Bellevue WA

KENT, Wash. — Kent’s City Hall campus was shut down Monday afternoon after a suspected military-grade undetonated explosive was brought to the area, prompting an emergency response and street closures. Kent Police Department announced the incident at 1:36 p.m. All buildings at 220 4th Ave. S. were closed,...

Three years ago, before the City Council unanimously appointed Derrick Wheeler-Smith as director of the city’s Office for Civil Rights, a few voices of dissent stood out among the many supporters who showed up to urge the council to approve his nomination. SOCR conducts investigations into alleged civil rights...

There’s a thrift store in Bellevue that’s so big, people bring snacks for the journey through its aisles. The Jubilee REACH Thrift Store isn’t just large, it’s the kind of sprawling retail wonderland where you enter with a simple mission and emerge hours later wondering where the time went.

Spring in Western Washington could be close to normal in terms of temperature and rainfall, according to the National Weather Service’s long-range forecast issued Thursday. La Niña, the seasonal pattern that brings cooler, wetter weather to the Northwest, is expected to slip into a neutral phase, according to the...

The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office said a 55-year-old Bremerton man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance early Saturday morning after a deputy pulled him over for a broken headlight.

A Renton man was charged with three counts of robbery for three incidents where he robbed pawn shops in Auburn, Renton and Burien. On Feb. 19, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Jesus Luis Uriostegui, 26, of Renton, with three counts of first-degree robbery. These charges stem from three separate...

SEATTLE — In-vehicle touch screens are increasingly replacing buttons and knobs. While the touch screens may make it easier to perform some functions, it often means drivers have to take a hand off the wheel along with their eyes. New research from the University of Washington and Toyota Research...

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 15-year-old girl from Bothell. Eulalia Marban Moreno left her home near the 16700 block of North Road at about 10:50 a.m. Monday, got on a bus and has not been heard from since, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

There’s a giant concrete troll living under a bridge in Seattle, and he’s been crushing a Volkswagen Beetle in his massive hand since 1990. If that doesn’t make you want to drop everything and go see this thing right now, I don’t know what will. The...

A Seattle pizzeria is slicing its way into Tacoma later this year. Chicago’s Pizza Kitchen, owned by David Noble, is set to open near I-5 at the corner of 56th and M Street, according to a Facebook post. “We’re growing. We will be opening a new, more visible location...