Seattle, WA
Seattle among Top 20 happiest cities in U.S., study finds
SEATTLE – Seattle has ranked among the Top 20 happiest cities in America, according to a new study.
A study from WalletHub ranked 182 of the largest cities in the U.S. based on how “happy” they are — weighing metrics like emotional and physical well-being, income and employment, and community and environment. Seattle is the top-ranked city in Washington at #18, followed by Tacoma at #89, Vancouver at #100 and Spokane at #124.
Fremont, California earned the #1 spot owing to 80% of households making an income above $75,000.
“Money can buy happiness to a certain degree because a stable income is essential for a person’s physical and mental well-being,” said WalletHub analyst Cassandra Happe. “However, plenty of other factors affect happiness as well, and the happiest cities combine economic security with kind communities and conditions that are conducive to low depression rates and high life satisfaction.”
Seattle’s high ranking comes from emotional and physical well-being (ranked 8th) and income and employment (ranked 14th). Surprisingly, the Emerald City ranks 128th for community and environment, beaten out by Tacoma (103rd). Looking at individual metrics, Seattle ranks among the highest for adequate sleep rate, while Spokane ranks at one of the highest depression rates in the U.S.
The study’s methodology takes each category — emotional and physical well-being, income and employment, community and environment — and measures it based on several subcategories, each weighed to varying levels:
- Emotional and physical well-being
Life-satisfaction index
Depression rate
Suicide rate
Adequate sleep rate
Physical health index
Sports participation rate
Share of people who used marijuana in the past month
Opioid prescriptions per 100 people
Share of adults with mental health determined “not good”
Life expectancy
Food insecurity rate
- Life-satisfaction index
- Depression rate
- Suicide rate
- Adequate sleep rate
- Physical health index
- Sports participation rate
- Share of people who used marijuana in the past month
- Opioid prescriptions per 100 people
- Share of adults with mental health determined “not good”
- Life expectancy
- Food insecurity rate
- Income and employment
Income growth rate
Households earning annual incomes over $75,000
Poverty rate
Job satisfaction
4+ star job opportunities
Job security
Unemployment rate
Underemployment rate
Bankruptcy rate
Weekly work hours
Commute time
- Income growth rate
- Households earning annual incomes over $75,000
- Poverty rate
- Job satisfaction
- 4+ star job opportunities
- Job security
- Unemployment rate
- Underemployment rate
- Bankruptcy rate
- Weekly work hours
- Commute time
- Community and environment
Separation and divorce rate
Hate crime incidents per capita
Ideal weather
Acres of park land per 1,000 residents
Average leisure time spent per day
Well-being community index score
- Separation and divorce rate
- Hate crime incidents per capita
- Ideal weather
- Acres of park land per 1,000 residents
- Average leisure time spent per day
- Well-being community index score
For the full list, visit the WalletHub study here.
Seattle, WA
Jorge Prado withdraws from Seattle SMX Round 6 with a shoulder injury
Jorge Prado posted the fastest time in qualification for Round 6 of the SuperMotocross World Championship, but a hard crash in the second session sent him off the track early to have his shoulder evaluated.
Prado was x-rayed by the Alpinestars Medical crew and showed no sign of a break, but after lining up for Heat 2 and taking the gate drop, he realized he would not be healthy enough to race.
Prado withdrew from the heat, and the team immediately announced that he would not line up for the Last Chance Qualifier.
Christian Craig was also unable to line up for the LCQ.
Last week, RJ Hampshire was forced to retire from the round after suffering flu-like symptoms.
Seattle, WA
Report: Seattle Seahawks interviewing 49ers assistant for OC
The Seattle Seahawks are interviewing San Francisco 49ers run game coordinator/tight ends coach Brian Fleury for their offensive coordinator job on Saturday, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Why Bump is confident Seahawks will nail their OC search
Fleury is the sixth reported offensive coordinator candidate for the Super Bowl champion Seahawks, who are searching for a new OC after Klint Kubiak departed to become the Las Vegas Raiders’ head coach.
Seattle’s other reported OC candidates include four in-house options: quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko, run game specialist/assistant offensive line coach Justin Outten, passing game coordinator Jake Peetz and tight ends coach Mack Brown. Arizona Cardinals pass game specialist Connor Senger also was reported as a candidate.
Fleury spent the past seven seasons on 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff. He was the 49ers’ defensive quality control coach in 2019, their offensive quality control coach in 2020-21, their tight ends coach from 2022-24 and their run game coordinator/tight ends coach in 2025.
Fleury began his NFL coaching career as the Buffalo Bills’ quality control coach in 2013. He then spent two seasons in Cleveland, where he was the Browns’ assistant linebackers coach in 2014 and their outside linebackers coach in 2015. He then spent three seasons in Miami, serving as the Dolphins’ football research analyst in 2016 and their director of football research in 2017-18.
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Seattle, WA
Nancy Guthrie: At least 3 reportedly detained in connection with case
Nancy Guthrie: 3 reportedly detained in case
Three people have reportedly been detained in connection with the investigation into Nancy Guthrie case. Officials with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said there will be no formal statement on the developments for now.
TUCSON, Ariz. – Fox News is reporting that at least three people have been detained on Feb. 13 in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, citing an otherwise unnamed local law enforcement source.
Big picture view:
“The source says after receiving a tip, authorities detained two males, plus one of their moms. The source said a warrant had been served,” read a portion of the Fox News article. “The source cautioned that during a warrant execution ‘technically everyone is detained.’”
Meanwhile, officials with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said “law enforcement activity is underway at a residence near E. Orange Grove Rd & N. First Ave related to the Guthrie case.”
“Because this is a joint investigation, at the request of the FBI – no additional information is currently available,” read a portion of the X post.
What’s next:
Fox News is reporting that according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, a written statement will be released.
The backstory:
Nancy, who is the mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was last seen on the night of Jan. 31 after being dropped off at her Catalina Foothills home near East Skyline Drive and North Campbell Avenue. She was reported missing the next day after her family was notified that she hadn’t shown up for church.
Authorities say she was taken from her home against her will and is without her necessary medication. Photos taken at the scene show blood drops on the porch of Nancy’s home.
On Feb. 11, FBI officials said they were “conducting an extensive search” along roadways in the Catalina Foothills area near Guthrie’s home.
“Numerous FBI agents are conducting an extensive search along multiple roadways in the Catalina Foothills area related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation,” the FBI’s Phoenix field office said in a statement. “We are asking the medi and motorists to follow all traffic laws and to remain especially cautious when passing law enforcement personnel near the roadways.”
On Feb. 12, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department asked residents within a two-mile radius of Nancy’s home to submit “all video footage that includes vehicles, vehicle traffic, people/pedestrians, and anything neighbors deem out of the ordinary or important” from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2.
On Feb. 13, PCSD said that DNA other than Nancy’s and “those in close contact to her” were collected from the property, and investigators are working to identify who it belongs to. PCSD is not saying where the DNA was located.
The Source: Information for this article was gathered from a statement released by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office.
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