The Seattle Mariners win the American League West for the first time since 2001. Homers tonight by Geno, Polanco, Julio, and #60 for Cal. Four games left in the regular season and then, "might as well..."

Cal just hit #60

The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions.

Today, I was laid off from Cascade PBS along with my entire team and most of the newsroom. I'll have more to say, but I have loved my time as news editor alongside some of the best journalists I have ever worked with. Every time a newsroom closes, stories go with it. The silence that follows is loud

It's been a bad day! For now I'll just say I can't think of a worse time to have fewer reporters and editors on the job and that I'm very glad to have a union on our side.

Devastating news for local journalism.

Great public records story here: KNKX Public Radio and Cascade PBS obtained thousands of pages of ChatGPT logs from city officials in Washington state (h/t @muckrock.com) www.knkx.org/government/2...

CAL. RALEIGH. With his 57th home run, he surpasses Ken Griffey Jr. for the Mariners' single-season record.

The Seattle Police Department has informed me that they will not follow the policy they agreed to in a settlement with the Seattle Times on public disclosure when dealing with my records requests. Instead, they are "grouping" all of my requests and responding to them, in full, one at a time.

An endangered orca was spotted Friday carrying a dead newborn on her nose, umbilical cord still attached, between Orcas Island and Cypress Island in Washington state.

After two years of public process to discuss potential improvements to Lake Washington Boulevard, the city has tabled the second half of the safety measures it had planned to install on the street this year.

Coffeetón exclusively plays Spanish music, providing a space for #Seattle residents to feel connected to their Latin roots.

Every summer, Toros Cycling Club teaches kids how to balance. How to coast. How to pedal, brake and steer. The weekly lessons in English and Spanish are free.

A federal program created during the pandemic to supply public schools with local produce was abruptly ended in March, leaving Washington state farmers without a critical source of income.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young confirmed reports that Gov. Bill Lee and the White House were in talks to send National Guard troops to Memphis.

Seattle is considering new rules for electric cargo bikes to help ease congestion while boosting the city's effort to reduce harmful greenhouse gases.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court lifted restrictions on ICE agents in Los Angeles, allowing them to make indiscriminate stops based on factors like ethnicity.

Sound Transit’s light rail expansion plans could cost up to 25% more than expected. This week, board members began brainstorming on how to bring down costs.

Mariners as stinky as Seattle's air

This Saturday the Vashon Water Taxi will run all day for the Waterfront Park opening party. Seven sailings from both downtown and Vashon. kingcountywatertaxiblog.com/2025/09/02/s...

Thanks to a standing order signed by the state health officer Thursday, anyone in Washington state can get the Covid-19 vaccine without consulting their doctor.

The democratic governors of Oregon, Washington and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at preserving access to vaccines.

For over 85 years, the Seattle Cossacks have wowed crowds across the Pacific Northwest and beyond with their display of trust, balance and grit.

Mark Knoller truly was a legend, a White House correspondent I was very lucky to work alongside. Even long after he retired, Mark would pull up his word doc of presidential statistics when I needed help for a story. He is going to be so sorely missed. www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-kn...

Members of Seattle’s LGBTQ+ community are urging Mayor Bruce Harrell to cancel the permit for an upcoming religious rally at Gas Works Park.

An executive order by Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove has put 77,000 acres of older forests off-limits to logging.

Videos posted to social media and shared with KUOW show federal agents arresting two firefighters working on the Bear Gulch fire on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday.

Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

“When you see a person that has lived such an angelic life as she did, what she stood for, and she gets senselessly murdered, taken away from us, it hurts.”

A Washington National Guard veteran was arrested Thursday during his final citizenship interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Tukwila. He is now being held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.

I want to permanently live aboard a BC Ferry.

Us 🤝 Dogs We know that dogs are part of the family, so we will be trialing an updated pet policy through February 2026. During this 6-month trial through, dogs on leashes are allowed in the passenger cabins of our ferries. Learn more here: wsdot.wa.gov/travel/washi...

Wednesday was the second day in a row protestors with the group No Azure for Apartheid gathered on Microsoft’s campus demanding the company cut ties with the Israel military.

The Reptile Zoo in Monroe is set to close this fall, after nearly 30 years of teaching kids about exotic animals. Now, families are hurrying in to say goodbye to their favorite friends.

Today! Go outside with your recorder and headphones and press record. See what you hear. With love for the sounds all around us, Transom

After years of legal battles, the city of Seattle has disclosed the names of all its police officers who attended President Donald Trump’s rally on Jan. 6, 2021.

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

At Ichiro's number retirement, Mariners CEO John Stanton announces #51 will get his own statue outside the ballpark next year.

Eastsiders anxious to ride light rail across Lake Washington to Seattle still have months to wait. Sound Transit has set an estimated start date in late April — but that’s likely to change.

Seattle's waterways used to be the largest method of transportation - much larger than our currently crippling ferry system. How did we get here, and why aren't we using all of our waterways to move people anymore?

Washington’s rural counties and school districts are preparing to start the school year without millions of dollars from a program meant to offset reduced revenue from logging on federal lands.

The glowing memorial represented the thousands of lives lost, hope for a more peaceful future, and a reminder of a painful history.

The Naked Gun is an easy 10/10. A perfect summer giggler. Love that they got the original theme song in there.

A trip on a Washington state ferry will get more expensive this fall.

Horror fan and KUOW Book Club curator Katie Campbell recommends horror novels at five levels of spooky spice, from bell peppers to Carolina Reapers.

"Food should not be a political issue. It just shouldn’t be," said 72-year-old Joe Beck, who gets $66 per month in SNAP assistance. Important story by @kuow.org's Ruby de Luna with photos by Megan Farmer www.kuow.org/stories/wa-s...

Washington has 28 native species of bumblebees, with eight of them, including the western bumblebee, in some degree of peril, conservation-wise.

Death Cab's still got it. Great show. Plans came out when I was 14 and these last 20 years it's been like an old friend. Nation of Language crushed it, too.

Cal chasing J.P. around with the Gatorade and a big, goofy grin after tonight's walk-off win. This team is having fun.

Mariners win 6-0 over Texas. Rookie Cole Young hit his first homer in Seattle and Cal smacked #42. Good to have Geno back. 1st of a 10-game homestand with perfect weather in the forecast for Seattle this weekend.