15 board members voted to raise the agency’s 2026 property tax levy to $183 million, up from $176 million in 2025.

On Nov. 4, voters will choose a new leader for King County government for the first time in 16 years. They have two choices: ...

For 16 years, King County has had the same person helming the ship, former King County Executive Dow Constantine. After four ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is calling on neighboring cities in King County to help shelter the homeless population, expressing a willingness to provide funding from Seattle toward shelters and ...

Sound Transit is studying whether to add fare gates to some Link light rail stations — part of a broader effort to improve ...

SEATTLE — Dogs (and maybe even other pets) will be allowed to ride the light rail, likely by 2026. The Sound Transit Board voted on Thursday afternoon to allow riders' furry friends. The agency will ...

King County Executive Dow Constantine Monday appointed former Newcastle City Manager John Starbard to lead reform of the county's building and land use permitting processes, as the new Director of the ...

Officials in the King County Executive's office confirm to KOMO News a decision on whether the Juvenile Justice Center should move to the PacMed building could come by the end of the week. In an email ...

Dogs will finally be allowed to ride the light rail in 2026 after the Sound Transit Board voted in favor of the furry pets’ inclusion Thursday afternoon. The initial Sound Transit rule only allowed ...

A few billion here, a few billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. We need to talk about Sound Transit and the bill that keeps growing. When voters approved Sound Transit 3 line ...

(The Center Square) – King County Executive Shannon Braddock’s 2026-27 budget proposal avoids employee layoffs thanks to new tax revenue, but concerns about federal funding remain. Braddock’s proposal ...

Re: “Ruff riders: Sound Transit will soon allow dogs on board” (July 25, A1): Although providing mass transit alternatives to increasing automobile traffic is admirable, I wondered where exactly Sound ...