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The Washington State Auditor’s Office said a data breach compromised the personal information of 1.6 million residents who filed for unemployment last year. The breach also may have exposed information from some state agencies and local governments. State Auditor Pat McCarthy said the breach may have affected people who filed for unemployment between Jan. 1 to Dec. 10, 2020. The compromised data i...

Suzi LeVine, the departing head of Washington state’s Employment Security Department (ESD), reportedly will run a federal agency office that assists states in processing unemployment claims.  But LeVine’s transition into the Biden administration role comes amid an unemployment fraud scandal at her state-level department that cost Washington state over $600 million. The fraudulent unemployment clai...

The city of Portland is on track to clean more garbage off the streets this fiscal year than it ever has before, but ask most Portlanders and they’ll tell you: it doesn’t look like it. KGW put out a call on Facebook, asking Portlanders to pinpoint the areas that frustrate them most. Hundreds of responses poured in. "Naito between the Tillicum Crossing and the Marriott ... all along SW 10th Av...

Police said they arrested at least three people in Olympia, Washington, after a group that advocates for the homeless tried to occupy a hotel, prompting guests and staffers to shelter in place for several hours. Olympia Police Lt. Paul Lower said employees of the Red Lion Inn & Suites, began calling for help at 11 a.m. Sunday after several people, one of whom was wielding a hatchet while other...

A group of popular Portland restaurants will open new locations in the suburbs. That includes places like St. Jack, Grassa, Lardo, as well as Oven and Shaker. The ChefSable group will start takeout at a new Lake Oswego location in April, with an official opening for seating in June. The restaurant owners said people in the suburbs appear to be less cautious about going out. Kurt Huffman of ChefSta...

DEWEY COOPER STEPPED into the Bones Adams Boxing gym in Las Vegas last fall. The former pro boxer, kickboxer and longtime striking coach was there to referee a sparring session for Jake Paul, the popular YouTuber turned boxing hopeful. Cooper had seen Paul spar before and had come away fairly impressed. On this day, though, Paul would be boxing against a veteran Romanian kickboxer who Cooper figur...

On a blustery Saturday afternoon, opponents of Gov. Gavin Newsom set up shop in the parking lot of a Rancho Cordova sporting goods store. Under a small blue canopy adorned with yellow balloons and vinyl banners, volunteers for the Recall Gavin Newsom campaign welcomed passing shoppers, handing them clipboards and encouraging them to sign their petitions to remove the Democratic governor from offic...

Eleven months since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Oregon, the state’s health agency says it will no longer share details about individual deaths connected to the virus. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced the change on Wednesday. Prior to Wednesday, OHA had reported basic details about every COVID-19-linked death in the state since the first death was reported on March 14, 2020....

On Sunday, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was walking outside a craft brewery on the Oregon city’s southwest side when a man walked up to him and shouted, “Thanks for ruining the city!” Moments later, the Democratic mayor blasted the man in the eyes with pepper spray. “Oh my God!” the man cried in an audio recording of the encounter published by the Willamette Week. “Wow ... I can’t see. The mayor has...

Hit both by the grounding of the 737 MAX and the global pandemic that paralyzed its airline customers, Boeing suffered a massive net loss last year of $11.9 billion, the largest in its history. In a message to employees Wednesday morning, chief executive Dave Calhoun called 2020 “a year of profound societal and global disruption, which significantly impacted our industry.” The loss was amplified b...

A few weeks ago, Governor Inslee extended the Washington state eviction moratorium until March 31. Dori spoke with a landlord in Blaine who depends on income from rental property, and is suffering major financial issues as a result of the eviction ban. “We own a small duplex in Blaine, Washington, which is part of our retirement income, and the other is Social Security,” she said. “And we had a re...

Pedestrian counts in downtown Portland saw a precipitous drop during last month's holiday shopping season, according to figures released by the Portland Business Alliance and the Downtown Portland Clean & Safe District. Pedestrian counts are taken every June and December in Portland. According to Downtown Portland Clean & Safe, the average number of people that pass through a typical...

People who destroy property during street protests will be arrested and prosecuted under a tighter new policy coordinated with Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, interim police Chief Adrian Diaz announced Saturday.  The enforcement was to begin Saturday afternoon, when a demonstration was set for Occidental Square.  However, it’s unclear what if anything will be different. Holmes wasn’t at the new...

Members of the Seattle Renters’ Commission have issued a statement endorsing Cancel Rent and Mortgages WA, part of a national movement calling for the cancelation of rent, mortgages, utilities and all related debt for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Excerpts from letter: “Failure to cancel rent and mortgages in Washington increases the burden and risk to our lowest income neighbors as they de...

American attorneys for Ethiopian Airlines, which lost 157 passengers and crew in the second fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX in early 2019, have advised the carrier not to accept a settlement Boeing has offered but instead to sue the manufacturer for punitive damages in the U.S. In an urgently worded letter sent Sunday, the Chicago-based attorneys warned Ethiopian CEO Tewolde GebreMariam that the o...

In a demonstration that began peacefully but rose to a level that included scattered property damage, a group of more than 100 protesters gathered Sunday night at the intersection in downtown Tacoma where the night prior a police officer plowed through a crowd with a car. Video from witnesses showed the officer hitting multiple people with the SUV and then running over at least one person before d...

As about 50 people dressed head-to-toe in black stood in a standoff with Portland Police blocking a parking lot behind Benson High School, parents and coaches from a youth soccer program on the nearby field walked up to see what was going on. “What are they marching for?” one soccer mom asked. The anarchists, antifa and activists seemed at times to question that themselves. “Who set this (expletiv...

At Jan. 5 budget meeting for the city's Bureau of Development Services, economists advising the bureau on the outlook for new construction presented dismal news: Portland has gone from one of the most desirable locations in the country just four years ago to near the bottom of an 80-city ranking. That ranking was compiled by the Urban Land Institute in a report titled "Emerging Trends in...

Antifa, the mythical group invented by right-wingers for reasons unknown, peacefully rioted in Seattle and Portland. Though they posted flyers on social media saying they would turn violent, some were caught off-guard. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store...

On the day after eight people were shot — one fatally — at Third Avenue and Pine Street, a worker at the Piroshky Piroshky bakery came in and quit. He had seen enough. “Here we’re trying to create jobs,” said Brian Amaya, head of the bakery’s operations. “But I understand.” Amaya was part of a crowd of frustrated downtown business owners, affordable-housing providers, neighborhood groups and high-...

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is calling for an investigation, after receiving multiple threatening messages from a city email account. According to Sawant, the emails began on Dec. 17, 2020, with escalating language that culminated in a threat against her life on Jan. 18. “The time is here, and you will not have a place after tomorrow council woman,” the Jan. 18 email read. “Announce y...

In Portland, Ore., and Seattle, protesters marched through the downtown areas on Wednesday carrying signs opposing the police, immigration authorities and government in general, and some people in each city vandalized buildings symbolizing institutional power. In Portland, about 200 people clad in black marched to the local Democratic headquarters, where some of them smashed windows and tipped ove...

Hours after President Joe Biden was sworn into office and implored the nation to come together, dozens of protesters gathered Wednesday afternoon in Seattle's Occidental Park for a tense demonstration that included a march through downtown in which a flag was set on fire. Three people were arrested as of Wednesday evening -- two for property damage after multiple windows were shattered at the...

The Office of Police Accountability recommends Seattle police change its policy on using blast balls after complaints about officer conduct during summer protests. Reports from an independent agency say a Seattle police officer who threw a tear gas canister that hit a reporter, and other officers who threw blast balls that hit individuals during last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, violated...

Crime in Seattle is up, and increasingly it seems more residents and business owners are feeling fed up and considering leaving. "I've loved Seattle but I feel like it doesn’t love me back," said Wallingford resident Myra Levitzke. Levitzke has found herself in a predicament. "I think as a parent you have all these things happen and you’re like, at what point do I have to leave...