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Seattle $34M land grab threatens Aurora Avenue businesses
SEATTLE - The City of Seattle is moving forward with a $34 million acquisition along Aurora Avenue North to build a centralized utility operations center, a plan that would replace several long-standing local businesses. Mayor Katie Wilson approved the land deal following months of City Council reviews. The city confirmed...
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Auburn School District superintendent discusses failed bond
Less than a week following election day, the Auburn School Board held its first meeting since the Auburn School District No. 408 – Proposition No. 1 results came back showing the bond at 52% was not going to pass with the required supermajority of 60%. At the Nov. 9...
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White Employee’s Hostile Work Environment Claim Arising From City’s Race-Based DEI Programming Is Revived
Diemert v. City of Seattle , 2026 WL 2903699 (9th Cir. 2026) Joshua Diemert, a white man who worked in the City of Seattle’s Human Services Department, challenged the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative, which required employees to participate in racial justice trainings and events, some of which were limited to employees of particular races; the Initiative also sponsored racially-aligned affinity groups or caucuses. Diemert alleged that the Initiative, together with a series of offensive remarks from coworkers and supervisors, created a racially hostile work environment. After Diemert resigned, he sued the City for violation of the Equal Protection Clause, hostile work environment, constructive discharge, disparate treatment, and retaliation under Title VII and the Washington Law Against Discrimination. The district court granted summary judgment to the City on all claims. The Ninth Circuit reversed as to the hostile work environment claims, holding that the workplace incidents at issue were “sufficiently numerous, frequent, and severe” to create a triable issue of fact. However, the Court affirmed summary judgment on the constructive discharge, disparate treatment, and retaliation claims, and it affirmed dismissal of the equal protection claim on the ground that Diemert lacked Article III standing because he failed to show
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Inside Auburn’s ‘Kitty City,’ a push to stop the next kitten boom
The city of Auburn and Auburn Valley Humane Society are teaming up to spay or neuter about 50 stray cats Friday in a new effort to curb a growing cat population and ease pressure on the shelter. The city will pay for the pilot program, while the humane society will...
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Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County seeks adopters and fosters as dog intakes climb
TACOMA, Wash. — The Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County is asking the community for help as a surge in dog intakes pushes the shelter beyond capacity. Since Nov. 1, 130 dogs have come into the shelter's care, 30 more than during the same period last month, according to a social media post from the organization.
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WA Democrats expanding influence, voting power
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Neighbors seek new approach to repeat homeless camps in Seattle's North Rainier area
SEATTLE — Stretching barbed wire across the home she's lived in for decades was a last resort for Mary Jackson. “I can no longer stay here due to fact of the homeless just taking over,” Jackson said. Homeless camps line 24th Avenue S below Jackson's North Rainier residence,...
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From the archives: Photos reveal the destruction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed on Nov. 7, 1940, just four months after its grand opening in July. The incident remains described as "the most dramatic failure in bridge engineering history," said the Washington State Archives. They say during the violent collapse, the main suspension cables were tossed 100 feet...
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You Could Spend All Day Inside Washington’s Biggest Used Bookstore With 500,000 Books
Somewhere in Tacoma, Washington, there’s a red brick building with one word on the side, and that word is “BOOKS,” and honestly, that’s all it needs to say. Tacoma Book Center is the largest independent used bookstore in Washington State, and it’s holding over 500,000 books inside, waiting for you to show up.