UPDATE: Pole fire causes Seattle City Light outage affecting more than 2,200 in Burien
A power outage caused by a pole fire affected 3,481 Seattle City Light customers in Burien on Friday afternoon, Aug. 7. The outage began at 1:36 p.m. Friday, City Light reported, and as of 4:15 p.m., 2,269 customers were still without electricity. An additional five separate outages also occurred, and...
Seattle influencer ‘Anna by the Foot’ inspires millions through social media
From brushing your teeth to washing your hair, we all have our daily routines. But one Seattle woman is sharing her unique approach to life as she uses her feet to complete everyday tasks.
This Giant Washington Thrift Store Hides Incredible Bargains Around Every Single Corner
Hidden in an industrial pocket of Seattle sits a warehouse where prices are measured by the pound and nobody knows what they will walk out with. Shoppers roll deep carts past long blue bins, digging through housewares, clothing, books, and the occasional oddity that landed here after a first life somewhere else.
Washington drug trafficker sentenced for moving ‘obscene’ number of drugs in Pacific Northwest
The leader of a drug trafficking organization that sold fentanyl, meth and cocaine across the West Coast was sentenced on Wednesday, authorities announced.
Man charged for ‘execution style’ killing of teenager in SeaTac
SEATTLE — Prosecutors have charged a Kent man with murder in the first degree for the death of a 17-year-old boy in SeaTac earlier this week. According to court documents, Kasim Kone, 19, shot his friend, Vatauomalo "Tau" Leiataua,17, near South 288th Street and Military Road South around 11:00 p.m. on Aug. 2.
Seattle hero saves 3 girls from drowning at Seafair
SEATTLE, WA - Several young kids and their families will never forget the name Lillie Vehling: the college student who saved three girls from drowning during Seafair weekend. It happened last Friday at Genessee Park when she went to see the Blue Angels. But when she scanned the water, she knew something was wrong.
Two-vehicle Kent crash kills couple in their 80s on East Hill
An 85-year-old Renton man and an 82-year-old Renton woman died two days after they were each injured as passengers in a two-vehicle collision on the East Hill in Kent. Alvin Jitsuo Terada and Mitsuko Terada each died Aug. 4 in Seattle from multiple blunt force injuries suffered Aug. 2 in a crash at SE 208th Street and
Driver burned after vehicle crashes into utility pole in Redmond
REDMOND, Wash. — A driver was hospitalized with burns after a vehicle left Willows Road Northeast and crashed into a utility pole, causing the vehicle to catch fire, according to Redmond police. Police responded to the serious crash and fire in the 11600 block of Willows Road Northeast. The...
Starbucks shutters another Seattle store as closures and layoffs mount
Starbucks has closed another store in Seattle, this time downtown. The coffeehouse at 999 Third Ave. closed on Friday, The Puget Sound Business Journal reported. Starbucks closed the downtown location shortly after DocuSign made plans to move out of the building by next July. The coffee giant has gone through...
Seattle Interim Chief talks ‘rocky’ times at SPD, Bite of Seattle killer not in...
SEATTLE — Seattle Interim Police Chief Andre Sayles has only been on the job for a week and says a measure of his success will be solving the Bite of Seattle shooting. It is just one test for the former police chief in Beloit, Wisconsin, who is now thrust into a major murder investigation and stabilizing a big city dep
