TRAFFIC CAMS, WEATHER, TRANSIT: Thursday begins
Clearing, high near 60. Sunrise at 6:05 am; sunset at 8:10 pm. We’ve been reminding you all week that the Cascade Bicycle Club (WSB sponsor) Emerald City Ride will keep motor-vehicle traffic off part of southbound Highway 99 and the westbound West Seattle Bridge for a few hours Saturday morning (April 25) – details here (and registration closes today).
Heads Up, Valley Drivers: SR 18 Eastbound Closes Tonight for Multi-Day Paving Project
With a closure on SR 18 looming, Seattle-area travelers should prepare for increased weekend congestion. This closure is to continue improvements on the State Route 18/I-90 interchange, which will begin on Thursday night. Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will close eastbound SR 18 between Issaquah-Hobart...
Newly appointed principal at Seattle’s Adams Elementary under fire
SEATTLE - A Seattle Public Schools principal is under fire again. This time, after she was appointed to a new position at a Ballard elementary school. On Wednesday, parents and others demanded that the school board do something before Anitra Jones takes the helm at Adams Elementary. Nearly 40 people...
KCSO ride-along showcases DUI enforcement, arrest process
Getting handcuffed, having fingerprints and a mug shot taken, and being booked into jail can happen if you get arrested for driving under the influence – even if you have a clean record. Over the last five years, DUI arrests by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office increased 22%, climbing...
Seattle weather: Morning clouds to sunshine Thursday, milder temperatures
SEATTLE - Mostly cloudy skies to start Thursday with drier conditions through the rest of the week and into the weekend. Sunshine returns for the afternoon as well. Thursday will be warmer with temperatures back to around seasonal average, mid to low 60s. Sunshine will help to warm conditions into the afternoon.
‘A huge gut punch’: String of break-ins targets longtime Seattle pet business
SEATTLE — A Seattle-based pet store chain says it is reeling after a string of break-ins that caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage and losses. Surveillance video obtained by KING 5 shows suspects repeatedly targeting All The Best Pet Care locations across the city. The family-owned business, which has operated for more than 40 years, reported five break-ins in...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Postema defends Flower World agricultural status as a fight for all farmers
MALTBY—A long-running dispute between Snohomish County and Flower World has escalated over whether the 46-acre nursery and greenhouse operation should be classified as an agricultural enterprise or a retail business, a distinction that could carry major consequences for permitting requirements, taxes and the future of similar farms across the county.
Man pleads not guilty to murder charge after fatal Lynnwood bar shooting
EVERETT, Wash. — A 44-year-old man pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge and a related alleged assault offense in the fatal shooting of a Lynnwood man after what investigators say began as an argument inside a bar and escalated outside. Joseph Raymond entered not guilty pleas to...
Federal Way looks to annex Lakeland North and Lakeland South
The City of Federal Way is exploring annexation of two areas are currently in unincorporated King County. Identified as Lakeland North and Lakeland South in city documents, the areas would add about 7 miles and an estimated 20,000 and 25,000 people. Located east of I-5, much of these areas are...
2 Washington men spent decades under identities taken from dead children: police
Two men in their 50s are accused of living under the stolen identities of dead children for more than three decades, and now police in Washington state are asking the public for help in unraveling the mystery behind who they really are. The men have been using the names Tim...

















