King County Executive Dow Constantine has ordered an inquest into a fatal Seattle police shooting of a mentally ill man who held his father hostage with a knife.
A Lake Stevens man was knocked down by the explosion that ripped through the Boston Marathon Monday, just one of hundreds from Washington who ran the race.
In a tell-all book due out this month, Seattle's Amanda Knox claims she was propositioned for sex by a senior guard and targeted for an affair by another inmate during her time in an Italian prison.
The expensive in-fighting in Snohomish County continues as a whistle-blower complaint from a county employee who is himself the target of an investigation.
Police in Pullman are still looking for people to come forward with more information about the fight that left a Washington State University professor hospitalized in serious condition two weeks ago.
More than a thousand Boeing 737's will need special inspections to look for a specific part that could fail prematurely, leading to pilots losing control.
The co-owner of a Seattle marijuana dispensary raided by federal authorities in 2011 has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison, and she's expected to be deported after she serves her time.
Reports say a Sacramento investment team has notified the NBA that it will match the offer Chris Hansen's group has made to buy the Kings, according to the Sacramento Bee.
One worker has been fired and another one demoted for what the Washington State Department of Transportation said are design flaws that have caused cracks in some of the new 520 bridge pontoons.
Parents looking for a night out on the town may have a new way babysitter. App creator Susie Kroll tells GeekWire her app Tonightish may allow parents once again get out of the house on the fly.
A serial killer willing to make a deal: That's what we're learning from jail house interviews just released of Israel Keyes from the months between his arrest and his death.
The film "42," starring Harrison Ford and Chadwick Boseman comes out this weekend. It's the story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making year as the first black player to ever play major league baseball. And it turns out a couple notable Northwest names played a part in his story.
After The Stranger posted a story about legal and illegal competition making things difficult for cab drivers, KIRO Radio's Andrew Walsh, a frequent rider of cabs, wanted to call up a Seattle driver to make sure he's not contributing to the problem.
