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 Associated Press The police bicycle that Seattle Seahawks player Michael Bennett rode to celebrate the team’s NFC Championship has been auctioned off for charity. KOMO-TV reports that the Seattle Police Department bicycle fetched $10,000 during a benefit for the Seattle Police Foundation on Saturday. The defensive lineman jumped on the borrowed bike and took a victory lap around…

Sound Transit has canceled Monday Sounder commuter rail service between Everett and Seattle due to a mudslide along the tracks Saturday evening. With more rain in the forecast, the agency will decide Monday whether to resume service on Tuesday. Riders are encouraged to monitor www.SoundTransit.org/alerts for updates. Sound Transit will provide special bus service Monday morning from…

UPDATED AT 1:15 P.M. Two teenage Snohomish girls who went missing last month have been found safe in Tacoma, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday. Samantha Eldredge and Keyanna Monson, both 16, left their homes on Jan. 28, the sheriff’s office said. The girls were located Saturday evening through a joint effort by the Tacoma Police Department,…

A small earthquake rattled the southern Puget Sound area, but there were no reports of damage or injury. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 3.5 quake struck shortly before midnight Saturday and was centered about 8 miles northeast of Olympia. The Thurston County Sheriff’s office says there have been no reports of damage or injury. But some…

Starting Friday night, the state is funneling westbound Interstate 90 into a single lane at Bellevue Way Southeast  for a week as part of a repair project to the bridge between Bellevue and Mercer Island. Traffic is expected to back up as far as 10 miles, according to state highway engineers. For regular I-90 commuters, what…

The Highway 520 floating bridge will be closed again this weekend as crews continue working on the replacement span and paving new roadway, the state Department of Transportation said. All lanes in both directions between Montlake Boulevard and Interstate 405 will close from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. During the closure, work crews will pour…

By Seattle Times staff reporter Kyung M. Song WASHINGTON — Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday asked the federal government to declare the Snohomish County mudslide a “major disaster,” which would qualify victims for direct federal aid for housing, unemployment and other losses. Inslee’s request to President Obama comes nine days after the devastation that has killed at…

People whose loved ones are missing following the massive mudslide east of Arlington can call the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management at 425-388-5088 to report their concerns. People also can check the Red Cross website safeandwell.org where disaster survivors can register their names and let family and friends know they are safe.  

A dead sturgeon was found floating in Lake Washington over the weekend. (Photo by Keith Magnuson) This report is by Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times staff reporter Keith Magnuson who lives in Seattle along the shores of Lake Washington, was waterskiing Saturday when he came across a giant dead fish. “At first I thought it was a shark,…