. A man with legendary dance moves, a sharp mind and a heart that was bigger than most people realized.

Washington State Gov. Bob Ferguson has appointed Hiedi Popochock, Dr. MarcusAntonio Gunn and Nicole “Nikki” Chen to the Washington State Commission on African American Affairs, adding three new members with backgrounds in government, education, health care and community service to the state commission focused on issues affecting Black Washingtonians.

As smartphones, tablets and other digital media become a larger part of children's lives, health experts say parents should look beyond how many hours children spend in front of screens and consider what they are watching, how they are using devices and what screen time may be replacing in their daily lives.

Nearly 30 years after her mother convinced her that she could drive a bus, Tamieko Cook has been named King County Metro's Operator of the Year, an honor determined by the people who know the job best: her fellow transit operators.