Bellevue WA

Kent Police are treating the suspicious death of a 50-year-old Kent woman as a homicide. Officers were dispatched at about 10:10 a.m. Thursday, March 26 to a East Hill residence in response to a 911 call of CPR in progress, according to a March 27 Kent Police news release. An...

SEATTLE — A Seattle woman has been sentenced to prison for killing a rideshare driver in 2023 and driving his car around the city for several days, including to a hair appointment. Neiana Allen-Bailey, 20, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of 52-year-old Amare Geda, who was...

Downtown Seattle’s swankiest office towers are watching their values fall faster than the elevator in rush hour. As vacancy rates spike, the city’s most expensive high-rises have seen their assessed values plunge, wiping billions off the tax rolls and leaving street-level storefronts noticeably quieter. The damage is...

A high-speed chase on I-5 ended in a crash and an arrest. Washington State Patrol troopers stated, via X, that a 28-year-old Burien man was driving a stolen car, speeding up to 130 miles an hour early Friday morning. Troopers tried to deploy spike strips several times, but the driver...

RENTON, Wash. - One person has been killed following a shooting Friday afternoon in Renton. Around 2:40 p.m. on Mar. 27, deputies with the King County Sheriff's Office report receiving calls about the incident in the area of Southeast Renton-Issaquah Road and 164th Avenue Southeast, in the Coalfield area. First...

Chipotle Mexican Grill has signed a lease at The Eight, a 25-story office tower in downtown Bellevue, adding to the growing list of retail tenants at the development. We reached out for comment on whether the existing Chipotle location at 10503 NE 4th St would remain open. A manager at the restaurant confirmed it...

While The Seattle Times reported Washington utilities are exploring cutting energy costs by remotely controlling thermostats during spikes, KIRO host Jake Skorheim said there is “no way in heck” he would allow that. “No way in heck I do this,” Jake said on “The Jake and Spike Show”...

A Hazen High School student is accused of committing a double murder after taking a bus from Renton to Seattle. On March 20, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (KCPAO) charged a 16-year-old boy, who was 15 at the time of the homicides, with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of unlawful...

In January, the Puget Sound Regional Council reported that the region had lost 12,900 jobs last year. Last year’s losses were the first annual decrease in jobs since 2009 at the depth of the Great Recession. John Curley, host of “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio, addressed the...

King County officers are taking a big step towards streamlining the process of arresting drunk or high drivers.