Crime
Seattle Red Staff
Why did city of Edmonds ditch cameras that find missing kids? Politics
Edmonds canceled its Flock Safety camera contract over privacy politics, even after the mayor admitted the cameras find missing kids and catch suspects.22 hours ago
Seattle Red Staff
Washington raises voter challenge bar to murder-trial standard
A new Washington law sets the highest legal bar in America for challenging ineligible voter registrations, and it just took effect.22 hours ago
Seattle Red Staff
Man arrested for allegedly robbing income tax initiative signature gatherer in Puyallup
A union member faces second-degree robbery after deputies say he assaulted a Puyallup signature gatherer and stole petitions to repeal WA's income tax.2 days ago
Jason Rantz
Rantz: Activists lazily claim Everett crackdown on illicit massage parlors discriminates against Asians
Everett approved new penalties for illicit massage businesses suspected of prostitution. Activists claim the crackdown discriminates against Asian workers.2 days ago
Jason Rantz
Rantz: A Pierce County judge just priced four stabbed students at $250
A Pierce County judge cut bail from $750,000 to $250 for the teen charged in the Foss High School stabbing. Jason Rantz says the decision endangers Tacoma.3 days ago
Seattle Red Staff
‘Public safety won’: SPOG takes victory lap as Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson reverses on cameras
SPOG declared victory after Mayor Katie Wilson reversed course on Stadium District CCTV cameras for the FIFA World Cup tournament kicking off at Lumen Field.4 days ago
Krist Novoselić, Special Contributor
Krist Novoselić: Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans has no plan to protect North Seattle
Seattle's Aurora Ave is spiraling as new City Attorney Erika Evans refuses to enforce SOAP and SODA zones against pimps and fentanyl dealers. Here's why.4 days ago
Jason Rantz
Rantz: Seattle has one week to fake competence before the World Cup and downtown still isn’t cleaned up
Seattle cleaned up for MLB All-Star Week in 2023. With 750,000 World Cup fans arriving June 15, Mayor Wilson has one week to prove it can be done again.4 days ago
Jason Rantz
Krist Novoselic shreds Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans over Aurora prostitution failures
Krist Novoselic, the Nirvana bassist who co-founded the Cascade Party of Washington, is hammering Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans for refusing to enforce SOAP and SODA orders as shootings and street-walking prostitution overwhelm North Seattle’s Aurora Avenue corridor. In an op-ed published at The Summit, the Cascade Party’s online journal, Novoselic argues that ideological leadership […]5 days ago
Jason Rantz
Rantz: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson ‘chickens out’ on World Cup cameras. Is she WAC(k)O Wilson?
Katie Wilson flipped on Stadium District cameras for the World Cup. It isn't leadership. It's WAC(k)O, Wilson Always Chickens Out, caving to pressure again.5 days ago
Jackson Meyer
Doug Baldwin rips Bob Ferguson over rejected clemency cases, income tax silence
Ex-Seahawk Doug Baldwin rips Gov. Bob Ferguson for denying every clemency recommendation and dodging questions on the income tax.8 days ago
Seattle Red Staff
Downtown Spokane salon shutters after gunpoint robbery, bullets through window, and years of street chaos
Spokane salon owner Linda Biel is closing Urbanna July 15, blaming a crime wave around seven Catholic Charities housing sites for destroying her business.9 days ago
Jason Rantz
Seattle councilmember says Mayor Wilson is breaking the law by leaving World Cup cameras off
Seattle Councilmember Bob Kettle accuses Mayor Katie Wilson of violating city law by refusing to activate the Stadium District cameras before the World Cup.9 days ago
Seattle Red Staff
Illegal alien drug boss who plotted to kill Washington cop gets 15 years
Mexican national Iris Amador-Garcia, leader of a nationwide drug ring, gets 15 years for plotting to kill a Centralia, WA officer who seized a shipment.10 days ago
Seattle Red Staff
North Seattle nonprofit leader: Aurora pimp war has ‘completely gotten out of control’
Kristine Moreland of The More We Love says Seattle has left Aurora Ave. residents fending for themselves as pimp wars, trafficking, and World Cup pressure collide.14 days ago
Jason Rantz
Rantz: Seattle tore down residents’ Aurora Avenue barricades in days — it let CHOP/CHAZ fester for weeks
Seattle killed North Seattle residents' Aurora Avenue barricades in days. It let CHOP/CHAZ occupy six blocks for weeks.15 days ago
Seattle Red Staff
Ann Davison rips city leaders for abandoning Aurora Avenue anti-trafficking law
Former Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison tears into the city's failure to enforce the SOAP law as Aurora Avenue shootings and sex trafficking spiral ahead of the World Cup.15 days ago
Jason Rantz
Rantz Exclusive: Belltown business owners forced REACH to hire security for the open-air drug scene it helped create
REACH contracted with Dauntless Security after Belltown business owners demanded accountability for the open-air drug scene outside its headquarters.17 days ago
Jason Rantz
WATCH: Spokane official allegedly head-butted by man while posting campaign signs
Dale Whitaker and Spokane County Treasurer Mike Vols were attacked while posting campaign signs by a man police knew by name. Press charges, or he walks free.18 days ago
Jason Rantz
Rantz Exclusive: Seattle World Cup security plan rests on 861 officers and a jail that keeps turning arrests away
SPD reports 861 deployable officers heading into the FIFA World Cup, while addressing jail booking refusals and projecting 91 officer separations for 2026.22 days ago
Seattle Red Staff
House passes bills to expose every city letting violent suspects walk free without bail, Seattle on notice
Rep. Michael Baumgartner backed two House-passed bills targeting charitable bail funds and cashless bail for violent offenders. Both advance to the Senate.27 days ago
Jason Rantz
Rantz: San Francisco solved its drug crisis for a summit. Why is Seattle surrendering before the World Cup?
If you think the city of Seattle is ready for the World Cup, you've likely not stepped foot in downtown Seattle for years.28 days ago
Seattle Red Staff
Feds bust alien smuggling ring that used tiny WA exclave to sneak Vietnamese nationals into U.S.: prosecutors
Two British Columbia residents are charged with smuggling eight Vietnamese nationals through Point Roberts into the U.S. via charter flight, prosecutors say.29 days ago
