The city of Seattle plans to close its fixed COVID-19 vaccination hubs and focus on its mobile vaccine efforts this summer.
The community vaccine hub at North Seattle College will close June 4, the vaccine hub in West Seattle will close June 9, the vaccine site at Lumen Field Event Center will close June 12 and the Rainier Beach hub will close June 23.
The city announced the closures Wednesday, citing the city’s high vaccination rates as one of the reasons. As of Wednesday, more than 76% of Seattle residents who are 12 and older have started the vaccine process, and more than 60% are fully vaccinated, according to the city. Read more
A Seattle man who was part of the original clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine has received his third dose – a booster shot.
Seattle's Ian Haydon received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in April 2020. "For me, it was a very simple decision," said Haydon.
Haydon was one of the first people in the world vaccinated against the virus as a volunteer patient in a Moderna Phase 1 clinical trial. Read more
The first-ever waterfront apartments opened in Everett. The Sawyer is a 131 unit apartment building that has been two decades in the making.
Since construction started, the project has faced two global recessions, a massive four-alarm fire, and is opening at the tail end of a global pandemic.
“It was a herculean effort to get here,” said John Shaw of SeaLevel Properties which developed the building and currently working on the apartment building next door. Read more
The Washington State Attorney General's office is expected to announce whether any Tacoma police officers will face charges related to the death of Manuel Ellis on Thursday.
As Washington awaits the AG's decision, residents in Tacoma say the waiting is sending a message all on its own.
“We’re talking over a year later,” said Katrina Johnson of Families on the Frontline. “Justice would’ve been those officers already being in jail, awaiting what comes next. Justice would’ve been Mannie still being alive. Justice would be charges being filed a long time ago and not waiting on pins and needles.” Read more
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has picked a date to step down as CEO.
Bezos grew Amazon from an internet bookstore to an online shopping behemoth. He said Wednesday that Amazon executive Andy Jassy will take over the CEO role on July 5. Jassy currently runs the company's cloud-computing business.
Seattle-based Amazon first announced that Bezos was stepping down as CEO in February, but didn’t provide a specific date. Bezos won’t be going far: He will become executive chair of the company and focus on new products and initiatives. Read more
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