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King County Issues Burn Ban As Fire Risks Increase
King County has issued a Stage 1 Burn Ban for unincorporated areas due to rising temperatures and dry conditions, prohibiting yard debris and land-clearing fires, while recreational fires are still permitted under certain conditions.
GeekWire
about 1 hour
Microsoft says its data centers use 90% less water than its earliest facilities as public concern grows
Microsoft announced Wednesday that over the past two decades, it has become dramatically more efficient in its use of water… Read More
GeekWire
about 10 hours
Moment of ‘Zen’: Another billionaire’s superyacht turns heads in Seattle
“Zen,” a $200 million, 289-foot yacht reportedly owned by Chinese billionaire Wu Guangming, motored smoothly through the Ballard Locks and out to Puget Sound, drawing onlookers along the railings of the popular Seattle destination. Read More
Seattle Weekly
about 15 hours
Light rail draws record crowds for America’s World Cup match
Link light rail drew approximately 280,000 riders when the United States and Australia met in the World Cup Friday, June 19 at Lumen Field in Seattle far exceeding the previous high mark of 220,000 set earlier this year during the Seahawks Super Bowl parade.
GeekWire
about 15 hours
Seattle-area young entrepreneurs capture third-straight win in global TiE startup pitch contest
A team of Seattle-area high school students won the 2026 TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) Global Pitch Competition earlier this month, notching a three-peat for the TYE Seattle chapter. Read More
PubliCola
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Report: Homelessness in King County Continues to Grow, with 21 Percent Increase in Unsheltered Homelessness Since 2024
By Erica C. Barnett The King County Regional Homelessness Authority released a high-level summary of its biennial “point in time… The post Report: Homelessness in King County Continues to Grow, with 21 Percent Increase in Unsheltered Homelessness Since 2024 appeared first on PubliCola.
GeekWire
about 17 hours
Lime rides World Cup fever in Seattle to single-day trip record during USA vs. Australia match
Seahawks legend Marshawn Lynch was among the riders who helped Lime set a new single-day ridership record in Seattle, with 83,000 trips recorded on shared bikes and scooters. Read More
GeekWire
about 18 hours
Microsoft’s next big thing for the cloud: an agent that keeps its cool when everything falls apart
Microsoft is promising relief to engineers who get woken up at 3 a.m. for outages and other cloud glitches: an… Read More
Seattle Weekly
about 19 hours
More details, and friction, around Washington news fellowship | Free Press Initiative
Reporters in the program get paid more than newsroom journalists. That could be a problem.
GeekWire
about 20 hours
Tech Moves: Microsoft names new exec; Remitly CPO/CTO departs; AWS leader to head Synthesia in Seattle
Microsoft names chief digital safety officer; Remitly's chief product and technology officer departs; and an AWS leader joins Synthesia to oversee its new Seattle office. Read More
GeekWire
about 22 hours
This 3-foot-tall robot wants to be your kid’s classroom buddy and your mom’s new friend
Mind Children Robotics, a Seattle-area startup co-founded by AGI researcher Ben Goertzel, is building Codey — a child-sized social robot priced under $10,000 and aimed at classrooms, hospitals and senior care. The company plans its first pilots in South Korea. Read More
Seattle Medium
about 22 hours
Supreme Court Rules Against Rastafarian Who Sued Prison Officials For Cutting His Dreadlocks
The Supreme Court has ruled that a devout Rastafarian, Damon Landor, cannot proceed with his lawsuit against prison officials who cut his dreadlocks. This 6-3 decision, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, is expected to make it more challenging for individuals of other faiths to enforce federal religious protections within the prison system, drawing criticism from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for weakening these safeguards.