King County Executive Shannon Braddock on Monday revealed that her proposed 2025 supplemental budget includes $26.1 million ...

Metro is planning to add buses with bigger, stronger barriers to protect drivers and sorting out how to retrofit its entire 1,400-coach fleet to add the enhanced protection, the county says. 89 ...

A 43-hour manhunt has ended with the apprehension of Vance Boelter, who was brought into police custody in Sibley County Sunday night on state charges for the targeted shootings of Suspect apprehended ...

After Harris County commissioners approved $8 million for homelessness services, the City of Houston’s housing department claimed the money would “go directly towards the Mayor’s ...

Shawn Joseph, Ed.D., co-director of the AASA/Howard University Urban Superintendents Academy, was chosen as the interim superintendent.

Gov. Mike Kehoe announced the appointment of Derek Winters to help lead the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's transition from city of St. Louis oversight to a citizen-led board of police ...

Dozens of rechargeable buses have been ordered with the new clear barriers, while hundreds of older hybrid buses will be retrofitted soon, Metro says.

King County Metro installs new bus partitions to boost safety The move follows the December killing of 59-year-old driver Shawn Yim, who was stabbed while on duty near the University of Washington.

By Shawn Garrett, KIRO 7 News. June 10, 2025 at 12:13 pm PDT. ... King County Metro is testing four types of safety partitions for bus drivers as it prepares to retrofit up to 1,300 vehicles in ...

King County Metro Transit is retrofitting as many as 1,300 buses with partitions as part of an initiative to improve safety conditions ... including the stabbing death of Metro driver Shawn Yim.

SEATTLE — King County is preparing for a stretch of hot weather by opening cooling centers and activating emergency protocols to protect residents, especially those experiencing homelessness ...