Transportation

Russian hackers posted Sea-Tac files to 'dark website,' airport director tells Congress

Suspected Russian hackers are posting data stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on the dark web, according to Aviation Managing Director Lance Lyttle.

As election day nears, climate repeal turns up the heat on WA’s transportation budget crisis

Shhh! The orcas can’t hear their dinner

When an orca hunts salmon, it clicks and buzzes. It sends a beam of sounds from its nasal passages into the murky depths in hopes that the sound waves will bounce back and reveal the location of its next nutritious meal. Those hopes are often dashed when noise from passing vessels drowns out orcas’ sonar signals.

Neighbors of Jackson Park want free access to be par for the course

Unlike other large parks in Seattle, Jackson Park is only open to golfers. Now, a neighborhood group wants to change that.

Sound Transit had a little treble with this light rail station, so it changed its name for the local symphony

After years of surveys, meetings and deliberations, Sound Transit has officially changed the name of one of Seattle’s light rail stations downtown. What was the University Street Station is now: Symphony Station.

Get ready for your first light rail moment, Lynnwood. Sound Transit plans meet cute for transit newbies

Light rail service to Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace and Shoreline will never get a second chance to make a first impression. And so, Sound Transit is doing what it can to make opening weekend shine.

Tolls just went up for 520 bridge commuters between Bellevue and Seattle

Tolls are rising on the floating 520 bridge between Seattle and Bellevue during peak commute times.

‘We're at a breaking point.’ Washington ferry workers demand 20% raise

Unionized ferry workers who keep the state’s ailing fleet afloat are calling for higher pay and better staffing. On Tuesday morning, over 30 engineers and oilers stood in front of the bustling downtown Seattle ferry terminal, demanding the state to invest more money into jobs.

Junk from Olympic coast cargo spill still washing ashore nearly 3 years later

Canadian officials say 97% of the debris spilled when 109 shipping containers toppled off a cargo ship off the Olympia Peninsula remains at sea.