CONCRETE — A false alarm for the Baker River Dam that sent Concrete residents scrambling for safety was the focus of Monday’s Town Council meeting. The dam’s early warning siren system was ...

Over the past year, Seattle City Light has fallen further behind on streetlights. Between January 2024 and January 2025, its backlog of broken lights roughly doubled, from 881 to 1,709.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently approved another extension in the yearslong process to relicense the three Skagit River dams. Seattle City Light is asking that its license be ...

Points of Light president and CEO Jennifer Sirangelo, left, and Neil Bush, chair, speak at the 2025 Points of Light Conference in New Orleans, Friday, June 6, 2025.

TURNERS FALLS — FirstLight’s Turners Falls hydroelectric operations leaked 300 gallons of hydraulic fluid into the Connecticut River on Tuesday evening, according to a statement from state Sen ...

When it comes to the 2026 budget, City Hall is preparing for planned 8% cuts to departments supported by the city’s General Fund and payroll tax on its largest employers. The Seattle Police Department ...

Pike/Pine, for now, won’t be part of the deployment of 80 digital wayfinding kiosks across Seattle. Tuesday, the Seattle City Council approved a program to add the kiosks with news and information, wi ...

There’s been another shake up on the city council. First-time council member Cathy Moore says she’s resigning. It's the third vacancy in two years on the council.

ELK RAPIDS — Two dams on the Chain of Lakes in Antrim County need work, and shoreline property owners potentially could foot the bill through two special assessment districts.

Kshama Sawant, the socialist who served a decade on the Seattle City Council, launched a “working-class, antiwar, anti-genocide” campaign Monday, June 2 to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell made an appearance at Pier 62 to kick off the revitalized waterfront concert series, but not before taking the stage to rally the attendees around his overarching ...