Investigators believe a person who was handling a firearm accidentally shot a man inside a downtown Seattle hotel Saturday ...

After years of struggling with rising crime, office vacancies, and economic uncertainty, downtown Seattle is showing signs of improvement. But while crime rates are dropping, businesses are opening, ...

Seattle Now is a daily news podcast for a curious ... and a chain restaurant is leaving its longtime location in downtown Seattle. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom ...

A restaurant known for its warm brown bread, overflowing pasta, and gigantic slices of cheesecake is closing its downtown Seattle location after more than two decades. The Cheesecake Factory on ...

Downtown Seattle is headed toward a “bloom ... If sidewalks emptied and crime increased, more people would stay home. And so on. Now, Seattle officials are optimistic the city has escaped ...

Sound Transit will close the downtown light rail tunnel this Valentine’s Day weekend, as workers resume their matchmaking effort between Seattle’s 1 Line and the nearly-completed Eastside 2 Line.

The health of downtown is a key driver in whether Seattle can attract entrepreneurs and companies from elsewhere in the country to relocate or set up satellite operations. (GeekWire File Photo ...

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SEATTLE — Rents in downtown Seattle have gone up for the first time in 17 months as Amazon employees returned to the office, according to a new report from Redfin. The report released Wednesday ...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell addressed more than 1,000 downtown leaders Tuesday to provide an update on activation plans and how the city is preparing for the World Cup. The annual ...

Fatal overdoses are down 25%, and violent crime fell nearly 14% from 2021 and 2024. Seattle leaders on Tuesday heralded downtown improvements over the last year, ticking off various statistics and ...

A Trader Joe's spokesperson this week said the company is working to bring a new store to downtown Seattle, possibly in 2021. That's a year sooner than Downtown Seattle Association President and ...