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Block party planned to mark one-year anniversary of CHOP Joel Moreno, KOMO News Reporter © Provided by KOMO-TV Seattle A group of artists is organizing a block party to celebrate one year since CHOP, the zone in Seattle that became a focal point of Black Lives Matter protests.  However, the anniversary party is already stirring controversy because others remember CHOP for the deadly shootings, property damage and take-over of the police precinct. CHOP, the Capitol Hill Organi...

USA TODAY About a dozen people were arrested during small Inauguration Day protests in the Pacific Northwest intended to pressure President Joe Biden into action on immigration and police reform. Police in Portland said in a statement they arrested eight Wednesday afternoon on charges of felony criminal mischief, riot and possession of a destructive device after some in a group of 150 people smashed windows and vandalized the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Oregon.  The FBI previously...

We have permanent Snowpocalypse brain. After that blessedly brief housebound week in February 2019, the sight of a single snowflake in Seattle triggers a now-familiar dash to the grocery store (to buy up all the kale, for some reason). But, it turns out, we’re pretty good at laughing at ourselves—or at least each other. This light-hearted roast of Seattle’s annual snow-verreaction made our list of top stories after a puny dusting in January. Seattle real estate junkies went berse...