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Westside Neighbors Shelter will keep serving breakfast and dinner daily, but the overnight sleeping program has run out of money and will close at the end of the year.

1 of 4 John Spaccarotelli, 94-year-old owner and bartender at what many call the ‘last roadhouse in Seattle,’ tends bar on Friday, December 19, 2025, at the Shanty Tavern in Lake City.

John Spaccarotelli, 94-year-old owner and bartender at what many call the "last roadhouse in Seattle," tends bar on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, at the Shanty Tavern in the Lake City neighborhood. Megan Farmer / KUOW

A Seattle elementary school student left for Guatemala late Wednesday night. His family is self-deporting to avoid federal immigration police. Teachers in Seattle are calling on the school district to better protect students like him.

The Commons is ‘not currently in a state of crisis,’ but a study notes that a 16% storefront vacancy rate and dropping foot traffic spell trouble.

A New York state law gave Hillside Acres residents a chance to buy their community. But after the state declined to consider a grant application from the group, they’re left with under a week to raise over $10.75 million.

Ballard light rail extension saved in critical Sound Transit vote, though funding uncertain

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Sound Transit board shelves Ballard extension, saves South Seattle stations

ITHACA, N.Y. — The 49th Annual Ithaca Festival kicked off Thursday with a dazzling parade of floats proceeding down Cayuga Street on a warm spring day. The annual festival is […]