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Western WA hit with ‘unusual, late-season atmospheric river,’ bringing up to an inch of rain

A moderately strong atmospheric river is forecast to develop late this week, pumping a feed of subtropical moisture into the Pacific Northwest.
4 years ago

Tacoma 14-year-old arrested for threatening to shoot staff and students

Tacoma police arrested a 14-year-old for threatening to shoot fellow students as well as staff members at Northwest School of Innovative Learning.
4 years ago

Experts worry about rising inflation as Seattle gas climbs above $5 per gallon

With inflation affecting the rising costs of important commodities many Americans are left with higher and higher monthly bills on necessities.
4 years ago

Kitsap SWAT arrests armed Bremerton man upon sheriff’s discovery of body inside his home

A person is now in custody after barricading themselves with a rifle inside a home in Bremerton.
4 years ago

North Seattle bank robberies and chase ends with four arrests

Seattle Police have four people arrested in connection to two armed bank robberies that occurred around 5:40 Tuesday starting in North Seattle.
4 years ago

Seattle Police Department fundraising for repairs to Harbor Patrol boats

The Harbor Patrol unit responds to an estimated 1,900 service calls a year helping to save lives on bodies of water around the Seattle area.
4 years ago

City Hall Park plans a facelift as King County looks to avoid future encampments

King County plans to add security improvement to City Hall Park --which could open in several months -- to avoid another encampment.
4 years ago

Massive settlement reached in Amtrak train derailment in DuPont

Amtrak has settled with former engineer Steve Brown over the 2017 derailment that happened in DuPont, Wash., killing three people and injuring dozens more.
4 years ago

Puget Sound area housing market cools with slowdown in sales, sharp increase in active listings

By the end of May, hopeful buyers in the Western Washington housing market could choose from nearly 9,000 active listings, up close to 60% year over year.
4 years ago

Auburn man charged with ‘seditious conspiracy’ for U.S. Capitol insurrection

Auburn-area man and chapter president of Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
4 years ago

After Covid-19, more common viruses move in unexpected ways

With widespread lockdowns, cases if common infectious diseases, were at an all time low. Now these infections are behaving in unusual ways.
4 years ago

Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer hit with no-contact order ahead of criminal trial

Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer has been ordered to stay a thousand feet away from a Black newspaper carrier, Sedrick Altheimer.
4 years ago

Seattle warms with weather in the 70s before rain returns

Seattle weather has been unseasonably hot as the city summers slowly start to heat up, with three days to hit near 70 degrees this week.
4 years ago

Three men charged in connection to 2017’s quadruple homicide in Seabeck

Kitsap County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested three men in connection to the 2017 murders of the Careage family in Seabeck, the office confirmed Monday.
4 years ago

Bruce Lee’s last remaining Seattle studio seeks landmark status

The Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore looks to preserve one of Bruce Lee's martial arts studios on University Avenue with landmark status.
4 years ago

Mayors of Seattle and Tacoma, VP coalesce around ‘commonsense’ gun laws

Gun violence held the spotlight Friday when U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addressed more than 200 local mayors at a conference.
4 years ago

Seattle begins refunding parking tickets over legal mix-up

The city of Seattle will begin refunding thousands of parking tickets Monday following a mixup involving the transfer of enforcement to SDOT.
4 years ago

REDCO purchases iconic Ballard warehouse and former home of Hale’s Ales

"It is rare to find a standalone industrial building of this quality near a city center,” said Andrew Stark, Vice President of CBRE.
4 years ago

Seattle landmarks, sports teams wear orange in support of Gun Violence Awareness

Seattle's landmarks and sports teams are wearing orange this weekend in support of National Gun Violence Awareness.
4 years ago

Did SPU break any laws in its decision to stop hiring LGBTQ faculty?

n a recent vote at Seattle Pacific University on Monday, the board of trustees effectively banned the hiring of LGBTQ faculty.
4 years ago

Man arrested by Bothell Police following death of 72-year-old father

A 35-year-old man has been arrested and is in custody following the death of his 72-year-old father at their home in Bothell.
4 years ago

Sound Transit selects new CEO without disclosing nominee’s ID

Sound Transit selected a new CEO, but fails to disclose the name of the nominee, likely confirmed by an official vote later in June.
4 years ago

Biden calls 9mm handguns ‘high-caliber weapons,’ 2nd Amendment Foundation responds

"Joe Biden may have a shotgun and gather dust in his closet someplace. But he doesn't know anything about firearms," Workman said to Jason Rantz.
4 years ago

Phil Knight, Dodgers owner make $2 Billion offer to buy Portland Trail Blazers

The owner and founder of Nike, Phil Knight, has made an offer to buy the Portland Trail Blazers, which is currently owned by the Paul G. Allen Family Trust.
4 years ago