Pinehurst Station opens in North Seattle, Sound Transit’s first infill stop

SEATTLE — Sound Transit’s Link trains began stopping at Pinehurst Station before sunrise Wednesday, dropping a new platform into the narrow strip of North Seattle that sits between I-5 and Jackson Park Golf Course and closing a long-standing gap between Northgate and Shoreline. The elevated station at Northeast 130th Street and Fifth Avenue Northeast opened […]

Ex-Seattle Police Chief Bags $700,000 to Step Down

SEATTLE — Outgoing Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes received a severance package valued at approximately $700,000 under an optional resignation agreement with the City of Seattle that took effect July 30, 2026, the same day that marked his final day on the payroll, according to documents released by KOMO’s Jeremy Harris and confirmed by city […]

Somers, Franklin, and Parshall secure Everett Link in new Sound Transit 3 realignment

SEATTLE—The Sound Transit Board of Directors adopted a $57.5 billion updated Sound Transit 3 system plan late Thursday night, rescuing the ambitious 2016 voter-approved light rail project from a $34.5 billion shortfall and setting a clear, affordable path forward to providing a truly integrated regional transit system connecting Everett to Tacoma. “This resolution reflects both […]