Bellevue WA

1. Former Burien city attorney Garmon Newsom II has filed to run for the Seattle Municipal Court seat currently held by Judge Willie Gregory, who’s retiring. As PubliCola reported, Newsom was put on leave last year and returned only to be summarily fired by controversial city manager Adolfo Bailon earlier this month. The Burien City Council recently put Bailon on administrative leave.

A competency trial is underway for the man accused of fatally shooting D'Vonne Pickett Jr. outside his Central District business in 2022, as defense attorneys argue he is not fit to stand trial.

The King County Council is moving toward dismantling the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) after a forensic audit raised concerns about the agency’s finances, a step that could reshape how homelessness services are coordinated in Burien and other South King County cities. According to FOX 13 Seattle, legislation...

Bellevue makes a case. The Eastside city sits across Lake Washington from Seattle, with a walkable downtown, a Lake Washington shoreline, more than 100 parks, and a new direct light rail line that drops you about a 10-minute walk from Lumen Field’s gates. The train connection. The 2 Line,...

A homicide investigation shut down streets in a Covington neighborhood Friday morning after deputies found one person dead and another injured, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. The 911 call came in at about 7 a.m., and investigators zeroed in on a residence near the corner of 186th Place Southeast and Southeast 258th Place as they started working the scene.

RENTON, Wash. - A Wednesday morning shooting has turned into a homicide investigation after the victim died from their injuries, according to Renton police. A shooting that took place during the early morning hours of Wednesday has now become a homicide case. Renton detectives confirmed the victim died after being taken to the hospital.

A man has died after a shooting late Tuesday night, April 28, in Renton and police are asking for public assistance in the investigation. Renton police responded to a 911 call of a 27-year-old man lying in the road at the intersection of Rainier Avenue South and Southwest Victoria Street. The man was taken to a local hospital and later died, according...

All northbound lanes of I-405 in Bellevue have reopened after a garbage truck blocked the highway when it became fully engulfed in flames. At approximately 12:10 p.m., the closure was reported near S.E. 8th, prompting the ramp and two right lane closures for nearly two hours, Washington State Patrol (WSP) Trooper Rick Johnson announced.

SEATTLE — A common, over-the-counter drug known as diphenhydramine, known better by the brand name Benadryl, is being abused more and more by young people. Jimmy Leonard is a licensed pharmacist and chief clinical officer at the Washington Poison Center. He says the overdoses don't appear to be about getting "high," which, in recent years, has been popularized in the so-called "Benadryl...

SEATTLE - A woman was stabbed in the head by a man in South Seattle on Friday afternoon. It happened around 1 p.m. along East Marginal Way South and South River Street, near several school campuses. A 45-year-old woman was reportedly stabbed in the head. Police said the suspect was...