Bellevue WA

A new survey flagged Seattle as a speeding hotspot, and a recent patrol near Leavenworth showed the problem extends statewide.

SEATTLE — A Seattle man will spend more than two years in federal prison after authorities uncovered an extensive cache of illegal firearms at his apartment. Andre Justice Atwater, 26, received a 27-month sentence in U.S. District Court in Seattle for possessing a machine gun, according to U.S. Attorney Charles Neil...

A Washington state real estate agent has filed a lawsuit against Zillow, adding to the growing number of cases accusing the company of pressuring agents to steer clients into its mortgage lending services. Stephanie Dupuis, who owns a real estate team in Kitsap County, filed the complaint on Jan. 16...

Bellevue is gearing up for a parking policy shakeup that could dramatically cut, or even erase, minimum off-street parking requirements for new buildings. City Council has kicked off a broad review of the local parking code, with staff lined up for public outreach and the planning commission expected to hammer out...

Ben Tsai, a 44-year-old man in the Seattle suburb of Bothell, Washington, was arrested earlier this month after he allegedly hid a camera in a Starbucks bathroom in nearby Kirkland. Tsai allegedly told law enforcement that he had hidden cameras in bathrooms dozens of times in public places including local...

State Rep. (and former Seattle Office of Housing director) Emily Alvarado (D-34, West Seattle) is sponsoring a bill this year that would require cities and counties to allow housing in every area where commercial development is allowed. If it passes, the legislation will be another win for housing advocates who’ve...

You are seeing inside the tent. The tent where a nine-year-old boy lived for months along Aurora Avenue. The tent his mother filled with fentanyl smoke while he was inside. The tent where he was made to wait in nearby bushes, surrounded by used condoms and human waste, while his mother turned tricks with strangers.

Due to a limited water supply, firefighters had to shuttle water to the scene. According to Puget Sound Fire, the nearest fire hydrant was two and a half miles away.

A pair of Kent public works employees thwarted a wire theft in progress last week, police said. It happened Jan. 14 near 4th Avenue South and Willis Street. Two City of Kent Public Works engineering techs saw someone stealing wire from what are known as “junction boxes,” the Kent Police Department said in a Facebook...

The arrest of a 12-year-old who police say attacked a woman with a screwdriver in a Central District robbery is being closely watched as an example of the challenges for the area’s justice system when it comes to juvenile crime. The King County Prosecutor’s office says a judge found...